How Dan Levy Is Honoring Late Costar Catherine O'Hara at Emmy 2026
For Dan Levy, his Schitt's Creek costar Catherine O'Hara was simply the best.
That's why the actor—who also starred in the beloved comedy alongside his real-life dad Eugene Levy and Annie Murphy—had many ways to pay tribute to O'Hara at Emmys 2026 on Sept. 14, nine months after the actress died at age 71.
"I have a little, black rose in honor of my Schitts Creek family," Dan exclusively told Keltie Knight of his custom-made suit during Live From E!: 2026 Emmys. "It's a strange, surreal evening." (Click here to see all the celebs on the red carpet.)
Besides, the 43-year-old noted, "How do you distill so many feelings into such a small gesture?"
"All you can really do is lead with love and lead with your most sincere thoughts and feelings," continued Dan, who will also appear onstage alongside his Schitt's Creek castmates for a segment about O'Hara, "and hope that you honor a woman whose legacy is so much bigger than all of us."
Especially since Dan said "one of the greatest nights of my life was at the Emmys" with O'Hara, who won an Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series award in 2020 for her portrayal of Moira Rose.
Monica Schipper/Getty Images
"Catherine was such a singular force," he shared. "I remember looking back on my time and thinking, 'Just let her do her thing. Give her space. Give her anything she wants. If she wants to wear wigs, let her wear wigs. If she wants to name those wigs, let her name those wigs. Do anything you can to make her happy because what she is doing on this show is next level.'"
And O'Hara show-stopping performance on Schitt's Creek is why Dan, who co-created the series, has no intention of ever reviving it.
"Not now," he told CBS News Sunday Morning earlier this year. "You can't."
for more stars at the 2026 Emmys, keep reading...
Photo by LISA O'CONNOR / AFP via Getty Images
Linda Cardellini
in Yara Shoemaker.
Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
Karolina Wydra
in Marmar Halim.
Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images
Shailene Woodley
in Balenciaga.
Jesse Grant/NBC via Getty Images
Nicole Kidman
in Chanel.
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
Charles Melton
Jesse Grant/NBC via Getty Images
Sarah Pidgeon
in Chanel.
Monica Schipper/Getty Images
Zendaya
in custom Prada.
Amy Sussman/Getty Images
Brenda Song & Macaulay Culkin
in Oscar de la Renta (Song).
Photo by LISA O'CONNOR / AFP via Getty Images
Constance Zimmer
in Akris and Kwiat jewelry.
Monica Schipper/Getty Images
Charlie Hunnam
Photo by: Randy Shropshire/NBC via Getty Images
Carey Mulligan
in The Row.
Randy Shropshire/NBC
Isa Briones
Randy Shropshire/NBC
Law Roach
in Givenchy.
Randy Shropshire/NBC via Getty Images
Julianne Hough
in Antonio Grimaldi.
Randy Shropshire/NBC
Sepideh Moafi
Randy Shropshire/NBC
Quinta Brunson
in Christian Cowan, Jimmy Choo shoes and Marco Bicego jewelry.
Randy Shropshire/NBC
Alan Cumming
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
Odessa A'Zion
in Jean Paul Gaultier.
Monica Schipper/Getty Images
Hannah Einbinder
Monica Schipper/Getty Images
Chase Infiniti
in Louis Vuitton.
Monica Schipper/Getty Images
Jean Smart
Amy Sussman/Getty Images
Emmy Rossum
in Julie de Libran.
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
Dakota Fanning
in Carolina Herrera.
Monica Schipper/Getty Images
Elle Fanning
Monica Schipper/Getty Images
Kate O'Flynn
Amy Sussman/Getty Images
Matthew Rhys & Keri Russell
in Khaite (Russell).
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
Emma D'Arcy
Randy Shropshire/NBC via Getty Images
Selena Gomez
in Louis Vuitton and Tiffany & Co. jewelry.
Monica Schipper/Getty Images
Sarah Michelle Gellar & David Boreanaz
Amy Sussman/Getty Images
Thomas Doherty
in Brunello Cucinelli.
Don't miss the Emmy Awards 2026 live telecast tonight, Sept. 14, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on NBC and streaming on Peacock. E!'s red carpet kicks off at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT.
KioskNews shows a cleaned-up reading view extracted from the publisher’s page — the original always lives on their site, not ours.