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Katherine Parkinson
Born · March 9, 1978 (47 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Hounslow, Greater London, England, UK
Bio
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).
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Self
10.0
2024
That Christmas
Mrs. Forrest (voice)
7.2
2024
Rivals
Lizzie Vereker · (8 episodes)
7.2
2024
Significant Other
Anna · (6 episodes)
7.3
2023
National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing
Beatrice
6.0
2022
Here We Go
Rachel Jessop · (12 episodes)
6.5
2022
The Nan Movie
Nell
5.6
2022
Spreadsheet
Lauren · (8 episodes)
6.0
2021
Sitting
Mary
0.0
2021
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
Clemmie
6.2
2021
How to Fake a War
Kate
3.8
2020
Hitmen
Kat Gaitskill · (5 episodes)
5.8
2020
Radioactive
Jeanne Langevin
6.6
2020
Guitar Man
Ms. Elanor
0.0
2018
Defending the Guilty
Caroline · (6 episodes)
7.0
2018
Hang Ups
Karen Muller · (6 episodes)
6.4
2018
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
Isola Pribby
7.4
2018
Urban Myths
Ange · (1 episode)
7.4
2017
The Kennedys
Brenda Kennedy · (6 episodes)
6.3
2015
Taskmaster
Self · (10 episodes)
8.3
2015
Humans
Laura Hawkins · (24 episodes)
7.5
2015
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
6.7
2015
In the Club
Kim · (12 episodes)
6.3
2014
The Honourable Woman
Rachel Stein · (8 episodes)
7.3
2014
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Self · (1 episode)
7.1
2014
Inside No. 9: Sardines
Rebecca
0.0
2014
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
(1 episode)
5.7
2014
Inside No. 9
Rebecca · (1 episode)
8.0
2014
Inside No. 9
Self · (1 episode)
8.0
2014
The IT Crowd Manual
Self - Jen Barber
8.4
2014
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Self · (1 episode)
7.2
2013
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
Conceptiva · (3 episodes)
6.9
2012
Coma Girl
Pip
2.5
2011
Whites
Caroline · (6 episodes)
7.1
2010
Whites
Caroline
0.0
2010
The Great Outdoors
Sophie · (3 episodes)
6.0
2010
Sherlock
Kitty Riley · (1 episode)
8.5
2010
Cooked
(voice)
0.0
2010
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
Physics Teacher
5.6
2009
Psychoville
(1 episode)
6.8
2009
The Boat That Rocked
Felicity
7.2
2009
The Old Guys
Amber · (8 episodes)
6.5
2009
Easy Virtue
Marion Whittaker
6.4
2008
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
0.0
2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
PR Woman
6.0
2008
Christmas at the Riviera
Vanessa
4.2
2007
Fear, Stress & Anger
Gemma · (6 episodes)
7.0
2007
Hard to Swallow
Katie
0.0
2007
Ahead of the Class
Vicky Foley
6.8
2005
Sardines
Rebecca
0.0
Would I Lie to You?
Self · (2 episodes)
7.7
2007
Would I Lie to You?
Self - Panellist · (1 episode)
7.7
2007
The IT Crowd
Jen Barber · (24 episodes)
8.2
2006
Extras
Woman in queue · (1 episode)
7.8
2005
Doc Martin
Pauline Lamb · (45 episodes)
8.2
2004
Room 101
Self · (1 episode)
6.3
1994
Have I Got News for You
Self - Guest Host · (1 episode)
7.0
1990
Casualty
Helen Gibbons · (1 episode)
6.1
1986
Horizon
Narrator · (1 episode)
7.3
1964
The Dream Lands
Antonia · (1 episode)
0.0
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
7.0