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