Katherine Parkinson
Acting • Born 1978-03-09
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
66 credits
Easy Virtue
Movie • 2008
Marion Whittaker
The Boat That Rocked
Movie • 2009
Felicity
Christmas at the Riviera
Movie • 2007
Vanessa
Guitar Man
Movie • 2018
Ms. Elanor
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Movie • 2008
PR Woman
National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing
Movie • 2022
Beatrice
That Christmas
Movie • 2024
Mrs. Forrest (voice)
Ahead of the Class
Movie • 2005
Vicky Foley
Whites
Movie • 2010
Caroline
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
Movie • 2009
Physics Teacher
The IT Crowd Manual
Movie • 2014
Self - Jen Barber
Hard to Swallow
Movie • 2007
Katie
Coma Girl
Movie • 2011
Pip
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
Movie • 2018
Isola Pribby
Cooked
Movie • 2010
(voice)
How to Fake a War
Movie • 2020
Kate
The Nan Movie
Movie • 2022
Nell
Radioactive
Movie • 2020
Jeanne Langevin
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
Movie • 2021
Clemmie
Sitting
Movie • 2021
Mary
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
Movie • 2008
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Movie • 2024
Self
Dating Mark Silcox
Movie • 2025
Claire
Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza
Movie • 2025
Rachel Jessop
Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas
Movie • 2023
Rachel Jessop
Sardines
Movie • 2014
Rebecca
Fear, Stress & Anger
TV • 2007
Gemma
Doc Martin
TV • 2004
Pauline Lamb
Extras
TV • 2005
Woman in queue
The IT Crowd
TV • 2006
Jen Barber
The Old Guys
TV • 2009
Amber
Rivals
TV • 2024
Lizzie Vereker
The Great Outdoors
TV • 2010
Sophie
Whites
TV • 2010
Caroline
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
TV • 2012
Conceptiva
The Honourable Woman
TV • 2014
Rachel Stein
In the Club
TV • 2014
Kim
Inside No. 9
TV • 2014
Rebecca
Would I Lie to You?
TV • 2007
Self
Humans
TV • 2015
Laura Hawkins
Spreadsheet
TV • 2021
Lauren
Significant Other
TV • 2023
Anna
The Kennedys
TV • 2015
Brenda Kennedy
Psychoville
TV • 2009
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
TV • 2014
Self
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Casualty
TV • 1986
Helen Gibbons
Here We Go
TV • 2022
Rachel Jessop
Urban Myths
TV • 2017
Ange
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
TV • 2014
Room 101
TV • 1994
Self
Defending the Guilty
TV • 2018
Caroline
Horizon
TV • 1964
Narrator
Hang Ups
TV • 2018
Karen Muller
Hitmen
TV • 2020
Kat Gaitskill
Sherlock
TV • 2010
Kitty Riley
Inside No. 9
TV • 2014
Self
Taskmaster
TV • 2015
Self
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
TV • 2013
Self
Would I Lie to You?
TV • 2007
Self - Panellist
The Dream Lands
TV
Antonia
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
TV
Self - Presenter
Have I Got News for You
TV • 1990
Self - Hostess
Katy Brand's Big Ass Show
TV • 2007
Various
Crackanory
TV • 2013
Self
Great British Menu
TV • 2006
Self - Guest Judge