Acting
Katherine Parkinson
Born Mar 9, 1978 · 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).
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Acting
Mog's Bad Thing
2026
Animation · Comedy · Family
Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza
2025
Comedy
Dating Mark Silcox
2025
Comedy
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
2024
Documentary
That Christmas
2024
Animation · Comedy · Family
Rivals
2024
Drama
Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas
2023
Significant Other
2023
Drama · Comedy
National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing
2022
Comedy
Here We Go
2022
Comedy · Drama
The Nan Movie
2022
Comedy
Spreadsheet
2021
Comedy · Drama
Sitting
2021
Drama · TV Movie
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
2021
Comedy · Action · Thriller
How to Fake a War
2020
Comedy
Hitmen
2020
Comedy · Action & Adventure · Crime
Radioactive
2020
Drama · Romance · History
Guitar Man
2018
Drama
Defending the Guilty
2018
Comedy
Hang Ups
2018
Comedy
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018
Romance · Drama · History
Urban Myths
2017
Comedy · Drama · Documentary
The Kennedys
2015
Comedy
Humans
2015
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama · Mystery
Off the Page: Britain Isn't Eating
2014
Drama
In the Club
2014
Drama
The Honourable Woman
2014
Drama · War & Politics · Crime
Sardines
2014
Drama
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
Comedy
Inside No. 9
2014
Comedy · Mystery · Crime
The IT Crowd Manual
2014
Comedy · Documentary
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
2012
Comedy
Whites
2010
Comedy
The Great Outdoors
2010
Comedy · Documentary
Sherlock
2010
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Cooked
2010
Animation · Comedy · Romance
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
2009
Comedy · Adventure · Family
Psychoville
2009
Comedy · Mystery
The Boat That Rocked
2009
Drama · Comedy
The Old Guys
2009
Comedy
Easy Virtue
2008
Comedy · Romance
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008
Comedy · Romance · Drama
Christmas at the Riviera
2007
Comedy · Family
Katy Brand's Big Ass Show
2007
Comedy
Fear, Stress & Anger
2007
Comedy
Hard to Swallow
2007
Comedy
The IT Crowd
2006
Comedy
Ahead of the Class
2005
Drama · TV Movie
Extras
2005
Comedy
Doc Martin
2004
Comedy · Drama
Casualty
1986
Drama · Soap
Horizon
1964
Documentary
Written
Sitting
2021
Drama · TV Movie