Katherine O'Hara has achieved worldwide celebrity not only as an actress, but also as an author of film scripts and a film director. With her talent, she achieved the love of spectators from around the world, of all ages.
Biography
O'Hara was born in 1954 in a family of Irish immigrants to Canada. The family brought up only four children, two boys and two girls. In addition to Katherine, success was achieved by Mary Margaret, the sister of the actress, as a singer.
Katherine O'Hara first appeared on Saturday Night Live when she was twenty years old. This was the beginning of the acting career of the girl. Soon, Katherine received an invitation to star in several more television projects. The participation of the girl was not significant, but she was noticed, and she had the opportunity to try herself in different images. A few years later, the director of the tape "Home Alone" invited a little-known girl at that time by the name of Katherine O'Hara.
The personal life of the actress also began to develop rapidly at that time. The woman is still married to director and actor Bo Welch. The couple raised two children.
Feature Films
The first film starring Katherine O'Hara was the picture of The Rimshots by Andrea Martin. The girl got a secondary role, but she could be remembered by the audience. Prior to this, Katherine had to act in television projects only, as well as voice cartoon characters. The first serious project for the girl was the film “Beetlejuice” from director Tim Burton, who was later awarded film critics with an Academy Award. Undoubtedly, Katherine also put a lot of effort into making the tape so successful.
The real popularity of the girl brought a role in two parts of Chris Columbus’s tape "Home Alone". The heroine of the girl was not at the center of the story, but, despite this, the audience was remembered. It was then that Katherine's career went up. O'Hara played the role of the mother of the protagonist of the film story. Her on-screen son, Kevin, got into a real mess with serious criminals, but was able to deal with them in a very unusual way, about which parents did not know anything.
After participating in the film "Home Alone", Catherine O'Hara starred in more than one popular film. The films Penelope by Mark Palansky, Temple Grandin by Mick Jackson, The Last of the Great Kings by David Kitting were also very popular with viewers. Among the last full-length movie stories in which Katherine took part, there is “I Love Your Wife” (Jerimaya S. Chechik) and “Adult Children of Divorce” (Sue Zicherman). It is also worth noting the paintings "The Mighty Wind" by Christopher Gets, "The Decisive Game" by Michael Hoffman, in which Katherine also took part.
Work in series
Katherine O'Hara in her youth starred more in multi-series projects than in feature films. Second City, Wayne and Shuster, and STV Network 90 were the first series in the actress's career. The girl also has experience in animated series, namely in the "Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley." We remind you that in the tape, Catherine voiced Miss Malon.
The series did not bring much success to Catherine O'Hara. The films were able to glorify the actress, however, despite this, the series occupy a special place in her career. Katherine is still taking part in the series. Recently, the actress could be seen in "Harvey Bix", "What Lives Inside" and "Shouts Creek". O'Hara is now taking part in the sequel to Lemony Snicket: 33 Misfortunes. The actress also starred in the original story of the series, which was released in 2004. The most popular series with Katherine were the serial episodes "The American Family", "The Client Is Always Dead", Tales from the Crypt, "Studio 30".
Katherine as a screenwriter
Katherine O'Hara is also very successful as a screenwriter. The actress became the author of the plots of the films "Channel STF" in 1983, "STF Network 90" in 1981. Also, the girl had to develop project stories Andrea Martin … Together Again in 1989, The Best of SCTV in 1988. In addition, Katherine took part in the creation of television films "Truly Strange Stories" (1987), From Cleveland (1980), as well as the multi-part film "Second City TV" (1976-1981).
