Seth Rogen pays tribute as Catherine O’Hara wins posthumous award weeks after shock death

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2 Mar 2026 • 3:46 PM MYT
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  • Catherine O’Hara posthumously received the Actor Award for Female Actor in a Comedy Series, weeks after her death on 30 January at age 71.
  • The award was for her role as Patty Leigh in the Apple TV+ Hollywood satire, The Studio, where she played a former studio head.
  • Seth Rogen, who starred alongside O’Hara in The Studio, accepted the award on her behalf, delivering an emotional speech.
  • Rogen praised O’Hara's generosity, kindness, and her ability to enhance scripts, noting she would often rewrite scenes to improve the show.
  • This marks O’Hara's third Actor Award, having previously won for Schitt’s Creek in 2021, and she also appeared in The Last of Us before her passing.

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