How Catherine O’hara reinvented her career with Schitt’s Creek role after almost five decades in the industry

Outrageous wigs, impractical costumes, a bizarre accent and an ego bigger than the small town she’s reluctantly living in.

Anyone who’s watched the show will know exactly who this describes: Moira Rose, matriarch of the once filthy-rich Rose family, a failed actress clinging to delusions of grandeur even while living in a dingy motel and eating at the local greasy spoon.

She’s one of the reasons Schitt’s Creek is a runaway success – and this was driven home once again when the woman who brings Moira to outrageous life scooped a Golden Globe for best lead actress in a musical or comedy series.