Katherine Parkinson

Katherine Parkinson

Born 1978-03-09 (age 48) Hounslow, Greater London, England, UK
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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).

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Known For

The Boat That Rocked
The Boat That Rocked

2009

as Felicity

That Christmas
That Christmas

2024

as Mrs. Forrest (voice)

Radioactive
Radioactive

2020

as Jeanne Langevin

The Nan Movie
The Nan Movie

2022

as Nell

Easy Virtue
Easy Virtue

2008

as Marion Whittaker

St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
Cooked
Cooked

2010

as (voice)

Christmas at the Riviera
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
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Coma Girl

2011

as Pip

The IT Crowd Manual
The IT Crowd Manual

2014

as Self - Jen Barber

Ahead of the Class
Ahead of the Class

2005

as Vicky Foley

Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Sardines
Sardines

2014

as Rebecca

Guitar Man
Guitar Man

2018

as Ms. Elanor

How to Fake a War
How to Fake a War

2020

as Kate