Acting · Hounslow, Greater London, England, UK · Born March 9, 1978
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).
TVRivals: The Official Podcast
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as Self
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as Claire
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MovieThat Christmas
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as Mrs. Forrest (voice)
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TVSignificant Other
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as Anna
MovieNational Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing
2022
as Beatrice
TVHere We Go
2022
as Rachel Jessop
MovieThe Nan Movie
2022
as Nell
TVSpreadsheet
2021
as Lauren
MovieSitting
2021
as Mary
MoviePaul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
2021
as Clemmie
MovieHow to Fake a War
2020
as Kate
TVHitmen
2020
as Kat Gaitskill
MovieRadioactive
2020
as Jeanne Langevin
MovieGuitar Man
2018
as Ms. Elanor
TVDefending the Guilty
2018
as Caroline
TVHang Ups
2018
as Karen Muller
MovieThe Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018
as Isola Pribby
TVUrban Myths
2017
as Ange
TVThe Kennedys
2015
as Brenda Kennedy
TVTaskmaster
2015
as Self
TVHumans
2015
as Laura Hawkins
TVTravel Man: 48 Hours in...
2015
as Self - Guest
MovieOff the Page: Britain Isn't Eating
2014
as Marion/Sarah
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2014
as Kim
TVThe Honourable Woman
2014
as Rachel Stein
TVAlan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014
as Self
MovieSardines
2014
as Rebecca
TVDuck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
TVInside No. 9
2014
as Rebecca
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2014
as Self - Jen Barber
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2013
as Self
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2013
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2012
as Conceptiva
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2011
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2010
as Caroline
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2010
as Sophie
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2010
as Kitty Riley
MovieCooked
2010
as (voice)
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as Physics Teacher
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2009
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as Felicity
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as Amber
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2008
as Marion Whittaker
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2008
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2007
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2007
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2006
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TVThe IT Crowd
2006
as Jen Barber
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2005
as Vicky Foley
TVExtras
2005
as Woman in queue
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2004
as Pauline Lamb
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1994
as Self
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1990
as Self - Hostess
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1986
as Helen Gibbons
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1964
as Narrator
The Bride of Vernon
as Mary Mae
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as Antonia
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as Self - Presenter
