An alumna of University College Cork, Trinity College Dublin and the National Film and Television School in London, Oonagh is an IFTA-nominated writer and director who has made ten short films, a feature documentary and a TV pilot with the support of Screen Ireland, RTE, TG4, BRITDOC, the Arts Council of Ireland and Wellcome Trust.

For television, Oonagh directed Block B (episodes 4-6) of OBITUARY (Tua Films, APC, RTE, Hulu and Screen Ireland), VARDY V ROONEY: A COURTROOM DRAMA (Chalkboard TV, MK1 Studios, Channel 4) and 2nd Unit on BAD SISTERS (Merman, Apple TV).

As writer-director, Oonagh is currently developing her TV drama series NOTIONS with RTE and Keeper Pictures. With the support of Screen Ireland, her feature film VIRTUOSO is also in development with Keeper Pictures.

Oonagh’s feature screenplay SNOW ON BEARA won her a place on the Athena IRIS Screenwriting Lab in NYC, the BBC Drama Writers Room in London, and the EWA Screenwriting residency in Berlin. It is in currently development with EZ Films and Creative Europe.

Through her company Tyrella Pictures, Oonagh has directed award-winning short works such as  FIVE LETTERS TO THE STRANGER WHO WILL DISSECT MY BRAIN and OÍCHE NOLLAIG NA MBAN (funded by the Arts Council of Ireland) and ON THE HEMLINE (RTE Storyland).

As director, her most recent short film NEVER KILL A FEMBOY ON THE FIRST DATE, funded by Virgin Media, written by Lee-Loi Chieng and produced by Aoibhín Murphy for Newgrange Pictures, will premier at Dublin International Film Festival in 2024.

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