"The film's unquestionable highlight is Catherine O'Hara, playing an actor who gets a whisper of awards buzz for a schlocky, still-filming drama called Home for Purim, and slowly loses her mind with the knowledge that she could maybe, possibly be recognized by her peers. O'Hara, known for her distinctively brassy yet malleable trill of her voice and her frequently red hair, peels back her performer's bravado to expose the frenzied need beneath it."
"She somehow plays the outsized beneath the regular-sized, as her Marilyn Hack goes from plugging-away workhorse to desperate striver. Unsurprisingly, O'Hara briefly generated awards buzz of her own for playing this part; even less surprisingly, an Oscar nomination was not forthcoming. It couldn't be; otherwise, it might have marred O'Hara's masterclass in how certain actors, especially those specializing in comedy, are destined to go under-recognized in their lifetimes."
"O'Hara, who passed away today at the age of 71, was not. She was exceptional, and within her reputation as a primarily comic actress, she possessed an extraordinary range. She was the best-case scenario of a performer trained in sketch comedy, able to slip into various characters and render them instantly vivid."
Catherine O'Hara delivered a standout performance in For Your Consideration as Marilyn Hack, an actor unraveling under tentative awards buzz. O'Hara exposed a performer’s brassy veneer to reveal frenzied insecurity while balancing outsized behavior with grounded truth. Her portrayal generated awards chatter but did not result in an Oscar nomination. She combined sketch-comedy training with dramatic sensibility to create instantly vivid characters. O'Hara's career included SCTV, for which she shared a writing Emmy, and a late-career renaissance as Moira Rose on Schitt's Creek, which earned a leading-actress-in-a-comedy Emmy. She died at 71, leaving a legacy of exceptional comic range and frequent under-recognition.
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