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