
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
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The Nan Movie (2022)
as Nell

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
as Isola Pribby

That Christmas (2024)
as Mrs. Forrest (voice)

The Boat That Rocked (2009)
as Felicity

Radioactive (2020)
as Jeanne Langevin

Easy Virtue (2008)
as Marion Whittaker

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
as PR Woman

St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009)
as Physics Teacher

The IT Crowd Manual (2014)
as Self - Jen Barber

Christmas at the Riviera (2007)
as Vanessa
Coma Girl (2011)
as Pip

Cooked (2010)
as (voice)

Guitar Man (2018)
as Ms. Elanor

The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008 (2008)
Actor

Ahead of the Class (2005)
as Vicky Foley

Inside No. 9: The Party's Over (2024)
as Self

Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break (2021)
as Clemmie

National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing (2022)
as Beatrice

Sardines (2014)
as Rebecca

How to Fake a War (2020)
as Kate

Dating Mark Silcox (2025)
as Claire

Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza (2025)
as Rachel Jessop

Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas (2023)
as Rachel Jessop

Off the Page: Britain Isn't Eating (2014)
as Marion/Sarah

Hard to Swallow (2007)
as Katie

Sitting (2021)
as Mary





