Sharon Osbourne

Sharon Osbourne
Osbourne in 2012
Born
Sharon Rachel Levy

(1952-10-09) 9 October 1952 (age 72)
London, England
Citizenship
  • United Kingdom
  • United States[1]
Occupations
  • Television personality
  • music manager
  • author
Years active1979–present
OrganisationSharon Osbourne Management
Television
Spouse
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(m. 1982)​
Children
FatherDon Arden
Websitesharonosbourne.com

Sharon Rachel Osbourne (née Levy, later Arden; born 9 October 1952)[2] is an English television personality, music manager, and author. She is married to heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne and came to prominence while appearing on The Osbournes (2002–2005), a reality television show that aired on MTV, which followed her family's daily life. Osbourne later became a judge on television talent competition shows, including The X Factor (2004–2007, 2013, 2016–2017) and America's Got Talent (2007–2012).

Osbourne is credited with reviving her husband's heavy metal career by founding the summer Ozzfest tour, which was held almost annually between 1996 and 2018.[3] In light of her success managing her husband, she branched out into managing other acts, such as Gary Moore, Motörhead, Lita Ford, and The Smashing Pumpkins, through her own talent management company Sharon Osbourne Management.[3][4]

From 2003 to 2004, Osbourne hosted her own television talk show The Sharon Osbourne Show, which was syndicated to various US channels and also shown in the UK on Sky One. In 2010, she was a contestant on the NBC reality show The Celebrity Apprentice, and became a co-host on the CBS talk show The Talk, hosting until her termination in 2021. In 2022, she joined TalkTV, hosting a prime time show also titled The Talk.[5] In 2024, Osbourne appeared as a celebrity lodger on the twenty-third series of the ITV reality show Celebrity Big Brother.[6][7]

Osbourne has released three autobiographies and two novels. Her first autobiography, Extreme, debuted at number one on the Sunday Times best-seller list.[8][9]

  1. ^ "Sharon Osbourne on politics, literature - and life with Ozzy". The Guardian. 1 March 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Sharon Osbourne". TV Guide. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Eminem sings about killing his wife. My husband actually tried to do it". The Guardian. 25 May 2001. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
  4. ^ "Biography". Sharon Osbourne Official Site. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  5. ^ Griffin, Louise (17 March 2022). "Sharon Osbourne joins TalkTV with 'good friend' Piers Morgan after The Talk exit". Metro. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Why is Sharon Osbourne the "lodger" on Celebrity Big Brother? Twist explained". Radio Times. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  7. ^ Towers, Emily (4 March 2024). "Why Sharon Osbourne is heading into the Celebrity Big Brother house as the show's first-ever lodger". Entertainment Daily. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Osbourne's book shows it has the X-factor". The Guardian. 14 January 2006. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Don Arden | Obituaries | Guardian Unlimited". 30 August 2007. Archived from the original on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2021.