Katherine Parkinson
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1978-03-09
Place of Birth
Hounslow, Greater London, England, UK
Katherine Parkinson
Biography
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).
Also Known For
Easy Virtue
Nov 07, 2008
The Boat That Rocked
Apr 01, 2009
Christmas at the Riviera
Dec 23, 2007
Guitar Man
Nov 04, 2018
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Oct 02, 2008
National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing
Sep 08, 2022
That Christmas
Nov 27, 2024
Ahead of the Class
Aug 05, 2005
Whites
Sep 10, 2010
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
Dec 18, 2009
The IT Crowd Manual
Jan 04, 2014
Hard to Swallow
Jan 01, 2007
Coma Girl
Sep 09, 2011
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
Apr 19, 2018
Cooked
May 21, 2010
How to Fake a War
Aug 21, 2020
The Nan Movie
Mar 18, 2022
Radioactive
Mar 11, 2020
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
Mar 17, 2021
Sitting
Apr 07, 2021
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
Oct 04, 2008
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Dec 22, 2024
Dating Mark Silcox
May 13, 2025
Fear, Stress & Anger
Feb 22, 2007
Doc Martin
Sep 02, 2004
Extras
Jul 21, 2005
The IT Crowd
Feb 03, 2006
The Old Guys
Jan 31, 2009
Rivals
Oct 18, 2024
The Great Outdoors
Jul 28, 2010
Whites
Sep 28, 2010
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
Feb 20, 2012
In the Club
Aug 05, 2014
The Honourable Woman
Jul 03, 2014
Inside No. 9
Feb 05, 2014
Would I Lie to You?
Jun 16, 2007
Humans
Jun 14, 2015
Spreadsheet
Oct 20, 2021
Significant Other
Jun 08, 2023
The Kennedys
Oct 02, 2015
Psychoville
Jun 18, 2009
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Jun 16, 2014
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
Mar 30, 2015
Casualty
Sep 06, 1986
Here We Go
Apr 29, 2022
Urban Myths
Jan 19, 2017
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Feb 07, 2014
Room 101
Jul 04, 1994
Defending the Guilty
Sep 19, 2018
Horizon
Feb 04, 1964
Hang Ups
Aug 08, 2018
Hitmen
Mar 25, 2020
Sherlock
Jul 25, 2010
Inside No. 9
Feb 05, 2014
Taskmaster
Jul 28, 2015
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Apr 12, 2013
Would I Lie to You?
Jun 16, 2007
The Dream Lands
Have I Got News for You
Sep 28, 1990
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
