Actress reveals inspiration for pregnant TV character

Top comedy actress Sharon Horgan has revealed she used her own real-life maternity mishaps as inspiration for her character’s pregnancy in her new Channel 4 sitcom.

Actress reveals inspiration for pregnant TV character

The mother-of-two said she had a string of disasters during her own two pregnancies which were perfect material for her character who discovers she is expecting a baby in her eagerly anticipated series Catastrophe which is being tipped to be one of the biggest TV shows of the year.

The TV funnywoman has teamed up with Rob Delaney — America’s most influential Twitter comedian — to make the single camera romantic comedy about an Irish woman and an American man who make a mess of their struggle to fall in love in London.

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