Sharon Rachel Osbourne née Levy later Arden born 9 October 1952 is a BritishAmerican television personality music manager and author She is married to heavy metal singersongwriter Ozzy Osbourne and came to prominence while appearing on The Osbournes 20022005 a reality television show that aired on MTV which followed her familys daily life Osbourne later became a talent show judge on television shows such as The X Factor 20042007 2013 20162017 and Americas Got Talent 20072012 Osbourne is credited with reviving her husbands heavy metal career by founding the summer Ozzfest tour which was held almost annually between 1996 and 2018 From 2003 to 2006 she 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 Osbourne was a contestant on NBCs The Celebrity Apprentice and became a cohost 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 Osbourne has released three autobiographies and two novels Her first autobiography Extreme debuted at number one on the Sunday Times bestseller list and went on to become the most successful female autobiography ever Osbourne holds both British and American citizenship and has resided in the United States with her husband since 2002 Description above from the Wikipedia article Sharon Rachel Osbourne licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia