Name
Katherine Parkinson
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1978-03-09 (48 years old)
Place of Birth
Hounslow, Greater London, England, UK
Biography
Katherine Parkinson (born March 9, 1978) is an English actress. She appeared in the Channel 4 comedy series The IT Crowd as Jen Barber, for which she received a British Comedy Best TV Actress Award in 2009 and 2014, and was nominated twice for the BAFTA Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance, winning in 2014.
Parkinson studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, and has appeared on stage in the plays The Seagull (2007), Cock (2009), and Home, I'm Darling (2018), for which she was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play.
Parkinson was also a main cast member of the series Doc Martin for three series (2005–2009). She co-starred in all three series of Humans, a science-fiction drama on AMC/Channel 4, which aired from 2015 until 2018. She has also appeared in the films The Boat That Rocked (2009) and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018).
Known For
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Sidney Young is a down-on-his-luck journalist. Thanks to a stint involving a pig and a gli...
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When a group of rebellious deejays decides to defy the ban on government-censored music, t...
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Free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and ecce...
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A young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the paren...
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The story of Nobel Prize winner Maria Skłodowska-Curie and her extraordinary scientific d...
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After a wealthy philanthropist expresses an unusual interest in a ring found by her niece ...
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Catherine Tate's iconic character Nan hits the big screen as she goes on a wild road trip ...
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The assistant manager of a seaside hotel is left to run the building over the Christmas pe...
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This behind-the-scenes documentary features interviews with the creators and cast of the c...
- 2008 Easy Virtue as Marion Whittaker
- 2009 The Boat That Rocked as Felicity
- 2007 Christmas at the Riviera as Vanessa
- 2018 Guitar Man as Ms. Elanor
- 2008 How to Lose Friends & Alienate People as PR Woman
- 2022 National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing as Beatrice
- 2024 That Christmas as Mrs. Forrest (voice)
- 2005 Ahead of the Class as Vicky Foley
- 2009 St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold as Physics Teacher
- 2014 The IT Crowd Manual as Self - Jen Barber
- 2007 Hard to Swallow as Katie
- 2011 Coma Girl as Pip
- 2018 The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society as Isola Pribby
- 2010 Cooked as (voice)
- 2020 How to Fake a War as Kate
- 2022 The Nan Movie as Nell
- 2020 Radioactive as Jeanne Langevin
- 2021 Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break as Clemmie
- 2021 Sitting as Mary
- 2008 The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
- 2024 Inside No. 9: The Party's Over as Self
- 2025 Dating Mark Silcox as Claire
- 2025 Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza as Rachel Jessop
- 2023 Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas as Rachel Jessop
- 2014 Sardines as Rebecca
- 2014 Off the Page: Britain Isn't Eating as Marion/Sarah
- Soon The Bride of Vernon as Mary Mae
- 2007 Fear, Stress & Anger ( 6 episodes ) as Gemma
- 2004 Doc Martin ( 39 episodes ) as Pauline Lamb
- 2005 Extras ( 1 episode ) as Woman in queue
- 2006 The IT Crowd ( 24 episodes ) as Jen Barber
- 2009 The Old Guys ( 8 episodes ) as Amber
- 2024 Rivals ( 20 episodes ) as Lizzie Vereker
- 2010 The Great Outdoors ( 3 episodes ) as Sophie
- 2010 Whites ( 6 episodes ) as Caroline
- 2012 The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff ( 3 episodes ) as Conceptiva
- 2014 The Honourable Woman ( 8 episodes ) as Rachel Stein
- 2014 In the Club ( 12 episodes ) as Kim
- 2014 Inside No. 9 ( 1 episode ) as Rebecca
- 2007 Would I Lie to You? ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2015 Humans ( 24 episodes ) as Laura Hawkins
- 2021 Spreadsheet ( 8 episodes ) as Lauren
- 2023 Significant Other ( 6 episodes ) as Anna
- 2015 The Kennedys ( 6 episodes ) as Brenda Kennedy
- 2009 Psychoville ( 1 episode )
- 2014 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2015 Travel Man: 48 Hours in... ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1986 Casualty ( 1 episode ) as Helen Gibbons
- 2022 Here We Go ( 19 episodes ) as Rachel Jessop
- 2017 Urban Myths ( 1 episode ) as Ange
- 2014 Duck Quacks Don't Echo ( 1 episode )
- 1994 Room 101 ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2018 Defending the Guilty ( 6 episodes ) as Caroline
- 1964 Horizon ( 1 episode ) as Narrator
- 2018 Hang Ups ( 6 episodes ) as Karen Muller
- 2020 Hitmen ( 5 episodes ) as Kat Gaitskill
- 2010 Sherlock ( 1 episode ) as Kitty Riley
- 2014 Inside No. 9 ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2015 Taskmaster ( 10 episodes ) as Self
- 2013 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2007 Would I Lie to You? ( 1 episode ) as Self - Panellist
- Soon The Dream Lands ( 1 episode ) as Antonia
- Soon Have I Got a Bit More News for You ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
- 1990 Have I Got News for You ( 1 episode ) as Self - Hostess
- 2007 Katy Brand's Big Ass Show ( 18 episodes ) as Various
- 2013 Crackanory ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2006 Great British Menu ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest Judge
- 2026 Rivals: The Official Podcast ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2025 LOL: Last One Laughing UK ( 6 episodes ) as Self
- 2026 Live from the Lycett Arms ( 1 episode ) as Self / Pub Manager
