Barunka O'Shaughnessy
Actress
Writer
Born to an Irish father and a Czech mother, Barunka O'Shaughnessy is a comedian, actress, writer and producer who began performing comedy whilst at Cambridge. Notable television credits include The Mighty Boosh, Bo! In The USA, Respectable, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Saxondale, That Mitchell and Webb Look, Bremner, Bird and Fortune and Extras. She has also appeared in the yearly Christmas TV adverts for Boots. As a writer, Barunka has penned scripts for Katy Brand's Big Ass Show, Comedy Lab, Beehive, School of Comedy, Hunderby, with Julia Davis, and Up the Women with Jessica Hynes.
Known For
Filmography
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★ 7.4
Amandaland
2025 Writer
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★ 7.5
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
2024 Writer
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★ 5.4
The Cuckoo
2024 Writer
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★ 5.9
The Teacher
2022 Writer
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★ 5.0
Deadline
2022 Writer
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★ 8.0
Trying
2020 Writer
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★ 7.6
Breeders
2020 Writer
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★ 6.8
Timewasters
2017 Writer
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★ 8.0
Motherland
2016 Writer
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★ 7.7
Camping
2016 Writer
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★ 5.8
The Happos Family
2016 Writer
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★ 7.2
Up the Women
2013 Writer
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★ 6.2
The Baron
2013 Actress
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The Last Summer on Earth
2013 Actress
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★ 7.3
Hunderby
2012 Writer
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Straw Donkey
2012 Actress
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Junglophilia
2010 Actress
Writer
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★ 7.1
School of Comedy
2009 Writer
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★ 5.6
Beehive
2008 Actress
Writer
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★ 4.3
Katy Brand's Big Ass Show
2007 Actress
Writer
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The Everglades
2007 Actress
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★ 7.5
Respectable
2006 Actress
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★ 6.6
Bo! in the USA
2006 Actress
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★ 7.8
Spoons
2005 Actress
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★ 6.2
Avid Merrion's XXXmas Special
2005 Actress
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★ 7.3
The Morning After Show
2005 Self
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★ 5.4
A Bear's Christmas Tail
2004 Actress
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★ 5.3
Comedy Lab
1998 Actress
Writer
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Teacher
Writer