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.

Filmography

• Amandaland — Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
• 2025My Oxford Year — Professor Styan
• The Cuckoo — Creator
• 2024Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl — Additional Writing
• Deadline — Writer
• 2022Motherland: Last Christmas — Writer
• The Teacher — Writer, Creator
• Star Wars: Visions — Writer
• Breeders — Writer
• Timewasters — Writer
• 2015Aaaaaaaah! — Party Guest, Script Editor
• 2015An Evening with Noel Fielding — Stage Director
• 2013The Baron — Lenka
• 2013The Last Summer on Earth — Vonda
• Up the Women — Writer
• Hunderby — Writer
• Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy — Cucumber of Cool
• 2010Brethren — Waitress
• Beehive
• Bo! in the USA
• Respectable — Yelena
• Saxondale — Gallery Couple
• A Bear's Tail
• Extras — Woman extra
• 2004A Bear's Christmas Tail — Sacha Van Boederhaag
• Stupid! — Queen Sensible
• The Mighty Boosh — Checkout Girl, Disguised Hitcher
• Bo' Selecta! — Sacha Merrion

Appearances as themselves (1)

• Never Mind the Buzzcocks — Self