Katherine Parkinson
Acting
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
Acting66
movieThat Christmas
2024
Mrs. Forrest (voice)
tvRivals
2024
Lizzie Vereker
movieHere We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas
2023
Rachel Jessop
tvHere We Go
2022
Rachel Jessop
tvSpreadsheet
2021
Lauren
movieSitting
2021
Mary
tvHitmen
2020
Kat Gaitskill
movieRadioactive
2020
Jeanne Langevin
movieGuitar Man
2018
Ms. Elanor
tvDefending the Guilty
2018
Caroline
tvHang Ups
2018
Karen Muller
tvThe Kennedys
2015
Brenda Kennedy
tvTaskmaster
2015
Self
tvHumans
2015
Laura Hawkins
tvTravel Man: 48 Hours in...
2015
Self - Guest
movieOff the Page: Britain Isn't Eating
2014
Marion/Sarah
tvThe Honourable Woman
2014
Rachel Stein
movieSardines
2014
Rebecca
tvInside No. 9
2014
Rebecca / Self
movieThe IT Crowd Manual
2014
Self - Jen Barber
tvCrackanory
2013
Self
tvThe Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
2012
Conceptiva
tvWhites
2010
Caroline
tvThe Great Outdoors
2010
Sophie
tvSherlock
2010
Kitty Riley
movieCooked
2010
(voice)
movieSt Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
2009
Physics Teacher
movieThe Boat That Rocked
2009
Felicity
tvThe Old Guys
2009
Amber
movieEasy Virtue
2008
Marion Whittaker
tvWould I Lie to You?
2007
Self / Self - Panellist
tvGreat British Menu
2006
Self - Guest Judge
tvThe IT Crowd
2006
Jen Barber
movieAhead of the Class
2005
Vicky Foley
tvExtras
2005
Woman in queue
tvDoc Martin
2004
Pauline Lamb
tvRoom 101
1994
Self
tvHave I Got News for You
1990
Self - Hostess
tvCasualty
1986
Helen Gibbons
tvHorizon
1964
Narrator
tvHave I Got a Bit More News for You
Self - Presenter
Writing1
movieSitting
2021
Writer