Seth Rogen accepts Catherine O'Hara's posthumous Actor Award

Catherine O'Hara has won the Female Actor in a Comedy Series award at the 2026 Actor Awards on Sunday, a month after her death.

O'Hara is the first woman in history to win a posthumous SAG Actor Award.

She was recognised for her role as Patty Leigh in Apple TV's The Studio. The show's creator, Seth Rogen, accepted the reward on her behalf onstage.

Rogen gave an emotional speech, in which he noted that she would have been honoured to receive the award from her fellow performers.

He also remembered that she was "generous, kind and ferocious while never minimising her own talents".

"She knew she could destroy, and she wanted to destroy every day on set," he recalled.

"She really showed you can be a genius and kind and one doesn't have to come at the expense of the other way in any shape or form."

He encouraged people to view O'Hara's legendary on-screen performances, adding, "We're lucky to live in a world where she shared her talent with us."

The tribute had actors in the audience emotional, including O'Hara's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice co-star Jenny Ortega, who was filmed wiping away tears.

The two-time Emmy winner faced off in the category against Jean Smart for Hacks, Ortega for Wednesday, Kristen Wiig for Palm Royale, and Kathryn Hahn, also for The Studio.

She was also nominated for and won a second trophy for Cast Ensemble in a Comedy Series, alongside Rogen, Hahn, Ike Barinholtz and Chase Sui Wonders.

O'Hara died on 30 January, aged 71.