Catherine O’Hara on pickleball, Super Bowl commercials and colorful fan encounters

Yes Catherine O’Hara can play pickleball and she does enjoy an occasional beer.

Yes, Catherine O’Hara can play pickleball. She also enjoys an occasional beer. That helps explain why she looks so natural in a new Super Bowl commercial for Michelob Ultra. In spot, the Emmy winner costars with Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe as they take on pickleball players - professional and otherwise - in a quest for Michelob beer. And while O’Hara has been in a Super Bowl commercial before, it was a brief appearance in a Nissan ad in 2022. The new commercial called for a bit more work. It also unlocked a talent for pickleball, she said. “Everyone was so kind, and the director was so encouraging and great,” O’Hara said. “So you immediately think, ‘Yeah, wait a minute, I’m good. I know what I’m doing.’”