Diane Morgan

Multiple-BAFTA and Emmy-nominated Diane Morgan is perhaps best known for her portrayal of the satirical persona Philomena Cunk—from "Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe", the TV program by the "Black Mirror" creator that satirized British pop culture, to the award-winning "Cunk on Shakespeare" (nominated for BAFTA), "Cunk on Christmas", "Cunk on Britain", and "Cunk on Earth" on BBC Two. Through this role, Morgan created UK television’s most famous pseudo-documentary filmmaker, who became a global phenomenon.

She has created, written, directed, and starred in the sitcom "Mandy" (also on BBC Two), a bizarre, surreal comedy that went from a simple pilot episode in 2019 to three seasons and became the channel’s most popular comedy that summer. We’ve also seen her as Liz in the BBC satirical series "Motherland", as Kath in Ricky Gervais’ series "After Life" on Netflix, as well as in the TV series "Frayed" (Sky/HBO Max), "Intelligence", "The Cockfields", and "Rovers". She has appeared in the satirical specials "Death to 2020" and "Death to 2021", alongside Samuel L. Jackson, Hugh Grant, and Lisa Kudrow.

Morgan’s path was far from predictable: she worked from an Avon saleswoman and telephone operator in a call center to a factory production line worker packaging pills for worms, before ending up on stage and screens as a comedian and actress, and becoming hugely popular on TikTok. A course that shows how the unexpected can become pure comedy material and turn into a universally recognizable style.

In January 2026, Diane Morgan comes to the Onassis Stegi to tell us how she did it and make us laugh.