What is net worth of Sharon Horgan, from “Motherland”? Her Wiki: Husband, Salary, Bio

Sharon Horgan Wiki Biography

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.



Full Name Sharon Horgan
Net Worth $2 million
Date Of Birth 13 July 1970
Place Of Birth Hackney, London, England
Height 1.73 m
Profession Actress
Education Brunel University London
Nationality British
Spouse Jeremy Rainbird
Children Sadhbh Rainbird, Amer Rainbird
Parents John Horgan, Ursula Horgan
Siblings Shane Horgan, Mark Horgan, Maria Horgan, Lorraine Horgan
Twitter https://twitter.com/sharonhorgan?lang=en
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sharonhorgan/
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1279721/
Awards British Academy Television Craft Award for Writer – Comedy, British Comedy Award for the Best TV Comedy Actress, Glamour Award for Comedy Actress, Glamour Award for Trailblazer of the Year
Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, British Academy Television Award for Best Female Performance in a Comedy Programme, British Academy Television Award for Best Scripted Comedy, British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Performance, Satellite Award for Best Actr…
Movies Man Up, Run and Jump, Bad Sugar, The Borrowers, Death of a Superhero, Stanley Park, Imagine Me & You, Valiant, Bad Mom, Capturing Santa
TV Shows Catastrophe, Divorce, Pulling, Dead Boss, The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, Monkey Dust, Playhouse Presents, Big Babies, The Sunday Night Project, Free Agents, Broken News, Adventure Time, Todd Margaret, The Borrowers, Rob Brydon’s Annually Retentive, The Pilot Show, Angelo’s
Fact
1 Grew up on a turkey farm.
2 Described her own wedding as part of a “shotgun marriage”, as they wed six months after they met and were already expecting their first child.
3 Was a long-time friend of late musician Mic Christopher.
4 Spent five months away from her London-based home in order to work on “Divorce” (2016) in New York. She would FaceTime her daughter five times every day during the distance.
5 One of five children.
6 Worked in a Camden bong shop for years.
7 Left Ireland in order to pursue an acting career in London. However, she ended up working at a job center for five years (and later returned for half a year), after being turned down by every major acting school in London.
8 Created the series Pulling (2006), which she also starred in, after being dissatisfied with the roles available to her.
9 Her Emmy nomination for Catastrophe (2015) marked the first Emmy nomination for writing for a British comedy series in nine years.
10 Made her television debut at the age of 18 on Jo Maxi (1989), when she appeared as a amateur back-up dancer to her friends’ band.
11 Sister of Irish rugby player Shane Horgan.

Actress

Title Year Status Character
Catastrophe 2015-2018 TV Series Sharon Morris
Adventure Time 2017 TV Series Minerva / Minerva Bot
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret 2009-2016 TV Series Alice Bell
Man Up 2015/I Elaine
Moone Boy 2015 TV Series Sharon Morgan
Psychobitches 2012-2014 TV Series Simone de Beauvoir / P.L. Travers / Lucrezia Borgia / …
Bad Management 2013 TV Movie Eve
Moving On 2013 TV Series Sarah
Run & Jump 2013 Tara
Bad Sugar 2012 TV Movie Lucy Cauldwell
Little Crackers 2010-2012 TV Series Sharon’s Mum / Mother
Dead Boss 2012 TV Series Helen Stephens
Playhouse Presents 2012 TV Series Jane Austen Frida Kahlo
Bad Mom 2011 TV Movie Linda
My So Called Life Sentence 2011 TV Movie
The Borrowers 2011 TV Movie Homily Clock
Death of a Superhero 2011 Renata
Stanley Park 2010 TV Movie Auntie Pat
Fröken Märkvärdig & Karriären 2010 Short Miss Remarkable (English version, voice)
Big Babies 2010 TV Series Carole
Junior MasterChef 2010 TV Series Narrator
Comedy Showcase 2009 TV Series Alice
Pulling 2006-2009 TV Series Donna
Free Agents 2009 TV Series Helen Ryan
Free Agents 2009 TV Movie Helen Ryan
Angelo’s 2007 TV Series Karen
Strutter 2007 TV Series
Annually Retentive 2006-2007 TV Series Guest Booker
God and Dave 2006 Short God
Imagine Me & You 2005 Beth
Valiant 2005 Charles De Girl (voice)
Broken News 2005 TV Series Katie Tate – ESN
Carrie & Barry 2004 TV Series Jan
The Great Love Swindle 2004 TV Series Narrator
The Pilot Show 2003 TV Series Various
Absolute Power 2003 TV Series Theresa O’Leary
Monkey Dust 2003 TV Series Various
Comedy Lab 2002 TV Series
Shoreditch Twat 2002 TV Movie Miscellaneous
The State We’re In 2002 TV Series

