Sharon Horgan
Writer Performer
Acting
Sharon Horgan is a multi-BAFTA award-winning Irish actress, writer, producer, and director, best known for her multiple award-winning sitcom CATASTROPHE, which she co-wrote and starred in with Rob Delaney, and most recently for her critically acclaimed comedy-thriller series BAD SISTERS for Apple TV+ which she co-created, wrote, executive-produced, and stars as a leading role in – and which garnered rave reviews, and has wins for BAFTA Television Awards, (Best Drama Series) and IFTA Television Awards (Best Drama and Lead Actress in a Drama, as well as nominations for Critics Choice Awards (Best Drama and Best Lead Actress in Drama) and the Writers Guild Awards (Best New Series.) Series 2 is due for release in November 2024.
Sharon starred in BEST INTERESTS on BBC One, written by Jack Thorne. She plays the lead role opposite Michael Sheen and Alison Oliver.
In 2021, Sharon starred opposite James McAvoy in the Stephen Daldry directed film TOGETHER for BBC Two and BBC Film, which recently won Best Single Drama at the 2022 TV BAFTAS. She played Miss Hedge in the Bafta nominated feature film adaptation of the West End musical EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE and can currently be seen in UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT opposite Nicolas Cage.
Other recent screen work includes GAME NIGHT opposite Rachel McAdams and Jason Bateman, MILITARY WIVES opposite Kristin Scott Thomas and the Irish comedy-drama film DATING AMBER, for which she won an IFTA for Best Supporting Actress. The same year, Sharon wrote and directed an episode of Amazon’s anthology MODERN LOVE, “Rallying to Keep the Game Alive” and starring Tina Fey and John Slattery.
Further acting credits include THIS WAY UP, CRIMINAL (Netflix), BOB’S BURGERS (Fox), BOJACK HORSEMAN (Netflix), THE INCREASINGLY POOR DECISIONS OF TODD MARGARET (IFC), ADVENTURE TIME (CARTOON NETWORK), PSYCHOBITCHES (Sky Arts), THE BORROWERS (BBC), FREE AGENTS (C4), DEAD BOSS(BBC) and BAD SUGAR (C4), as well as the films RUN AND JUMP, DEATH OF A SUPERHERO, and MAN UP.
Awards for CATASTROPHE include the BAFTA TV Craft Award for Best Writing in a Comedy Series in 2016 and she also gained three BAFTA nominations for her performance in the show, alongside a Primetime Emmy Award Nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. At the National Comedy Awards 2022 Sharon was awarded the Caroline Ahearne Outstanding Achievement Award. She has also received two BAFTA Award nominations and two British Comedy Awards for her iconic BBC show PULLING which she co-wrote and starred in. Sharon’s other credits for Merman include executive producing and starring in the animated comedy HOUSEBROKEN (Fox), which stars Lisa Kudrow, co-created by Clea Duvall, Jennifer Crittenden and Gabrielle Allan. Sharon also executive produced FRANK OF IRELAND (Channel 4/Amazon), which was created by Brian and Domhnall Gleeson and Michael Moloney; co-writing and Executive Producing the Bafta nominated MOTHERLAND (BBC). Sharon was also an Executive Producer of two series of FRAYED (Sky/ABC), created by and starring Sarah Kendall; THERE SHE GOES (BBC/Britbox) and THIS WAY UP (Ch4/Hulu), which she also starred in alongside creator Aisling Bea – and most recently she co created SHINING VALE, an eight-part horror comedy series starring Courteney Cox and Greg Kinnear, which premiered on Starz on March the 6th, 2022.
