Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 9, 1978
Place of Birth:
Hounslow, Greater London, England, UK
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Katherine Parkinson
Biography
Katherine Parkinson 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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | That Christmas | Mrs. Forrest (voice) |
| 2024 | Inside No. 9: The Party's Over | Self |
| 2022 | National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing | Beatrice |
| 2022 | The Nan Movie | Nell |
| 2021 | Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break | Clemmie |
| 2021 | Sitting | Mary |
| 2020 | How to Fake a War | Kate |
| 2020 | Radioactive | Jeanne Langevin |
| 2018 | Guitar Man | Ms. Elanor |
| 2018 | The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society | Isola Pribby |
| 2014 | The IT Crowd Manual | Self - Jen Barber |
| 2011 | Coma Girl | Pip |
| 2010 | Whites | Caroline |
| 2010 | Cooked | (voice) |
| 2009 | The Boat That Rocked | Felicity |
| 2009 | St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold | Physics Teacher |
| 2008 | Easy Virtue | Marion Whittaker |
| 2008 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | PR Woman |
| 2008 | The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008 | |
| 2007 | Christmas at the Riviera | Vanessa |
| 2007 | Hard to Swallow | Katie |
| 2005 | Ahead of the Class | Vicky Foley |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Rivals | Lizzie Vereker |
| 2023 | Significant Other | Anna |
| 2022 | Here We Go | Rachel Jessop |
| 2021 | Spreadsheet | Lauren |
| 2020 | Hitmen | Kat Gaitskill |
| 2018 | Defending the Guilty | Caroline |
| 2018 | Hang Ups | Karen Muller |
| 2017 | Urban Myths | Ange |
| 2015 | Humans | Laura Hawkins |
| 2015 | The Kennedys | Brenda Kennedy |
| 2015 | Travel Man: 48 Hours in... | Self - Guest |
| 2015 | Taskmaster | Self |
| 2014 | In the Club | Kim |
| 2014 | The Honourable Woman | Rachel Stein |
| 2014 | Inside No. 9 | Rebecca |
| 2014 | Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled | Self |
| 2014 | Duck Quacks Don't Echo | |
| 2014 | Inside No. 9 | Self |
| 2013 | 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown | Self |
| 2012 | The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff | Conceptiva |
| 2010 | The Great Outdoors | Sophie |
| 2010 | Whites | Caroline |
| 2010 | Sherlock | Kitty Riley |
| 2009 | The Old Guys | Amber |
| 2009 | Psychoville | |
| 2007 | Fear, Stress & Anger | Gemma |
| 2007 | Would I Lie to You? | Self |
| 2007 | Would I Lie to You? | Self - Panellist |
| 2006 | The IT Crowd | Jen Barber |
| 2005 | Extras | Woman in queue |
| 2004 | Doc Martin | Pauline Lamb |
| 1994 | Room 101 | Self |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for You | Self - Guest Host |
| 1986 | Casualty | Helen Gibbons |
| 1964 | Horizon | Narrator |
| The Dream Lands | Antonia | |
| Have I Got a Bit More News for You | Self - Presenter |