Writer

Title Year Status Character
Catastrophe 2015-2017 TV Series created and written by – 18 episodes
Divorce TV Series created by – 20 episodes, 2016 – 2017 written by – 4 episodes, 2016
Motherland TV Series creator – 1 episode, 2016 written by – 1 episode, 2016
The Circuit 2016 TV Movie writer
Dead Boss 2014 TV Movie
Bad Management 2013 TV Movie
Little Crackers 2012 TV Series written by – 1 episode
Dead Boss TV Series 3 episodes, 2012 writer – 2 episodes, 2012
Bad Mom 2011 TV Movie
My So Called Life Sentence 2011 TV Movie
Pulling TV Series writer – 11 episodes, 2006 – 2008 written by – 2 episodes, 2008 – 2009
Pulling 2009 TV Movie creator
Angelo’s 2007 TV Series writer – 6 episodes
The Great Love Swindle 2004 TV Series
Monkey Dust 2003 TV Series writer

Producer

Title Year Status Character
Bliss 2017 TV Series executive producer – 6 episodes pre-production
Catastrophe 2015-2017 TV Series executive producer – 11 episodes
Divorce 2016-2017 TV Series executive producer – 20 episodes
Motherland 2016 TV Series executive producer – 1 episode
The Circuit 2016 TV Movie executive producer
Jason Byrne in Ireland 2016 TV Movie executive producer
Katherine Ryan in Ireland 2016 TV Movie producer
Glued 2016 TV Mini-Series executive producer – 1 episode
Lolly Adefopfe’s Christmas 2015 TV Movie executive producer
Dead Boss 2014 TV Movie executive producer / producer
Bad Management 2013 TV Movie executive producer
Little Crackers 2012 TV Series executive producer – 2 episodes
Dead Boss 2012 TV Series executive producer – 3 episodes
Bad Mom 2011 TV Movie executive producer
Pulling TV Series associate producer – 7 episodes, 2006 – 2008 executive producer – 6 episodes, 2008 – 2009
Pulling 2009 TV Movie executive producer

Miscellaneous

Title Year Status Character
Big Babies 2010 TV Series program consultant – 5 episodes

Director

Title Year Status Character
Little Crackers 2012 TV Series 1 episode

Self

Title Year Status Character
BAFTA Televsion Awards 2016 2016 TV Special Herself – Audience Member
Conan 2016 TV Series Herself – Guest
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2016 TV Series Herself – Guest
Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast 2015 TV Series Herself
The Graham Norton Show 2015 TV Series Herself – Guest
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled 2015 TV Series Herself – Panelist
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 2014 TV Series
Crackanory 2013 TV Series Herself
Channel 4’s 30 Greatest Comedy Shows 2012 TV Movie documentary Herself – Narrator (voice)
Sunday Brunch 2012 TV Series Herself – Guest
The Making of the Borrowers 2012 Video documentary short Herself – Homily Clock
Have I Got News for You 2011 TV Series Herself – Guest Presenter
GCSE Bitesize History 2011 TV Series documentary Herself
Peep Show & Tell 2010 TV Movie documentary Herself – Narrator (voice)
You Have Been Watching 2010 TV Series Herself
We Need Answers 2010 TV Series Herself
Loose Women 2008-2009 TV Series Herself
Freaky Eaters 2009 TV Series Herself – Narrator
Something for the Weekend 2009 TV Series Herself
Late Review 2008 TV Series Herself – Panelist
The Friday Night Project 2005 TV Series Herself – Presenter

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled 2015 TV Series Herself – Panelist

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2016 Golden Nymph Festival de Television de Monte Carlo Best Actress – TV Series Comedy Catastrophe (2015)
2009 British Comedy Award British Comedy Awards Best Television Comedy Drama Pulling (2006)
2008 British Comedy Award British Comedy Awards Best Television Comedy Actress Pulling (2006)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2016 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series Catastrophe (2015)
2016 BAFTA TV Award BAFTA Awards Best Female Performance in a Comedy Programme Catastrophe (2015)
2016 Satellite Award Satellite Awards Best Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical Catastrophe (2015)
2009 BAFTA TV Award BAFTA Awards Best Comedy Performance Pulling (2006)
2007 BAFTA TV Award BAFTA Awards Best Situation Comedy Pulling (2006)
2007 Banff Rockie Award Banff Television Festival Best Comedy Program Pulling (2006)
2007 British Comedy Award British Comedy Awards Best Female Comedy Newcomer Pulling (2006)

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