Katherine Parkinson
25 movies · 27 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 9, 1978 (age 48)
- Place of birth
- Hounslow, Greater London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Katherine Jane Parkinson · کاترین پارکینسون
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.
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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).
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Katherine Parkinson: movies and TV shows
Acting (52)
- Upcoming The Bride of Vernon
as Mary Mae
- Upcoming
- 2025 Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza
as Rachel Jessop
- 2025 Dating Mark Silcox
as Claire
- 2024 That Christmas
as Mrs. Forrest (voice)
- 2024
- 2023 Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas
as Rachel Jessop
- 2023
- 2022 National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing
as Beatrice
- 2022
- 2022 The Nan Movie
as Nell
- 2021
- 2021 Sitting
as Mary
- 2021 Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
as Clemmie
- 2020 How to Fake a War
as Kate
- 2020
- 2020 Radioactive
as Jeanne Langevin
- 2018 Guitar Man
as Ms. Elanor
- 2018
- 2018
- 2018 The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
as Isola Pribby
- 2017
- 2015
- 2015
- 2014 Off the Page: Britain Isn't Eating
as Marion/Sarah
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014 Sardines
as Rebecca
- 2014
- 2012
- 2011 Coma Girl
as Pip
- 2010
- 2010
- 2010
- 2010 Cooked
as (voice)
- 2009 St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
as Physics Teacher
- 2009
- 2009 The Boat That Rocked
as Felicity
- 2009
- 2008 Easy Virtue
as Marion Whittaker
- 2008
- 2008 How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
as PR Woman
- 2007 Christmas at the Riviera
as Vanessa
- 2007
- 2007
- 2007 Hard to Swallow
as Katie
- 2006
- 2005 Ahead of the Class
as Vicky Foley
- 2005
- 2004
- 1986
- 1964
Behind the camera (1)
- 2021 Sitting
Writer
Talk shows and appearances (16)
- Upcoming Have I Got a Bit More News for You
1 episode
- 2026 Live from the Lycett Arms
1 episode
- 2026 Rivals: The Official Podcast
1 episode
- 2025 LOL: Last One Laughing UK
6 episodes
- 2024
- 2015 Taskmaster
10 episodes
- 2015 Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
1 episode
- 2014 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
1 episode
- 2014 Inside No. 9
2 episodes
- 2014
- 2013 Crackanory
1 episode
- 2013 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
2 episodes
- 2007 Would I Lie to You?
3 episodes
- 2006 Great British Menu
1 episode
- 1994 Room 101
1 episode
- 1990 Have I Got News for You
1 episode