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Sharon Horgan is currently starring in the true-crime drama The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox, also starring Grace Van Patten, which is now streaming on Hulu. A prolific actor, writer, director and producer, she created and starred in the award-winning Apple TV+ comedy thriller series Bad Sisters, created and showran the HBO comedy series Divorce, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, and is best known for her multiple award-winning sitcom Catastrophe, which she co-wrote and starred in with Rob Delaney. She has also received two BAFTA Award nominations and two British Comedy Awards for her iconic BBC show Pulling, which she co-wrote and starred in. On the big screen, Horgan recently appeared alongside Nicolas Cage in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, was the female lead opposite James McAvoy in the Stephen Daldry-directed film Together, and starred alongside Rachel McAdams, Jason Bateman and Kyle Chandler in the hit comedy Game Night. (Photo courtesy Apple TV+.)

Sharon Horgan

Film

Three Great Things: Sharon Horgan

Alison Star Locke moved a lot as a kid with her single mother, growing up mainly in San Antonio and Oakland. She earned a B.F.A. in Filmic Writing from USC, where she won the Jack Nicholson Screenwriting Award. She began her writing career as a story producer for reality TV and has written, directed and produced numerous shorts. Her favorite, Shhhhhhh&#8230;, was laureled-up by the Los Angeles Film Festival and the Denver Film Festival. Her script The Projectionist won second place at Slamdance in the Horror/Thriller category. Her scripts have placed in numerous contests, including the BloodList, Nicholls, Screamfest, Women in Horror Film Festival, Scriptapalooza and Fright Night. After staying home to advocate and care for her daughter, Bethany, who was diagnosed with autism, she returned to work this year to make The Apology, her first feature as a writer-director, starring Anna Gunn, Linus Roache and Janeane Garofalo. She lives with her husband and daughter in the Los Angeles area.

Alison Star Locke

On Bad Sisters: Fighting Back Against Being Smaller and Quieter