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Sharon Horgan

Sharon Horgan

Sharon Horgan

Writer, Producer, Actor, Director and Co-Founder

Merman

Speaking at

Wednesday 19 June, 12:45 - 13:15

What a Feeling – The Unreasonable Impact of Emotion

Biography

Sharon Horgan is a multi-BAFTA award-winning actress, writer, producer and director and co-founder of celebrated production company Merman. Sharon is perhaps best known for her work executive producing, co-writing and co-starring in the dark comedy thriller 'Bad Sisters' (Apple TV+) which has so far received three BAFTA Awards, four Primetime EMMY nominations, four IFTA Awards and the Peabody Award for Entertainment. The highly anticipated second series is currently in production.

Sharon has co-written and co-produced numerous award-winning shows including 'Catastrophe' and 'Pulling' (BBC) and starred in hit feature films including 'Game Night' and 'Military Wives'. In 2020 Sharon wrote and directed an episode of Amazon’s anthology 'Modern Love', staring Tina Fey and John Slattery. She co-founded production company Merman in 2014 through which she has co-created hit shows 'Shining Vale', starring Courtney Cox and Greg Kinnear, BAFTA winning 'Motherland' (BBC) and 'This Way Up' (CHANNEL 4/HULU).