Irish actress Sharon Horgan says she is still angry at herself over her marriage
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The gist
Irish actress Sharon Horgan said she is still angry at herself for staying in her marriage.
Her new post-divorce comedy Youth draws on that split.
Background
Sharon Horgan is an Irish actress, writer and comedienne, 56, who created and starred in Bad Sisters and now leads the new series Youth. She split in 2019 from her husband of 14 years, TV producer Jeremy Rainbird, and has drawn on her own life for her shows. The recent coverage comes as she promotes Youth, in which she plays Alex, a divorced literary agent in her fifties re-entering the London dating scene as her son heads to university.
How it unfolded
- 2019Horgan split from her husband of 14 years, TV producer Jeremy Rainbird.
- Aug 19, 2025Horgan attends the New York premiere of Hulu's The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox.
- Oct 22, 2026The Globe and Mail reviews Youth, calling it Horgan's best comedy since Catastrophe.
- Oct 23, 2026The Independent reports Horgan cast a woman her ex cheated on her with as an extra in one of her TV shows.
- Oct 27, 2026Horgan says on Elizabeth Day's How to Fail podcast she is still angry at herself for staying in her marriage, and tells Grazia she gets incredibly paranoid before her shows air.
- Oct 28, 2026IMDb News reports on the release date for episode 4 of Youth.
Who’s saying what
- Horgan
- She said of her marriage ending that it was 'a long time coming' and 'weirdly connected to confidence', and that she is 'angry at myself' not for the failure but for not figuring it out earlier.
- Horgan
- She said casting the woman her ex cheated with as an extra was 'the best fun for me' and that 'she was in on it'.
- Horgan
- She said she 'genuinely thought I'd be alone forever' and 'didn't even know if I'd ever have sex again'.
- Horgan
- She told Grazia that as a show nears broadcast 'I get incredibly paranoid' and that 'fear drives me a lot'.
Still unverified
Horgan did not reveal the identity of the ex-boyfriend or the woman she cast as an extra.