Katherine Parkinson
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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
Credits
That Christmas (2024)
as Mrs. Forrest (voice)
Radioactive (2020)
as Jeanne Langevin
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
as Isola Pribby
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
as Felicity
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
as PR Woman
Easy Virtue (2008)
as Marion Whittaker
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009)
as Physics Teacher
Sardines (2014)
as Rebecca
The Nan Movie (2022)
as Nell
Christmas at the Riviera (2007)
as Vanessa
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008 (2008)
Actor
Dating Mark Silcox (2025)
as Claire
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over (2024)
as Self
The IT Crowd Manual (2014)
as Self - Jen Barber
Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas (2023)
as Rachel Jessop
Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza (2025)
as Rachel Jessop
The Bride of Vernon (—)
as Mary Mae
Cooked (2010)
as (voice)
Off the Page: Britain Isn't Eating (2014)
as Marion/Sarah
How to Fake a War (2020)
as Kate
Coma Girl (2011)
as Pip
Hard to Swallow (2007)
as Katie
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break (2021)
as Clemmie
Ahead of the Class (2005)
as Vicky Foley
Sitting (2021)
as Mary
Guitar Man (2018)
as Ms. Elanor
National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing (2022)
as Beatrice