Sharon Horgan has said there is life after divorce as she revealed her brood is a ‘bit of a circus family’ as she juggles acting and parenting.
The Irish actress, 52, tied the knot with businessman Jeremy Rainbird back in 2005 and the pair were married for 14 years until they split in 2019.
Speaking to The Sunday Times, Sharon revealed she lives with her two daughters Sadhbh and Amer, now 16 and 20, but family life can sometimes be challenging.
‘It’s tough because it’s just me, but we make it work’ she said. ‘It’s a bit of a circus family: my work/life balance had to change, and that’s good.
‘But when I take a job the girls are incredibly encouraging because they know I’d really rather be with them.’
Sharon Horgan said there is life after divorce as she revealed her brood is a ‘bit of a circus family’ as she juggles acting and parenting to The Sunday Times (Pictured on Friday)
The Irish actress, 52, tied the knot with businessman Jeremy Rainbird back in 2005 and the pair were married for 14 years until they split in 2019 (Pictured in 2016)
Sharon’s separation echoed the storyline of her US series Divorce, which she wrote.
Divorce, starred Sarah Jessica Parker, debuted in 2016, and followed character Frances Dufresne, a married woman who has an affair and starts divorce proceedings with her husband.
Sharon fell pregnant just six months after meeting Jeremy, and based her Channel 4 drama Catastrophe, starring Rob Delaney, on their experiences.
When the show initially came out she said to the New Yorker: ‘If it wasn’t so hard to get a divorce, I would get a divorce.’
Sharon also spoke about her divorce from her husband Jeremy last year and how it has ‘changed’ her life.
Reflecting on their divorce while speaking to Red Magazine, Sharon admitted she felt ‘scared’ separating from her husband at first, but that she is much happier now.
She told the publication: ‘I found it scary at first, but it’s just about learning to do things in a slightly different way.
‘Everything I was relying on another person for, I was then able – for the most part – to teach myself.
Speaking to The Sunday Times, Sharon revealed she lives with her two daughters Sadhbh and Amer, now 16 and 20, but family life can sometimes be challenging (Pictured in May)
Divorce, starred Sarah Jessica Parker , debuted in 2016, and followed character Frances Dufresne, a married woman who has an affair and starts divorce proceedings with her husband
‘I’m not saying I don’t have help around me – it’s a big old thing I’m running here – but learning how to do things I was scared of has made my life richer.
‘I feel more in control and more independent. I certainly feel happier than I have been in the last few years.’
Sharon also went on to speak about the ‘shame’ surrounding divorce, saying it shouldn’t be the case because it can be a life-changing decision.
‘Divorce can be a really helpful, handy thing that can change your life,’ she said.
‘There’s a lot of shame attached to the failure of a relationship, and that shouldn’t be the case.’
While in the past, the actress spoke about the storyline for Catastrophe: ‘That is what happened to me,’ she’s said, ‘so it made sense to write about it.’
The couple met 14 years ago and the writer and actress fell pregnant just six months later – loosely basing her Channel 4 drama Catastrophe, with Rob Delaney, on their experiences
After announcing their separation, Jeremy said that the couple would co-parent their two children claiming that they all hung out together recently and ‘We are so lucky that we are genuinely mates.’
Since she wrote Pulling, which started in 2006, Sharon has gone on to write and star in Hollywood movies and British dramas including Game on and also Motherland.
The Irish star also bought a Hollywood home. The one-storey 1953 house, just underneath the Hollywood sign, once belonged to Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante and in the late 1990s.