The late Catherine O’Hara got a special shout-out at the BAFTA TV Awards on Sunday.
Seth Rogen took to the stage to collect the award for best international series for his hit satire “The Studio” and, following a typically comical acceptance speech, said it would be “remiss” not to mention his beloved co-star in the series, who sadly died in January. She was 71.
“She meant so much to all of us, I assume she meant the same to you here,” he said, before dedicating the BAFTA award to O’Hara.
O’Hara was not included in the TV Awards’ ‘In Memory’ segment on Sunday after already being included in the memorial tribute at the film awards in February for her film work.
It’s not the first time that Rogen has offered a tribute to O’Hara on stage. At the Actor Awards in March, she posthumously won the female actor in a comedy series honor for her work playing former studio head Patty Leigh. Rogen accepted the award on her behalf and delivered a speech that brought much of the audience to tears.
“I’ve been given the sad honor of accepting this award on O’Hara’s behalf,” he said. “I know she would have been honored to receive this award from her fellow performers, who I know she respected so much. She was such big fans of all of yours.”
He added: “I, obviously, have been reflecting on the time I was fortunate enough to spend with her, working with her, and something that I’ve just been marveling at over the last few weeks was really her ability to be generous and kind, while never ever minimizing her own ability to contribute to the work that we were doing.”
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