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

  • Casualty

    Casualty

  • Horizon

    Horizon

  • Have I Got News for You

    Have I Got News for You

  • Sherlock

    Sherlock

  • Have I Got a Bit More News for You

    Have I Got a Bit More News for You

  • Taskmaster

    Taskmaster

  • Inside No. 9

    Inside No. 9

  • Inside No. 9

    Inside No. 9

  • 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

  • Humans

    Humans

  • The IT Crowd

    The IT Crowd

  • Extras

    Extras

  • Room 101

    Room 101

  • Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

    Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

  • Urban Myths

    Urban Myths

  • National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing

    National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing

  • The Boat That Rocked

    The Boat That Rocked

  • The IT Crowd Manual

    The IT Crowd Manual

  • That Christmas

    That Christmas

  • Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

    Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

  • Rivals

    Rivals

  • Here We Go

    Here We Go

  • Duck Quacks Don't Echo

    Duck Quacks Don't Echo

  • Psychoville

    Psychoville

  • Cooked

    Cooked

  • The Honourable Woman

    The Honourable Woman

  • Guitar Man

    Guitar Man

  • Radioactive

    Radioactive

  • Hitmen

    Hitmen

  • Inside No. 9: The Party's Over

    Inside No. 9: The Party's Over

  • Sitting

    Sitting

  • The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

    The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

  • How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

    How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

  • