Cast & creator
Barunka O'Shaughnessy
Best known for Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Breeders, Star Wars: Visions
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.
10
film credits
24
television credits
18
1996–2025 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (34)
Showing 34 of 34 credits
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self
1996
Breeders
Writer
2020
Star Wars: Visions
Writer
2021
The Mighty Boosh
Checkout Girl
2004The Mighty Boosh
Disguised Hitcher
2004
Extras
Woman extra
2005
Saxondale
Gallery Couple
2006
Bo' Selecta!
Sacha Merrion
2002
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Additional Writing
2024
My Oxford Year
Professor Styan
2025
Amandaland
Executive Producer
2025Amandaland
Writer
2025Amandaland
Creator
2025
The Teacher
Writer
2022The Teacher
Creator
2022
Timewasters
Writer
2017
A Bear's Tail
2005
Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy
Cucumber of Cool
2012
Deadline
Writer
2022
Hunderby
Writer
2012
Up the Women
Writer
2013Stupid!
Queen Sensible
2004
Respectable
Yelena
2006
The Cuckoo
Creator
2024
Beehive
2008
A Bear's Christmas Tail
Sacha Van Boederhaag
2004Bo! in the USA
2006
An Evening with Noel Fielding
Stage Director
2015
The Last Summer on Earth
Vonda
2013
Motherland: Last Christmas
Writer
2022
Aaaaaaaah!
Party Guest
2015Aaaaaaaah!
Script Editor
2015
Brethren
Waitress
2010
The Baron
Lenka
2013