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Catherine Anne O'Hara (March 4, 1954 - January 30, 2026) was a Canadian-American actress and comedienne, who began her career at Second City Theatre in Toronto. She gained fame on SCTV alongside comedy icons like Rick Moranis and John Candy. Known for roles in films like "After Hours," "Beetlejuice," "Home Alone," and "The Nightmare Before Christmas," she was also renowned for her work in Christopher Guest's mockumentaries. Her versatility extends to voicing Grandma Frump in "The Addams Family." O'Hara received a Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award at the Governor General's Performance Arts Awards in 2020 and a Golden Globe in 2021 for her role in "Schitt's Creek," and two career Emmy Awards (one for Outstanding Writing "SCTV Network" in 1982 and one for Outstanding Lead Actress for "Schitt's Creek" in 2020). Her final roles were in the television series "The Last of Us" and "The Studio," both of which earned her Emmy nominations.

Catherine O'Hara

Elita-1
for Elita-1 in Prime: A Transformers Story
Suggested by hisakoshintani18

In this new musical, after the events of "Transformers: The First Wave of Attack" (https://www.mycast.io/stories/transformers-the-first-wave-of-attack) and set between seasons 2 and 3 of "Tales of the Transformers" (https://www.mycast.io/stories/tales-of-the-transformers), the spirits of the Thirteen Primes tell the origin story of two Cybertronians: Optimus Prime and Megatron, to a group of Cybetronians named "The Earthbots", who were born on Earth and have just begun to understand their heritage, gathering in an ancient, cavernous chamber known as the Hall of the Primes, with the two Dynamic Duos of the Autobots (Bumblebee and Wheeljack, Sunstreaker and Sideswipe) lend their signature schtick, while the Autobots are busy on a perilous mission to secure Energon resources from a remote sector of Cybertron. The story follows the orphans Optimus and Megatron; the pair become as close as brothers in a forbidden friendship. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of an extraordinary group of misfits searching for their destiny, their bonds will be tested as they work together to evade a threatening and deadly foe.