Catherine Anne O'Hara (born March 4, 1954) is an American-Canadian actress, writer, and comedian who played Kate McCallister in Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. In Home Alone 4, she was replaced by Clare Carey.
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- She and the late John Heard (who played Peter, Kate's husband) appeared in the 1985 film After Hours, sharing one scene together.
- They both also made guest appearances on the ABC sitcom, Modern Family, albeit not in the same episodes.
- Before acting in Home Alone, she and John Candy, who played Gus Polinski, both appeared in Second City Television (SCTV).
- On May 7 and 24, 2020, she won $250,000 for her charity, "Upward Bound House", as a celebrity contestant on the revival of ABC's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
- On December 2, 2023, O'Hara appeared as a guest speaker for the unveiling of Macaulay Culkin's Hollywood Walk of Fame star.