Sharon Osbourne facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Sharon Osbourne
Osbourne in 2012
Born	Sharon Rachel Levy (1952-10-09) 9 October 1952 (age 72) London, England
Citizenship	United Kingdom United States
Occupation	Television personality music manager author
Years active	1979–present
Organisation	Sharon Osbourne Management
Television	The Osbournes The X Factor America's Got Talent The Sharon Osbourne Show The Celebrity Apprentice 3 The Talk Celebrity Big Brother
Spouse(s)	Ozzy Osbourne ​ (m. 1982)​
Children	Aimee Osbourne Kelly Osbourne Jack Osbourne
Parent(s)	Don Arden (father)

Sharon Rachel Osbourne (born 9 October 1952) is a famous English television star, music manager, and writer. She is married to heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. She became very well known from the reality TV show The Osbournes (2002–2005) on MTV, which showed her family's daily life. Sharon Osbourne later became a judge on popular TV talent shows like The X Factor (2004–2007, 2013, 2016–2017) and America's Got Talent (2007–2012).

Sharon Osbourne is also known for helping her husband Ozzy Osbourne's music career. She started the summer music festival Ozzfest, which happened almost every year from 1996 to 2018. Because she was so good at managing Ozzy, she also started managing other music artists like Gary Moore, Motörhead, Lita Ford, and The Smashing Pumpkins through her company, Sharon Osbourne Management.

From 2003 to 2004, Sharon Osbourne had her own TV talk show called The Sharon Osbourne Show. In 2010, she was a contestant on the reality show The Celebrity Apprentice. She also became a co-host on the CBS talk show The Talk, staying until 2021. In 2022, she joined TalkTV and hosted another show called The Talk. In 2024, she appeared on the TV show Celebrity Big Brother.

Sharon Osbourne has written three autobiographies (books about her own life) and two novels (fiction books). Her first autobiography, Extreme, was a number one best-seller.

Early Life

Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne in March 2004

Sharon Rachel Levy was born on 9 October 1952 in London, England. Her father, Don Arden, was a music promoter and helped many rock and roll artists. Her mother was Hope Shaw. Sharon has a brother named David. Her mother had Irish family, and her father had Ashkenazi Jewish family.

Sharon's father managed the band Black Sabbath. He later fired Ozzy Osbourne from the group. In 1979, Sharon started dating Ozzy and took over managing his music career. She helped Ozzy start his successful solo career by finding a new band for him. Her father was not happy that she was dating Ozzy and managing his career. She did not talk to her father for 20 years. They became friends again in 2001, and he even appeared on their reality show, The Osbournes. Sharon later shared that her father had Alzheimer's disease, and she paid for his care in his last years.

Her Career in Music

Ozzfest Music Festival

Ozzy Osbourne became very popular in the 1980s with many successful albums and world tours. In 1996, Sharon Osbourne created the Ozzfest summer music festival. It became a very popular rock event. In 2007, Sharon announced that tickets for Ozzfest would be free so more people could attend. Before starting Ozzfest, Sharon had asked for Ozzy to play at another festival called Lollapalooza, but they said no. That's when she decided to create her own festival.

Sharon Osbourne Management Company

Because she was so successful at managing her husband, Sharon Osbourne started her own company called Sharon Osbourne Management. She managed artists like Gary Moore, Motörhead, Lita Ford, The Smashing Pumpkins, and Coal Chamber. She also helped manage a band called Cube. She has also turned down requests to manage other famous artists like Fred Durst, Guns N' Roses, and Courtney Love.

TV Shows and Fame

Reality TV and Talk Shows (2002–2007)

Sharon Osbourne became a huge celebrity as one of the stars of MTV's reality show, The Osbournes. The show followed her family's daily life and was watched by many people. Sharon was the one who worked with MTV to make the show happen. Many people say she helped Ozzy become famous beyond just heavy metal fans. The show started in early 2002. When Sharon was diagnosed with cancer in July 2002, she insisted that the cameras keep filming. The last episode aired in the US on 21 March 2005. The show was very popular and had the highest ratings ever for MTV in both America and Britain.

The Osbournes' home in Beverly Hills became famous from the show. They later sold it and moved to another home in Beverly Hills. Sharon earned a lot of money from The Osbournes. In 2009, she was named one of Yahoo!'s Top 10 TV Moms.

In 2003, Sharon Osbourne started hosting her own TV talk show, The Sharon Osbourne Show. It was shown on different channels in the US and in the UK. The show was supposed to be like her reality show but with guest interviews. However, the show did not get high ratings and was cancelled in early 2004 after one season.

In 2006, the UK TV network ITV started another talk show with Sharon Osbourne, also called The Sharon Osbourne Show. It ran for six weeks.

Judging Talent Shows (2004–Present)

Sharon Osbourne was a judge and mentor on the UK's The X Factor from 2004 to 2007. In the first series, she helped contestants aged 16–24. In the second series, she mentored contestants aged 25 and over. During this series, the judges had to bring their chosen singers to their homes. Sharon chose her Beverly Hills home, and even Ozzy Osbourne watched the performances.

