Katherine Parkinson
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).
Born: 09 March 1978
Played In
Rivals: The Official Podcast
Self
Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza
Rachel Jessop
Dating Mark Silcox
Claire
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Self
That Christmas
Mrs. Forrest (voice)
Rivals
Lizzie Vereker
Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas
Rachel Jessop
Significant Other
Anna
National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing
Beatrice
Here We Go
Rachel Jessop
The Nan Movie
Nell
Spreadsheet
Lauren
Sitting
Mary
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
Clemmie
How to Fake a War
Kate
Hitmen
Kat Gaitskill
Radioactive
Jeanne Langevin
Guitar Man
Ms. Elanor
Defending the Guilty
Caroline
Hang Ups
Karen Muller
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
Isola Pribby
Urban Myths
Ange
The Kennedys
Brenda Kennedy
Taskmaster
Self
Humans
Laura Hawkins
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
Self - Guest
Off the Page: Britain Isn't Eating
Marion/Sarah
In the Club
Kim
The Honourable Woman
Rachel Stein
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Self
Sardines
Rebecca
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Inside No. 9
Rebecca
Inside No. 9
Self
The IT Crowd Manual
Self - Jen Barber
Crackanory
Self
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Self
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
Conceptiva
Coma Girl
Pip
Whites
Caroline
The Great Outdoors
Sophie
Sherlock
Kitty Riley
Cooked
(voice)
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
Physics Teacher
Psychoville
The Boat That Rocked
Felicity
The Old Guys
Amber
Easy Virtue
Marion Whittaker
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
PR Woman
Christmas at the Riviera
Vanessa
Katy Brand's Big Ass Show
Various
Would I Lie to You?
Self
Would I Lie to You?
Self - Panellist
Fear, Stress & Anger
Gemma
Hard to Swallow
Katie
Great British Menu
Self - Guest Judge
The IT Crowd
Jen Barber
Ahead of the Class
Vicky Foley
Extras
Woman in queue
Doc Martin
Pauline Lamb
Room 101
Self
Have I Got News for You
Self - Hostess
Casualty
Helen Gibbons
Horizon
Narrator
The Dream Lands
Antonia
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Self - Presenter