Katherine Parkinson
Known for Acting
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).
Filmography
That Christmas
2024
as Mrs. Forrest (voice)
The Boat That Rocked
2009
as Felicity
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018
as Isola Pribby
Radioactive
2020
as Jeanne Langevin
Easy Virtue
2008
as Marion Whittaker
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008
as PR Woman
The Nan Movie
2022
as Nell
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
2009
as Physics Teacher
Cooked
2010
as (voice)
Christmas at the Riviera
2007
as Vanessa
Coma Girl
2011
as Pip
Whites
2010
as Caroline
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
2008
Ahead of the Class
2005
as Vicky Foley
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
2024
as Self
How to Fake a War
2020
as Kate
The IT Crowd Manual
2014
as Self - Jen Barber
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
2021
as Clemmie
Guitar Man
2018
as Ms. Elanor
Sardines
2014
as Rebecca