Sharon Horgan is a multi-BAFTA award-winning Irish actress, writer, producer, and director.
Sharon is best known for her multiple award-winning sitcomCATASTROPHE, 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 was released in November 2024.
Sharon is also co-creator ofSHINING 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 forCATASTROPHEin 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) forMORGANA ROBINSON’S SUMMER: DREAMLANDand Outstanding Achievement Award for her debut short filmTHE 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 showPULLINGwhich 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 airedDREAMLANDwhich stars Lily Allen and Freema Agyeman; executive producing BBC Sounds audio dramaPeople Who Knew Me, starring Rosamund Pike and Hugh Laurie; executive producing and starring in the animated comedyHOUSEBROKEN(Fox), which was co-created by Clea Duvall, Jennifer Crittenden and Gabrielle Allan, and the second series is currently airing; executive producingFRANK OF IRELAND(Channel 4/Amazon), which was created by Brian and Domhnall Gleeson and Michael Moloney; co-writing and executive producing the BAFTA nominatedMOTHERLAND(BBC Two), includingMOTHERLAND CHRISTMAS SPECIAL(BBC Two) andMOTHERLAND: LAST CHRISTMAS(BBC One); executive producing two seriesof 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, andTHIS WAY UP(Channel 4/Hulu), in which she also starred in alongside creator Aisling Bea.
