Katherine Parkinson
Born: 1978-03-09 in Hounslow, Greater London, England, UK
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
2025
- Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza as Rachel Jessop
- Dating Mark Silcox as Claire
2024
- Rivals as Lizzie Vereker
- That Christmas as Mrs. Forrest (voice)
- Inside No. 9: The Party's Over as Self
2023
- Significant Other as Anna
- Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas as Rachel Jessop
2022
- Here We Go as Rachel Jessop
- The Nan Movie as Nell
- National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing as Beatrice
2021
- Spreadsheet as Lauren
- Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break as Clemmie
- Sitting as Mary
2020
- Hitmen as Kat Gaitskill
- Radioactive as Jeanne Langevin
- How to Fake a War as Kate
2018
- The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society as Isola Pribby
- Hang Ups as Karen Muller
- Defending the Guilty as Caroline
- Guitar Man as Ms. Elanor
2017
- Urban Myths as Ange
2015
- Taskmaster as Self
- Humans as Laura Hawkins
- Travel Man: 48 Hours in... as Self - Guest
- The Kennedys as Brenda Kennedy
2014
- Inside No. 9 as Rebecca
- Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled as Self
- Duck Quacks Don't Echo
- The Honourable Woman as Rachel Stein
- In the Club as Kim
- The IT Crowd Manual as Self - Jen Barber
- Sardines as Rebecca
- Off the Page: Britain Isn't Eating as Marion/Sarah
2013
- 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown as Self
- Crackanory as Self
2012
- The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff as Conceptiva
2011
- Coma Girl as Pip
2010
- Sherlock as Kitty Riley
- Whites as Caroline
- The Great Outdoors as Sophie
- Cooked as (voice)
2009
- Psychoville
- The Boat That Rocked as Felicity
- The Old Guys as Amber
- St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold as Physics Teacher
2008
- How to Lose Friends & Alienate People as PR Woman
- Easy Virtue as Marion Whittaker
- The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
2007
- Would I Lie to You? as Self
- Katy Brand's Big Ass Show as Various
- Fear, Stress & Anger as Gemma
- Christmas at the Riviera as Vanessa
- Hard to Swallow as Katie
2006
- The IT Crowd as Jen Barber
- Great British Menu as Self - Guest Judge
2005
- Extras as Woman in queue
- Ahead of the Class as Vicky Foley
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