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Katherine Parkinson

Acting 48 years old Hounslow, Greater London, England, UK ★ 1.4
Born: March 9, 1978

Biography

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).

External Links

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Known For

Horizon
Horizon Narrator 1964
Casualty
Casualty Helen Gibbons 1986
Have I Got News for You
Have I Got News for You Self - Hostess 1990
The IT Crowd
The IT Crowd Jen Barber 2006
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Have I Got a Bit More News for You Self - Presenter

Filmography

Acting Credits (66)

Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza
Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza Rachel Jessop 2025
Dating Mark Silcox
Dating Mark Silcox Claire 2025
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over Self 2024
That Christmas
That Christmas Mrs. Forrest (voice) 2024
Rivals
Rivals Lizzie Vereker 2024
Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas
Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas Rachel Jessop 2023
Significant Other
Significant Other Anna 2023
National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing
National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing Beatrice 2022
Here We Go
Here We Go Rachel Jessop 2022
The Nan Movie
The Nan Movie Nell 2022
Spreadsheet
Spreadsheet Lauren 2021
Sitting
Sitting Mary 2021
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break Clemmie 2021
How to Fake a War
How to Fake a War Kate 2020
Hitmen
Hitmen Kat Gaitskill 2020
Radioactive
Radioactive Jeanne Langevin 2020
Guitar Man
Guitar Man Ms. Elanor 2018
Defending the Guilty
Defending the Guilty Caroline 2018
Hang Ups
Hang Ups Karen Muller 2018
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society Isola Pribby 2018
Urban Myths
Urban Myths Ange 2017
The Kennedys
The Kennedys Brenda Kennedy 2015
Taskmaster
Taskmaster Self 2015
Humans
Humans Laura Hawkins 2015
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
Travel Man: 48 Hours in... Self - Guest 2015
In the Club
In the Club Kim 2014
The Honourable Woman
The Honourable Woman Rachel Stein 2014
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled Self 2014
Sardines
Sardines Rebecca 2014
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Duck Quacks Don't Echo 2014
Inside No. 9
Inside No. 9 Rebecca 2014
Inside No. 9
Inside No. 9 Self 2014
The IT Crowd Manual
The IT Crowd Manual Self - Jen Barber 2014
Crackanory
Crackanory Self 2013
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Self 2013
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff Conceptiva 2012
Coma Girl
Coma Girl Pip 2011
Whites
Whites Caroline 2010
Whites
Whites Caroline 2010
The Great Outdoors
The Great Outdoors Sophie 2010
Sherlock
Sherlock Kitty Riley 2010
Cooked
Cooked (voice) 2010
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold Physics Teacher 2009
Psychoville
Psychoville 2009
The Boat That Rocked
The Boat That Rocked Felicity 2009
The Old Guys
The Old Guys Amber 2009
Easy Virtue
Easy Virtue Marion Whittaker 2008
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008 2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People PR Woman 2008
Christmas at the Riviera
Christmas at the Riviera Vanessa 2007
Katy Brand's Big Ass Show
Katy Brand's Big Ass Show Various 2007
Would I Lie to You?
Would I Lie to You? Self 2007
Would I Lie to You?
Would I Lie to You? Self - Panellist 2007
Fear, Stress & Anger
Fear, Stress & Anger Gemma 2007
Hard to Swallow
Hard to Swallow Katie 2007
Great British Menu
Great British Menu Self - Guest Judge 2006
The IT Crowd
The IT Crowd Jen Barber 2006
Ahead of the Class
Ahead of the Class Vicky Foley 2005
Extras
Extras Woman in queue 2005
Doc Martin
Doc Martin Pauline Lamb 2004
Room 101
Room 101 Self 1994
Have I Got News for You
Have I Got News for You Self - Hostess 1990
Casualty
Casualty Helen Gibbons 1986
Horizon
Horizon Narrator 1964
The Dream Lands
The Dream Lands Antonia
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Have I Got a Bit More News for You Self - Presenter

Writing Credits (1)

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