Catherine O'Hara
The Best of Catherine O'Hara
Starlit was founded with her creativity and comedy
Catherine O'Hara spent five decades proving that comedy and heart aren't opposites — she made us laugh at her characters' worst moments while somehow loving them more for it. That's the same thing we try to do at Starlit: meet people where they are, mess and all, and make the experience feel warm anyway. She's a reminder that genuine hospitality has room for a little chaos and a lot of humanity.
The Legacy
Where She Started
A Career Built on Range
How She Made Us Laugh
Toronto-born, she cut her teeth in improv at Second City before most people knew her name — proof that great instincts take time to become a career.
How She Made Us Laugh
A Career Built on Range
How She Made Us Laugh
From Home Alone to Beetlejuice to Best in Show, she built a career on characters who were over-the-top and somehow completely believable — funny without ever being mean, and always played with real affection instead of mockery.
Her Signature Role
A Career Built on Range
A Career Built on Range
As Moira Rose in Schitt's Creek, she turned a self-absorbed matriarch into one of TV's most beloved characters — proof that people can grow, and audiences will grow with them.
A Career Built on Range
A Career Built on Range
A Career Built on Range
She kept taking risks well into her career — dramatic turns in The Last of Us and The Studio — never content to be remembered for just one thing across six decades of unforgettable roles.
A Fan Favorite: The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Role Fans Never Let Go Of
As the voice of Sally, Catherine O'Hara gave a stop-motion ragdoll more heart than most live-action characters ever get. More than three decades later, the film is still a holiday tradition — revisited every October and December by generations of fans who grew up loving her quiet, hopeful voice.
The Character That Outlived the Screen
Catherine O'Hara didn't just voice Sally in The Nightmare Before Christmas — she also brought mischievous trick-or-treater Shock to life, giving the film two of its most memorable voices. More than three decades later, both characters are still part of the holiday ritual, proof of just how much range she packed into one film.