ACTRESS Sharon Horgan has opened up on how “proud” she is of her family.
The 54-year-old sat down with Patrick Kielty on the Late Late Show tonight to speak about her successful series Bad Sisters.
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The hit Apple show just released the second season last week.
The darkly comedic drama has captivated audiences worldwide and is the brainchild of Emmy Award nominee and BAFTA Award-winning executive producer Sharon.
The series centres around the lives of the Garvey sisters, played by a stellar cast including writer and director Sharon herself.
Patrick called Sharon “the most prolific and successful writer that we have on this island” before asking her if she ever sits and realises how “successful” she is.
Sharon’s maternal grandparents hailed from Midfield, Mayo, but the Horgans were raised on a turkey farm in Bellewstown, Co Meath.
Speaking about her upbringing, Sharon said: “I think it’s sort of… well, especially if you’re brought up in a turkey farm, you never really sort of expect things to work out for you in media.
“But, and then for a long time, I sort of felt like I got lucky.”
The Irish star revealed she got her career breakthrough “well past her prime” when she co-wrote and starred in Pulling at 36-years-old.
She added: “And I felt like I’d had a lot of lucky breaks. And so it wasn’t really quite prepared to go, ‘Ah well done me’.
“But it turns out if you do it long enough and you create a few shows that are sort of bona fide hits – it just feels good. But it never stops being hard.
“It’s not like anything is ever just sort of handed to you just because you’ve made some good stuff in the past.
“Everything, it’s always a slog. You have to constantly hustle. I’m a hustler.
“That’s why I’m sort of always making stuff because I’m always hustling.”
Sharon’s dad John Horgan passed away last December surrounded by loved ones following a brave battle with cancer.
SHARON’S DAD
Speaking about her late dad, the award-winning writer said: “He came down on set for the first season [of Bad Sisters].
“And he came down for the second season with my mum as well and was fascinated by the process of it and how skilled everyone was at their particular part of the job and met everyone.
“He was just a very curious, interested, just a great man. And very sort of… pushed us to be the best that we could be.
“And even when he was in hospital, I brought him in. I did a little sort of edited clip of what we’d made so far. And I brought it in to him to show him.”
SHARON’S SIBLINGS
Sharon spoke about the “big week” for her family as her little brother Mark, who co-produced BBC podcast Where is George Gibney?, newest series titled Stakeknife came out today.
While Maria, the eldest of the Horgan siblings, produced a documentary called Housewife of the Year which is was also released in cinemas today.
Sharon gushed over her siblings saying: “It is a big week. I posted a thing on social media today saying, ‘You wait for one Horgan project and then three of them turn up at once’.
“I’m really, really proud of both of them.”
Sharon also has another brother, Shane, who is a former rugby union player-turned-pundit and another sister Lorraine, who followed in Sharon’s footsteps as an actress and has appeared as Mrs Donovan in an episode of Peaky Blinders.
RTE viewers were surprised to hear about Sharon’s background and raced to social media with compliments.
‘IN AWE’
Lesley wrote: “You could just imagine Sharon Horgan during her brother’s big rugby days …
“Watch out everyone, I’ll have something massive coming soon when he’s finished playing rugby.”
Mags said: “Wait! Sharon Horgan is of the Horgan turkey clan?!”
Another fan tweeted: “Ah I’m in awe @SharonHorgan. Brilliant writing and acting #LateLateShow #BadSisters.”
Sharon had also dedicated a post to her siblings over on Instagram today to congratulate them.
Karen said: “Wow! Incredibly talented family indeed!”
Emma commented: “What on earth was sprinkled on the Horgan household, you’re all incredible!”
