Sharon Lorencia Horgan is a multifaceted Irish personality, renowned for her remarkable accomplishments in the realms of acting, writing, directing, comedy, and producing.
Her most notable ventures include the popular comedy series Pulling, which aired from 2006 to 2009, and Catastrophe, a show she co-wrote and starred in, which ran from 2015 to 2019.
In addition to her work on these series, Horgan created the HBO comedy series Divorce, which premiered in 2016 and concluded in 2019.
Throughout her illustrious career, Horgan has garnered numerous accolades, including the 2008 British Comedy Award for Best TV Actress for her role in Pulling.
The show's 2009 hour-long final episode won the British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Drama, and Horgan was nominated for seven BAFTA TV Awards, ultimately winning the 2016 BAFTA TV Award for Best Comedy Writer for Catastrophe, which she shared with Rob Delaney.
Catastrophe was also nominated for the 2020 BAFTA TV Awards and the 2016 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series.
Horgan has received five Irish Film and Television Awards for her work on Catastrophe, both in acting and writing, and won the 2021 Irish Film and Television Award for Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in Dating Amber, which premiered in 2020.
In addition to her television work, Horgan has appeared in a range of films, including Valiant, Imagine Me & You, Man Up, Game Night, Military Wives, Dating Amber, and the BBC Two film Together, which premiered in 2021.