 Around that time, Horgan met British writer Dennis Kelly, while they were both working in youth theatre, and they started writing together, producing material they then sent to the BBC, for which they won the BBC New Comedy Award in 2001 for Sketch Writing and Performance.Horgan has appeared on stage, television and screen.Her first credited appearances on television were in "The State We're In" (2002) and "Monkey Dust" (2003), two sketch shows based on news and current affairs.