London based actress, writer, director and producer, Sharon Horgan is best known for her UK television work Pulling and Catastrophe.
Pulling, was co-written by Horgan and Dennis Kelly, and features Horgan as Donna, an irresponsible marketing manager who calls off her wedding at the last minute. Horgan won a British Comedy Award in 2008 and 2009 and was nominated in for BAFTA Television Award in 2009 for the show.
Catastrophe is a sitcom which is co-written and co-stars Rob Delaney. In Catastrophe Sharon Horgan plays Sharon and Irishwoman living in London who falls pregnant by Rob, an American she mets on business in London. The second season is currently airing on UK/Irish television.
Sharon Horgan has won five IFTA Awards in both acting and writing for her work on Catastrophe. She also won the 2021 IFTA Award for Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in Dating Amber.
Horgan also created the US comedy series Divorce starring Sarah Jessica Parker.
"I really want to thank IFTA because they've been so supportive and lovely to me over the years and I haven't lived here for years and I don't make any programs here and I've got this stupid accent now. Thank you so much, I'm really delighted." "
Sharon Horgan
(on receiving her IFTA win in 2018)