Katherine Parkinson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

62

Gender

Female

Birthday

1978-03-09 (47 years old)

Place of Birth

Hounslow, Greater London, England, UK

Katherine Parkinson

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).

Known For

  • Sherlock

    Sherlock

  • Horizon

    Horizon

  • Have I Got News for You

    Have I Got News for You

  • Casualty

    Casualty

  • Taskmaster

    Taskmaster

  • Would I Lie to You?

    Would I Lie to You?

  • Would I Lie to You?

    Would I Lie to You?

  • Doc Martin

    Doc Martin

  • 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

    8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

  • The IT Crowd

    The IT Crowd

  • That Christmas

    That Christmas

  • Have I Got a Bit More News for You

    Have I Got a Bit More News for You

  • Humans

    Humans

  • Inside No. 9

    Inside No. 9

  • Inside No. 9

    Inside No. 9

  • Extras

    Extras

  • Room 101

    Room 101

  • Rivals

    Rivals

  • How to Fake a War

    How to Fake a War

  • Sitting

    Sitting

  • The Boat That Rocked

    The Boat That Rocked

  • Here We Go

    Here We Go

  • Urban Myths

    Urban Myths

  • Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break

    Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break

  • Radioactive

    Radioactive

  • How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

    How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

  • Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

    Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

  • Cooked

    Cooked

  • Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

    Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

  • Easy Virtue

    Easy Virtue

  • Duck Quacks Don't Echo

    Duck Quacks Don't Echo

  • Psychoville

    Psychoville

  • Whites

    Whites

  • The Honourable Woman

    The Honourable Woman

  • The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

    The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

  • Hitmen

    Hitmen

  • Whites

    Whites

  • Inside No. 9: The Party's Over

    Inside No. 9: The Party's Over

  • The IT Crowd Manual

    The IT Crowd Manual

  • St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold

    St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold

  • Coma Girl

    Coma Girl

  • Hang Ups

    Hang Ups

  • The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff

    The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff

  • Defending the Guilty

    Defending the Guilty

  • National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing

    National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing

  • The Kennedys

    The Kennedys

  • The Old Guys

    The Old Guys

  • Christmas at the Riviera

    Christmas at the Riviera

  • Significant Other

    Significant Other

  • The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008

    The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008

  • Fear, Stress & Anger

    Fear, Stress & Anger

  • In the Club

    In the Club

  • Hard to Swallow

    Hard to Swallow

  • Crackanory

    Crackanory

  • Dating Mark Silcox

    Dating Mark Silcox

  • Spreadsheet

    Spreadsheet

  • The Nan Movie

    The Nan Movie

  • The Dream Lands

    The Dream Lands

  • The Great Outdoors

    The Great Outdoors

  • Katy Brand's Big Ass Show

    Katy Brand's Big Ass Show

  • Guitar Man

    Guitar Man

  • Ahead of the Class

    Ahead of the Class