Katherine Parkinson
Known for ActingBorn 1978-03-09Hounslow, Greater London, England, UK
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.
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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
The Nan Movie
2022 · as Nell
That Christmas
2024 · as Mrs. Forrest (voice)
Radioactive
2020 · as Jeanne Langevin
The Boat That Rocked
2009 · as Felicity
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008 · as PR Woman
Easy Virtue
2008 · as Marion Whittaker
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018 · as Isola Pribby
Sardines
2014 · as Rebecca
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
2009 · as Physics Teacher
Coma Girl
2011 · as Pip
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
2008
Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas
2023 · as Rachel Jessop
Cooked
2010 · as (voice)
Christmas at the Riviera
2007 · as Vanessa
Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza
2025 · as Rachel Jessop
Ahead of the Class
2005 · as Vicky Foley
Off the Page: Britain Isn't Eating
2014 · as Marion/Sarah
Dating Mark Silcox
2025 · as Claire