Film
Production | Character | Director | Company |
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Together | She | Stephen Daldry | BBC |
A Greyhound of a Girl | Scarlett | Enzo D'Alò | Studio Canal |
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent | Olivia | Tom Gormican | Lionsgate |
Everybody's Talking About Jamie | Miss Hedge | Jonathan Butterell | Warp Films |
How To Build A Girl | Jo March | Coky Giedroyc | Film4 |
Military Wives | Lisa | Peter Cattaneo | Ingenious Media/Embankment Films/42/Tempo Productions |
Game Night | Sarah | John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein | Warner Bros |
Man Up | Elaine | Ben Palmer | Big Talk Productions |
Run and Jump | Tara | Steph Green | R & J Film Productions |
Death of a Superhero | Renata Clarke | Ian Fitzgibbon | Grand Pictures / Irish Film Board |
Blah, Blah, Blah | Suzanne | Simon Ponsonby | Chance Remark |
Imagine Me and You | Beth | Oliver Parker | Fragile Films Ltd |
Valiant | Charles De Girl | Gary Chapman | Ealing Studios / Disney |
Television
Production | Character | Director | Company |
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Disenchantment | Queen Dagmar | Various | Netflix |
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake | Minerva Campbell | Ryan Shannon & Steve Wolfhard | Cartoon Network |
Mr & Mrs Smith | Gavol | Various | Amazon |
Untitled Amanda Knox Project | Edda Mellas | Hulu | |
Bad Sisters S2 | Eva Garvey | Various | Apple TV+ |
Best Interests | Nicci | Michael Keillor | Chapter One Productions/Endeavor Content/ BBC |
Bad Sisters | Eva Garvey | Rebecca Gatward, Josephine Bornebusch, Dearbhla Walsh | Apple TV+ |
Bob's Burgers | Kathleen | Various | 20th Television |
Housebroken | Tabitha | Various | Fox Entertainment |
This Way Up | Shona | Alex Winckler | Merman |
Catastrophe S1/S2/S3/S4 | Sharon | Ben Taylor | Channel 4 |
Women on the Verge | Dr. Fitzgerald | Annie Griffin | UKTV |
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret | Alice Bell | Alex Harcastle | Channel 4 |
Crackanory | Storyteller - The Translator | Tiger Aspect | |
Moving On | Sarah | Johnny Vegas | LA Productions |
Moone Boy | Sharon Morgan | Babycow | |
Bad Management | Eve | ABC | |
Little Cracker | Self | Sharon Horgan | Bwark Productions |
Psychobitches | Jane Austen / Frida Kahlo | Jeremy Dyson | Tiger Aspect / Sky |
Dead Boss | Helen | Steve Bendelack | BBC |
Bad Sugar | Lucy | Ben Palmer | Tiger Aspect / Channel 4 |
The Borrowers | Homily Clock | Tom Harper | Working Title |
Little Crackers - Capturing Santa | Mother | Peter Cattaneo | Sprout Pictures / Sky |
Stanley Park | Auntie Pat | Misha Manson Smith | Mix Prods Ltd/BBC3/Lionsgate |
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret | Alice | David Cross | RDF/Channel 4 |
Pulling Special | Donna | Tristram Shapeero | BBC3 |
Free Agents | Helen | Richard Laxton | Big Talk/Channel 4 |
Comedy Showcase - Free Agents | Helen | Richard Laxton | Big Talk/Channel 4 |
Angelo's | Karen | Chloe Thomas | Bwark/FIVE |
Pulling | Series 1&2 | Tristram Shapeero | Silver River / BBC3 |
Annually Retentive | The Celebrity Booker | Paul Duddridge | Jones The Film / BBC3 |
Broken News | Series | John Morton | BBC2 |
Carrie & Barry | Jan | Martin Dennis | BBC1 |
Extras | Maggie's Cousin | Ricky Gervais / Stephen Merchant | BBC2 |
Dogging | Animation |
| Stickee Ltd for MTV UK |
The Friday Night Project | Writer / Performer | Dean Nabarro | Princess for Channel 4 |
The Friday Night Show | Writer/Performer | Dominic Bridgestocke | Ealing for Channel 4 |
Gagging For It | Pilot | Simon Wilson | Monkey Kingdom for Channel 5 |
Raspberry Ripple | pilot | Roger Pomfrey | Outline Productions for BBC |
The Great Love Swindle | Series Writer/Narrator | Chloe Thomas | Ealing for E4 |
Absolute Power | Performer (Theresa | John Morton | BBC2 |
Monkey Dust | Writer / Performer | Harry Thompson | Talkback / BBC Three |
Dodgy Uncles | Writer / Performer | Harry Thompson | Talkback |
The Pilot Show | Writer / Performer | Damon Beesley | C4 / E4 |
Semi Detached | Writer / Performer | Jim Field Smith | Shine Productions |
The State We're In | Presenter | Alex Walsh Taylor | BBC Choice |
Resistance | Series | Barbara Lee | BBC Three |
