Katherine Parkinson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 9, 1978
- Birthplace
- 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
- The Bride of Vernon
The Bride of Vernon TBA
as Mary Mae
Mog's Bad Thing 2026
as Mrs. Ramsbottom (voice)
Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza 2025
as Rachel Jessop
Dating Mark Silcox 2025
as Claire
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over 2024
as Self
That Christmas 2024
as Mrs. Forrest (voice)
Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas 2023
as Rachel Jessop
National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing 2022
as Beatrice
The Nan Movie 2022
as Nell
Sitting 2021
as Mary, Writer
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break 2021
as Clemmie
How to Fake a War 2020
as Kate
Radioactive 2020
as Jeanne Langevin
Guitar Man 2018
as Ms. Elanor
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society 2018
as Isola Pribby
Off the Page: Britain Isn't Eating 2014
as Marion/Sarah
Sardines 2014
as Rebecca
The IT Crowd Manual 2014
as Self - Jen Barber
- Coma Girl
Coma Girl 2011
as Pip
Cooked 2010
as (voice)
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold 2009
as Physics Teacher
The Boat That Rocked 2009
as Felicity
Easy Virtue 2008
as Marion Whittaker
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008 2008
Actor
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People 2008
as PR Woman
Christmas at the Riviera 2007
as Vanessa
Hard to Swallow 2007
as Katie
Ahead of the Class 2005
as Vicky Foley
Credits from TMDB.