In the third series in 2006, she mentored the 25-and-overs again. Sharon was known for her strong opinions on the show. It was confirmed that she would return for the fourth series as a judge, along with Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, and new judge Dannii Minogue. She mentored the Girls category. During the first live show, Sharon walked off the set when two of her acts were in the bottom two.

Sharon Osbourne joined the judging panel of America's Got Talent in 2007. She worked with judges Piers Morgan, David Hasselhoff, Howie Mandel, and Howard Stern. She stayed with the show for many seasons. She later decided to leave the show.

On 6 June 2008, Sharon Osbourne announced she was leaving The X Factor after four series. She thanked the public and the show's creators. She was replaced by Cheryl Cole. Sharon later said that she left because she did not enjoy working with Dannii Minogue.

In 2010, Sharon Osbourne was a contestant on NBC's The Celebrity Apprentice, where she finished in third place.

From 2010 to 2021, Sharon Osbourne was a co-host on the CBS talk show The Talk. The show discussed topics related to motherhood and other current issues.

Sharon Osbourne returned to The X Factor in 2010 and 2012 to help Louis Walsh choose his final contestants. She expressed interest in returning as a judge again. In April 2013, it was announced that she would indeed return for the tenth series of the show. She mentored the Over 25s category. Her contestant, Sam Bailey, won the show on 15 December, which was Sharon's first win as a mentor. She did not return for the eleventh series.

In 2016, Sharon Osbourne returned to The X Factor for the thirteenth series. She judged alongside Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, and Nicole Scherzinger. She mentored the Over 25s category again. Her contestant, Saara Aalto, was the runner-up. Sharon returned for the fourteenth series and mentored the Girls category. Her last act, Grace Davies, also finished as the runner-up.

In March 2022, Sharon Osbourne joined TalkTV and started hosting a new weekly show called "The Talk".

Writing Books

Sharon Osbourne's first autobiography, Extreme, was published in October 2005. It tells about her childhood and her marriage to Ozzy Osbourne. The book became a number one best-seller in the UK and sold over 621,000 copies in hardback. It became the biggest-selling autobiography in British history at the time. In March 2006, it won Biography of the Year at the British Book Awards. Overall, the autobiography has sold more than two million copies.

Sharon later released another autobiography called Survivor in 2007, named because she survived cancer. In August 2013, she announced her third autobiography, Unbreakable, which was released on 10 October 2013.

In the Media

Osbourne in February 2007

In January 2003, Sharon Osbourne and her family hosted the 30th Annual American Music Awards. In 2005, she appeared in TV advertisements for the UK supermarket chain, Asda. In 2007, she became the new face of Galabingo, a gambling website. She has also co-hosted the Royal Variety Performances. Sharon Osbourne appeared in Days of Our Lives and It's a Boy Girl Thing.

On 15 June 2007, Sharon Osbourne was a guest host on The Friday Night Project. She also made a small appearance on 23 June 2007 in an episode of the science fiction series Doctor Who.

On 20 February 2008, Sharon Osbourne co-hosted the BRIT Awards in London with her husband Ozzy and daughter Kelly. In 2009, she co-hosted WWE Raw with Ozzy.

In 2010, Sharon Osbourne joined Cyndi Lauper to launch a campaign to raise awareness about discrimination against the LGBT community.

Sharon Osbourne has a voice role as Mama Hook in the animated TV series Jake and the Never Land Pirates, which started in 2012. In 2016, she appeared in videos for PETA, explaining why she stopped wearing fur.

Personal Life

Sharon Osbourne (then Sharon Levy) met Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne when she was 18. She was working for her father, Don Arden, who managed Black Sabbath. When Ozzy was fired from Black Sabbath in 1979, Sharon started dating him and took over managing his solo career. They got married in Maui, Hawaii, on 4 July 1982. Sharon and Ozzy have three children: Aimee, Kelly, and Jack. Ozzy also has two children from his previous marriage.

Health

In July 2002, Sharon Osbourne had surgery for cancer. She survived the disease, even though doctors thought she only had a 33% chance of survival. Even while battling cancer, she wanted the MTV cameras to film her illness for The Osbournes. Ozzy Osbourne said he was very worried during her treatment.

In August 2004, she started the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program at Cedars Sinai Hospital. She has also supported breast cancer research.

Filmography

Television

Film

Awards and Recognition

• In 2002, Sharon Osbourne and her husband Ozzy were invited to a special dinner at the White House Correspondents' Association by a Fox News Channel reporter.
• Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne received a Silver Clef Award in London for their important contributions to the music industry.
• In 2003, Sharon Osbourne was voted "the most amazing woman" in a poll by Handbag.com.
• While battling cancer, Sharon attended an award ceremony to accept an award for The Osbournes TV show. She and her daughter Kelly received the best reality television show award at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
• In 2004, Sharon Osbourne received a Woman of the Year award in London that she couldn't accept in 2002 due to illness.
• In 2006, Sharon Osbourne was voted Freemans Celebrity Mother of the Year.
• Her autobiography won Biography of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2006.
• There is a wax figure of Sharon Osbourne at Madame Tussauds.
• She is an honorary board member of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, which helps with cancer research.

See also

In Spanish: Sharon Osbourne para niños