Shoreditch Tw*t | Comedy Lab | Otto Bathurst | C4/Talkback |
Spam | Pilot | Steve Kidgell | E4 |
Dave Gorman's Important Astrology Experiment | Financial Advisor | Danny Wallace | BBC |
Ccancun | pilot | Jeremy Lovering | BBC |
The Girly Sketch Show | Various | Charles Martin | BBC |
BBC New Comedy Awards | Various | Shane Allen | BBC |
No Service Please, We're British | Presenter | Emma Davis | C5 |
Stage
Production | Character | Director | Company |
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Terrible Advice | Delila | Frank Oz | Menier Chocolate Factory |
Brendan's Visit | Jeanette | R. Chalmers | Canal Cafe/Etcetera |
Horseman Pass By | Mrs Kelly | Michael Geliot | Unity Theatre |
Love In The 18th Century | Philomel | Michael Geliot | Jermyn St. |
Red Roses For Me | Finoola | Declan Mullohand | Unity Theatre |
The Moth Hour | Reh. Reading | Tessa Walker | Old Vic (Studio) |
The Seagull | Nina | R. Chalmers | Lost TC |
To Steal A March On God | Martha | Andrew Herskovitz | The Gate |
Weapons of War | Girl | Greg Mandry | Man In The Moon |
Radio
Production | Character | Director | Company |
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Clement Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Various | Chris Neil | BBC Radio 4 |
Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekend | Various | Kay Stonham | BBC Radio 4 |
That Jo Caulfield Show | Various | Chris Neil | BBC Radio 4 |
Film, TV & Theatre
Sharon is the executive producer, co-writer and star of the widely acclaimed and multiple BAFTA award winning dark comedy thriller BAD SISTERS (Apple TV+), which has so far received two BAFTA Awards, four Primetime EMMY nominations, four IFTA Awards and the Peabody Award for Entertainment, alongside further BAFTA nominations, and nominations at the Edinburgh TV Awards, Critics’ Choice Television Awards, C21’s International Drama Awards, Writers Guild of America, Broadcast Awards, Channel 4's National Comedy Awards and RTS Craft & Design Awards. The highly anticipated second series is scheduled to be released on November 13th 2024.
Sharon is also co-creator of SHINING VALE, an eight-part horror comedy series starring Courteney Cox and Greg Kinnear, which premiered on Starz in 2022 and she is also executive producer on the recently released second season.
Further accolades include the BAFTA for Best Writing in a Comedy Series for CATASTROPHE in 2016 which gained three BAFTA nominations for her extraordinary performance in the show, alongside a Primetime Emmy Award Nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. Further recognition includes the BAFTA TV Award for Best Short Form Programme (2018) for MORGANA ROBINSON’S SUMMER: DREAMLAND and Outstanding Achievement Award for her debut short film THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS. At the National Comedy Awards Sharon was awarded the Caroline Aherne Outstanding Achievement Award, she has also received two BAFTA Award nominations and two British Comedy Awards for her iconic BBC show PULLING which she co-wrote and starred in.
As well as being a multi-BAFTA award-winning actress, writer, producer, and director, Sharon Horgan is a co-founder of Merman.
Credits for Merman include: executive producing Sky's recently aired DREAMLAND which stars Lily Allen and Freema Agyeman; executive producing BBC Sounds audio drama People Who Knew Me, starring Rosamund Pike and Hugh Laurie; executive producing and starring in the animated comedy HOUSEBROKEN (Fox), which was co-created by Clea Duvall, Jennifer Crittenden and Gabrielle Allan, and the second series is currently airing; executive producing FRANK OF IRELAND (Channel 4/Amazon), which was created by Brian and Domhnall Gleeson and Michael Moloney; co-writing and executive producing the BAFTA nominated MOTHERLAND (BBC Two), including MOTHERLAND CHRISTMAS SPECIAL (BBC Two) and MOTHERLAND: LAST CHRISTMAS (BBC One); executive producing two series of FRAYED (Sky/ABC), created by and starring Sarah Kendall; THERE SHE GOES (BBC/Britbox), including the recent critically acclaimed special; DISABILITY BENEFITS (Channel 4), written and created by Rosie Jones, and THIS WAY UP (Channel 4/Hulu), in which she also starred in alongside creator Aisling Bea.
Television
Production | Company | Notes |
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Bad Sisters 2 2024 | Merman/Apple TV+ | Creator, Showrunner, Executive Producer, Writer |
Dreamland 2023 | Merman | Executive Producer |
Bad Sisters 1 | Apple TV+ | Creator, Showrunner, Executive Producer, Writer |
HouseBroken | Fox Entertainment | Executive Producer |
Shining Vale | Starz | Co-creator/Executive Producer |
Motherland 2 2018 | Merman/ BBC2 | Creator/ Co-Writer |
Woman on the Verge 2018 | Merman | Co-Writer |
Catastrophe Series 4 2018 | Avalon / Channel 4 | Co-Writer / Performer |
Sky Summer Shorts - Morgana Robinson's Summer 2017 | Sky | Writer |
Catastrophe 3 2016 | Avalon/ Channel 4 | Co-writer/ Performer |
Motherland 2016 | Merman/ BBC2 | Creator/ Co-writer |
The Circuit 2016 | Merman | Co-Writer |
Divorce 2016 | HBO | Creator/ Writer |
Catastrophe 2015 | Avalon / Channel 4 | Writer / Performer |
Pulling USA | ABC | Exec Producer |
Dead Boss (USA) | Warner Bros Pictures | Exec Producer |
Bad Management | ABC | Writer/Performer |
Dead Boss | BBC | Co-creator/Writer |
Pulling Special | BBC3 | Co-creator/Writer |
Little Cracker 2012 | Bwark Productions | Writer/Performer/Director |
Angelo's | Bwark/FIVE | Writer |
Pulling | Silver River / BBC3 | Co-creator/Writer |
Dodgy Uncles | Talkback for C4 | |
Strange Love | Under Option | |
Semi Detached | BBC | |
Semi Detached | Shine Productions | |
The Pilot Show | E4 | |
3 Non Blondes - Series I and II | BBC Three | |
Velvet Soup | BBC Scotland | |
Dogging | Stickee Ltd for MTV UK | |
The Friday Night Project | Princess for Channel 4 | |
The Friday Night Show | Ealing for Channel 4 | |
Resistance | BBC Three | |
Shoreditch Tw*t | C4/Talkback | |
The Girly Sketch Show | BBC | |
Monkey Dust | Talkback / BBC | |
Catastrophe | Avalon/C4 | Co-creator/Writer |
Film
Production | Company | Notes |
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Herself | Amazon Video | Producer |
Radio
Production | Company | Notes |
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Chain Reaction 2015 | BBC Radio 4 | |
Clement Doesn't Live Here Anymore | BBC Radio 4 | |
Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekend | BBC Radio 4 |
Comedy
Sharon is an Irish actress, writer and comedian.
Sharon is responsible for her hugely successful two series of the smash hit comedy CATASTROPHE in which she writes and stars opposite Rob Delaney. She has also appeared in THE INCREASINGLY BAD DECISIONS OF TODD MARGARET Series 3 as Alice Bell.
Other recent projects in which Sharon appeared include the Tiger Aspect / Sky series PSYCHOBITCHES, playing a range of roles from Jane Austen to Boudica to Frida Kahlo. She also shot BAD MANAGEMENT for ABC, which she wrote and starred in.
Sharon also starred in Sky's LITTLE CRACKERS which she also wrote and directed, and BAD SUGAR, a Tiger Aspect pilot for Channel 4, written by Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong (Peep Show), directed by Ben Palmer (Inbetweeners Movie) and co-starring Olivia Colman and Julia Davis.
Awards: BAFTA nominated for PULLING 2007, Winner of the British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Actress 2008, BAFTA nominated 2009, Winner of the Southbank Show Comedy Award 2009 for PULLING, Winner of British Comedy Award 2009 for PULLING SPECIAL