Biography
Sharon Horgan is an Irish actress, writer, director and producer. She is best known for the comedy series Pulling (2006) and Catastrophe (2015), both of which she starred in and co-wrote. In 2016 she created Divorce for US television and the following year she co-created Motherland for BBC2. In 2018 she starred in the movie Game Night. Most recently, she has starred in the movies Military Wives and Everybody's Talking About Jamie, whilst on television she plays Aisling Bea's sister in the sitcom...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Your Monster
2024
Executive Producer
After her life falls apart, soft-spoken actress Laura Franco finds her voice again when she meets a terrifying, yet weirdly charming, monster living i...
Quintessentially Irish
2024
as Self
A celebration of all things Irish, from sweeping landscapes to traditions and quirky sense of humor.
A Greyhound of a Girl
2023
as Scarlett (voice)
Mary is a 12-year-old girl with a passion for cooking, absorbing information from her grandmother, who is a wonderful cook. However, Mary and her fami...
Rally Road Racers
2023
as Abby Jacks (voice)
Zhi, a rookie race car driver, gets the opportunity to compete against the reigning champion of the rally car circuit. With help from a former driver-...
Disability Benefits
2022
Executive Producer
Channel 4 Blap. Having been made redundant, and with her state benefits cut to shreds, a young woman with cerebral palsy and very little left to lose ...
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
2022
as Olivia
Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, Nick Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. Things take...
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
2021
as Miss Hedge
Jamie New is 16 and doesn’t quite fit in—instead of pursuing a "real" career he dreams of becoming a drag queen. Uncertain about his future, Jamie kno...
Together
2021
as She
A husband and wife are forced to re-evaluate themselves and their relationship through the reality of the Covid-19 lockdown.
Herself
2020
Producer
Struggling to provide her daughters with a safe, happy home, Sandra decides to build one - from scratch. Using all her ingenuity to make her ambitious...
How to Build a Girl
2020
as Jo March
The journey of Midlands teenager Johanna Morrigan, who reinvents herself as Dolly Wilde: fast-talking, lady sex-adventurer, moves to London, and gets ...
Dating Amber
2020
as Hannah
Eddie and Amber decide to stage a relationship in order to stop everyone speculating about their sexuality. Eddie is keen to follow his dad into the m...
Military Wives
2020
as Lisa
Inspired by global phenomenon of military wives choirs, the story celebrates a band of misfit women who form a choir on a military base. As unexpected...
Beards
2019
A film about beards!
Heyday - The Mic Christopher Story
2019
This heartfelt story charts singer-songwriter Mic Christopher's humble beginnings busking on the streets of Dublin, his rise to rock star, the near fa...
Game Night
2018
as Sarah
Max and Annie's weekly game night gets kicked up a notch when Max's brother Brooks arranges a murder mystery party -- complete with fake thugs and fed...
The Circuit
2016
Writer, Executive Producer
Newly arrived in town Nat and Gabe accept a dinner invitation from the volatile Hungarian Helene and her boorish husband Sasha. Whilst the other guest...
Man Up
2015
as Elaine
A 34 year old single woman, Nancy, hung-over again, exhausted by the endless fruitless set ups by her friends, traveling across London to toast anothe...
Run & Jump
2014
as Tara
After a stroke leaves her husband disabled and fundamentally changed, a spirited Irish wife struggles to keep her family members together. All the whi...
The Week Before Christmas
2012
as Sharon's Mum
It is a hectic time of year for the Horgans and young Sharon must do her share of turkey plucking. It isn't a particularly fun way to pass the time, a...
The Week Before Christmas
2012
Writer, Director
It is a hectic time of year for the Horgans and young Sharon must do her share of turkey plucking. It isn't a particularly fun way to pass the time, a...
Bad Sugar
2012
as Lucy Cauldwell
A dysfunctional, wealthy mining dynasty, with an ailing patriarch and some greedy siblings. A peculiarly British take on telenovela style melodramas, ...
The Borrowers
2011
as Homily Clock
Family adventure based on Mary Norton's classic children's books about a race of tiny people who live under the floorboards, resourcefully surviving b...
Death of a Superhero
2011
as Renata Clarke
A dying 15-year-old boy draws stories of an invincible superhero as he struggles with his mortality.
Brethren
2010
as Sharon
An ordinary day in a cafe takes a bizarre twist for Alice and Sharon.
Miss Remarkable & her Career
2010
as Miss Remarkable (voice)
Miss Remarkable's struggle with her own demons, crushing parental expectations and a career meltdown.
Imagine Me & You
2006
as Beth
During her wedding ceremony, Rachel notices Luce in the audience and feels instantly drawn to her. The two women become close friends, and when Rachel...
Valiant
2005
as Charles De Girl (voice)
Set in 1944, Valiant is a woodland pigeon who wants to become a great hero someday. When he hears they are hiring recruits for the Royal Homing Pigeon...
Trafalgar Square
2004
as Karen
Short film set among the various workers and tradespeople in the famous London thoroughfare that spoofs the popular docusoap genre of the day. Writer ...
Trafalgar Square
2004
Writer
Short film set among the various workers and tradespeople in the famous London thoroughfare that spoofs the popular docusoap genre of the day. Writer ...
The Last Drop
N/A
A functioning alcoholic faces an ultimatum: to go sober or lose everything – including his life.
Into the Black
N/A
as Carol