Emily Hampshire‘s sweet bond with Catherine O’Hara began years before the cameras started rolling on Schitt’s Creek.
In fact, the duo—who starred in the Emmy-winning comedy from 2015 to 2020—met while filming the crime drama The Life Before This together in 1999—and the rest is history
As Hampshire exclusively told E! News’ Will Marfuggi March 24 at the Los Angeles premiere of her new film Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice, “She was as nice to me then as she was after seven years of working together.”
After their first professional encounter, the Montreal native reached out to O’Hara for some help with her move to the United States.
“I’d emailed her to ask her to help me get my green card,” the 44-year-old recounted, “because you have to get famous people to say, ‘You’re amazing.’ Right away, she was like, ‘Of course, anything.’ Just so lovely.”
Of course, the act of kindness is part of O’Hara’s legacy.
“That’s her,” Hampshire shared. “That who she is to everybody. She is a great person.”