Barunka O'Shaughnessy | |
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| Born | August 1973 Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Years active | 2007–present |
Barunka Sarah G. O'Shaughnessy (born August 1973) is a British actress, writer and producer. She is best known for playing Sacha Merrion on Bo! in the USA and for her appearances in The Mighty Boosh . [1]
O'Shaughnessy was born in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London. She is of Irish and Czech parentage. [2] She began performing comedy while a student at Cambridge University. [3]
After graduating from Cambridge, O'Shaughnessy collaborated with university friends Lucy Montgomery and James Bachman to write and perform shows at the Edinburgh Festival, forming the Population 3 Theatre company.
She has appeared in Mr and Mrs Fandango for Channel 4 as part of the Comedy Lab series and has also appeared in E4's comedy sketch show Beehive. Other notable television credits include That Mitchell and Webb Look , Bremner, Bird and Fortune and Extras . [1] She has also appeared in the yearly Christmas TV adverts for Boots.
On radio, she has starred in Sasha's Best of British, a comedy pilot for BBC Radio 2 which was broadcast on 12 May 2007. She plays Ping in the BBC Radio 4 sitcom Ed Reardon's Week (Series 2 and 5 onwards).
As a writer, she has worked on Katy Brand's Big Ass Show , Comedy Lab , Beehive, School of Comedy, Hunderby , Timewasters and Motherland . In 2001 she produced two seasons of the British television series Fanorama , starring David Mitchell, Rhys Thomas, Claudia Winkleman and Lauren Laverne. [1] She also co-wrote and produced the Channel 5 drama The Teacher , starring Sheridan Smith. [4] [5]
As herself, she has guested on The Law of the Playground , The Story of Light Entertainment, and Never Mind the Buzzcocks . [1]