Katherine Parkinson
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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
Credits
That Christmas (2024)
as Mrs. Forrest (voice)
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
as Felicity
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
as PR Woman
Radioactive (2020)
as Jeanne Langevin
Easy Virtue (2008)
as Marion Whittaker
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
as Isola Pribby
Sardines (2014)
as Rebecca
Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas (2023)
as Rachel Jessop
The Nan Movie (2022)
as Nell
Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza (2025)
as Rachel Jessop
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009)
as Physics Teacher
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008 (2008)
Actor
Coma Girl (2011)
as Pip
Christmas at the Riviera (2007)
as Vanessa
How to Fake a War (2020)
as Kate
Cooked (2010)
as (voice)
Ahead of the Class (2005)
as Vicky Foley
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break (2021)
as Clemmie
The IT Crowd Manual (2014)
as Self - Jen Barber
Dating Mark Silcox (2025)
as Claire
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over (2024)
as Self
National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing (2022)
as Beatrice
Off the Page: Britain Isn't Eating (2014)
as Marion/Sarah
The Bride of Vernon (—)
as Mary Mae
Guitar Man (2018)
as Ms. Elanor
Hard to Swallow (2007)
as Katie
Sitting (2021)
as Mary
Mog's Bad Thing (2026)
as Mrs. Ramsbottom (voice)