Katherine Parkinson
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).
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · That Christmas as Mrs. Forrest (voice)
- 2024 · Rivals as Lizzie Vereker
- 2022 · Here We Go as Rachel Jessop
- 2021 · Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break as Clemmie
- 2020 · How to Fake a War as Kate
- 2020 · Radioactive as Jeanne Langevin
- 2018 · Guitar Man as Ms. Elanor
- 2018 · The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society as Isola Pribby
- 2017 · Urban Myths as Ange
- 2015 · Taskmaster as Self
- 2015 · Humans as Laura Hawkins
- 2015 · Travel Man: 48 Hours in... as Self - Guest
- 2014 · Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled as Self
- 2014 · Duck Quacks Don't Echo as
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Rebecca
- 2014 · Inside No. 9 as Self
- 2014 · The IT Crowd Manual as Self - Jen Barber
- 2013 · 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown as Self
- 2010 · Sherlock as Kitty Riley
- 2009 · St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold as Physics Teacher
- 2009 · The Boat That Rocked as Felicity
- 2008 · How to Lose Friends & Alienate People as PR Woman
- 2007 · Would I Lie to You? as Self
- 2007 · Would I Lie to You? as Self - Panellist
- 2006 · Great British Menu as Self - Guest Judge
- 2006 · The IT Crowd as Jen Barber
- 2005 · Extras as Woman in queue
- 2004 · Doc Martin as Pauline Lamb
- 1994 · Room 101 as Self
- 1990 · Have I Got News for You as Self - Hostess
- 1986 · Casualty as Helen Gibbons
- 1964 · Horizon as Narrator
- Future · Have I Got a Bit More News for You as Self - Presenter
- 2025 · Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza as Rachel Jessop
- 2025 · Dating Mark Silcox as Claire
- 2024 · Inside No. 9: The Party's Over as Self
- 2023 · Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas as Rachel Jessop
- 2023 · Significant Other as Anna
- 2022 · National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing as Beatrice
- 2022 · The Nan Movie as Nell
- 2021 · Spreadsheet as Lauren
- 2021 · Sitting as Mary
- 2020 · Hitmen as Kat Gaitskill
- 2018 · Defending the Guilty as Caroline
- 2018 · Hang Ups as Karen Muller
- 2015 · The Kennedys as Brenda Kennedy
- 2014 · In the Club as Kim
- 2014 · The Honourable Woman as Rachel Stein
- 2014 · Sardines as Rebecca
- 2013 · Crackanory as Self
- 2012 · The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff as Conceptiva
- 2011 · Coma Girl as Pip
- 2010 · Whites as Caroline
- 2010 · Whites as Caroline
- 2010 · The Great Outdoors as Sophie
- 2010 · Cooked as (voice)
- 2009 · Psychoville as
- 2009 · The Old Guys as Amber
- 2008 · Easy Virtue as Marion Whittaker
- 2008 · The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008 as
- 2007 · Christmas at the Riviera as Vanessa
- 2007 · Katy Brand's Big Ass Show as Various
- 2007 · Hard to Swallow as Katie
- 2005 · Ahead of the Class as Vicky Foley
- Future · The Dream Lands as Antonia
- 2007 · Fear, Stress & Anger as Gemma