Sharon Horgan
- 54 years old
- Irish
- Actor, writer, producer and executive producer
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Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney pick up where they left off: season three opens by continuing the scene in which "Rob" discovers "Sharon" has furtively bought the morning-after pill. Has she cheated? She was too drunk to know, so there follows an almost agonising farce in which two vulnerable characters wonder if their relationship is over. Thanks to Horgan and Delaney's mastery at mixing cringe with rude, roaring laughs, though, it's still a joyful catharsis.
Jack Seale, The Guardian, 28th February 2017Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney discuss their comedy
The co-writers, who also star in Channel 4's sitcom Catastrophe, which returns for its third series, wanted to portray a recognisable marriage, not a sitcom marriage, that 'in real life' would end in a 'murder-suicide'.
Gerald Gilbert, The Independent, 27th February 2017In bed with Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan
It's an unusual, slightly alarming privilege to be invited to watch a "bedroom scene". Especially given that, in Channel 4's superb sitcom, Catastrophe, the bedroom sometimes feels like one of the few places where married couple Sharon and Rob (writer/stars Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney) don't get it on.
Gabriel Tate, i Newspaper, 24th February 2017Carrie Fisher: Catastrophe role 'fitting tribute'
Carrie Fisher's role in the third series of Channel 4 sitcom Catastrophe will be a "fitting tribute", say its makers.
BBC News, 8th February 2017Why 2016 has been a great year for women in comedy
From Fleabag and Catastrophe to My Dad Wrote a Porno, women have been having the last laugh, says Ellie Harrison.
Ellie Harrison, Radio Times, 30th December 2016Top 40 TV Shows of 2016: #17 Motherland
Is this a sign 2016 wasn't a great year for comedy? The second highest-ranking sitcom in our list - if you even count Fleabag as a sitcom - was only a one-off pilot episode.
Jack Seale, Radio Times, 26th December 2016Pulling gets American remake
Cult British comedy series Pulling is heading to NBC. The network is developing an U.S. version of the 2006 BBC Three series, with the original series' creators Sharon Horgan who also starred, and Dennis Kelly executive producing. The project hails from Aaron Kaplan's Kapital Entertainment, Horgan's Merman and 20th TV.
Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 4th November 2016Channel 4's 2012 pilot Bad Sugar to be re-made in USA
Bad Sugar, a pilot broadcast on Channel 4 in 2012 written by Peep Show creators Bain & Armstrong, is to become a show in America.
British Comedy Guide, 24th October 2016BBC Two orders a full series of Motherland
BBC Two has ordered a full series of Motherland, the sitcom co-written by Graham Linehan, Sharon Horgan, Helen Linehan and Holly Walsh.
British Comedy Guide, 6th October 2016Sharon Horgan: Women are making best TV comedy
Actress and writer Sharon Horgan has praised the number of women currently involved in high-profile comedy shows.
BBC News, 4th October 2016