Sharon Lorencia Horgan was born on 13th July 1970, in Hackney, London, England, and is an actress, writer and producer, perhaps best known for starring in and being a co-writer of the television series “Catastrophe” and “Pulling”. She is a winner of the British Comedy and BAFTA Craft Awards. Horgan has been active in the entertainment industry since 2004.
How much is the net worth of Sharon Horgan? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of her wealth is as much as $2 million, as of the data presented in early 2018. Television and film are the main sources of Horgan’s modest fortune.
Sharon Horgan Net Worth $2 million
To begin with, the girl and her four siblings were raised in Hackney; later her family moved to Bellewstown where they lived on a turkey farm. Sharon was subsequently educated at Brunel University, from which she earned a BA degree in English and American Studies.
Concerning her professional career, she started writing material for BBC alongside Dennis Kelly, and in 2001 the two were honoured with the BBC New Comedy Award for Sketch Writing and Performance. Then she debuted as the actress, with her first significant role landed in the comedy series “Absolute Power” (2003). Later, Horgan was cast as a main in the comedy drama “Imagine Me & You” (2005) directed by Ol Parker, then the following year her breakthrough came with the comedy series “Pulling” (2006), in which she was the main star and co-writer, achieving high ratings and for which Sharon won a British Comedy Award – her net worth was now well set.
For her role in the series “Rob Brydon’s Annually Retentive” (2006 – 2007), Sharon won the British Comedy Award in the category of the Best Female Newcomer, and was then a screenwriter for the sitcom “Angelo’s” (2007) aired on Five. A further significant role was as the main character in the black comedy series “The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret” (2010 – 2016), meantime in 2012 portraying the lead character Helen Stephens in the sitcom “Dead Boss” broadcast on BBC Three. At the end of the same year, she made her directorial debut with her film “The Week before Christmas”.
Horgan created various roles in the television show “Psychobitches” (2012- 2014) directed by Jeremy Dyson, and in addition worked as a presenter for the series “How to Be a Good Mother” (2012) and “Secrets of a Good Marriage” (2013), among others.
In 2014, she launched the independent production company entitled Horgan, and since 2015, Sharon has had the lead role in the sitcom “Catastrophe” which she co-creates alongside Rob Delaney; the two won the BAFTA TV Award in the category of the Best Writer: Comedy, and were nominated for a number of other prestigious awards including an Emmy. To conclude, all the above mentioned engagements have added sums to the net worth of Sharon Horgan.
Finally, in the personal life of the writer and actress, Sharon has been married to the businessman Jeremy Rainbird since 2005; they have two daughters, and the family resides in Victoria Park, Hackney.
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