Sharon Horgan
Biography
Sharon Horgan is an Irish comedian who also acts, writes, directs and produces for television and film. Born in London and raised in County Meath, Ireland, she began her screen career in the sketch shows The State We're In and Monkey Dust. Her breakthrough came with Pulling, a series she co-wrote alongside Dennis Kelly and starred in, and she won a British Comedy Award in 2008 for that show. She then co-created Catastrophe with Rob Delaney, with their writing earning a BAFTA TV award for comedy writing in 2016. She also created Divorce, Motherland and Bad Sisters, and earned two Primetime Emmy nominations in 2023 for Bad Sisters. Her film work includes Imagine Me & You (2005), Valiant (2005), Man Up (2015), Game Night (2018), Military Wives (2020), Dating Amber (2020), Together (2021), Everybody's Talking About Jamie (2021) and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022). For Dating Amber she won an Irish Film and Television Award for supporting actress.
56years old
Turns 57 on July 13in 273 days
- Born London Borough of Hackney
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as Sharon Lorencia Horgan
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 18 years2005 to 2023
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Big break
Horgan met her Catastrophe co-creator and co-star Rob Delaney on Twitter, and the two decided to work together because they made each other laugh.
First role
Horgan's first credited television appearances were in the sketch shows The State We're In in 2002 and Monkey Dust in 2003, and she also contributed material to Monkey Dust.
First role
While both were working in youth theater, Horgan met the British writer Dennis Kelly, and the pair began writing together. The material they sent to the BBC earned them the BBC New Comedy Award in 2001 for Sketch Writing and Performance.
Behind the award
For Pulling, Horgan took the Best TV Actress prize at the 2008 British Comedy Awards. The show's final episode, an hour long and aired in 2009, earned the Best Comedy Drama award at the same ceremony.
Behind the camera
Horgan co-founded the independent production company Merman with Clelia Mountford in 2014, and it grew to have offices in London, New York City, and Los Angeles.
Sharon Horgan movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Sharon Horgan shares two films with John Cleese, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
John Cleese's page
Nicolas Cage's page
J.K. Simmons's page
John Hurt's page
Jim Broadbent's page
All films by John Francis Daley
All films by Jonathan Goldstein
Tom GormicanDirector, 1 film, 2022
All films by Tom Gormican
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.