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Katherine Parkinson

Born 1978-03-09
📍 Hounslow, Greater London, England, UK

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).

Filmography 64

Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza
as Rachel Jessop
2025
Dating Mark Silcox
as Claire
2025
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
as Self
2024
That Christmas
as Mrs. Forrest (voice)
2024
Rivals
as Lizzie Vereker
2024
Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas
as Rachel Jessop
2023
Significant Other
as Anna
2023
National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing
as Beatrice
2022
Here We Go
as Rachel Jessop
2022
The Nan Movie
as Nell
2022
Spreadsheet
as Lauren
2021
Sitting
as Mary
2021
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
as Clemmie
2021
How to Fake a War
as Kate
2020
Hitmen
as Kat Gaitskill
2020
Radioactive
as Jeanne Langevin
2020
Guitar Man
as Ms. Elanor
2018
Defending the Guilty
as Caroline
2018
Hang Ups
as Karen Muller
2018
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
as Isola Pribby
2018
Urban Myths
as Ange
2017
The Kennedys
as Brenda Kennedy
2015
Taskmaster
as Self
2015
Humans
as Laura Hawkins
2015
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
as Self - Guest
2015
Off the Page: Britain Isn't Eating
as Marion/Sarah
2014
In the Club
as Kim
2014
The Honourable Woman
as Rachel Stein
2014
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
as Self
2014
Sardines
as Rebecca
2014
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
Inside No. 9
as Rebecca
2014
Inside No. 9
as Self
2014
The IT Crowd Manual
as Self - Jen Barber
2014
Crackanory
as Self
2013
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
as Self
2013
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
as Conceptiva
2012
Whites
as Caroline
2010
The Great Outdoors
as Sophie
2010
Sherlock
as Kitty Riley
2010
Cooked
as (voice)
2010
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
as Physics Teacher
2009
Psychoville
2009
The Boat That Rocked
as Felicity
2009
The Old Guys
as Amber
2009
Easy Virtue
as Marion Whittaker
2008
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
as PR Woman
2008
Christmas at the Riviera
as Vanessa
2007
Katy Brand's Big Ass Show
as Various
2007
Would I Lie to You?
as Self
2007
Would I Lie to You?
as Self - Panellist
2007
Fear, Stress & Anger
as Gemma
2007
Hard to Swallow
as Katie
2007
Great British Menu
as Self - Guest Judge
2006
The IT Crowd
as Jen Barber
2006
Ahead of the Class
as Vicky Foley
2005
Extras
as Woman in queue
2005
Doc Martin
as Pauline Lamb
2004
Room 101
as Self
1994
Have I Got News for You
as Self - Hostess
1990
Casualty
as Helen Gibbons
1986
Horizon
as Narrator
1964
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Self - Presenter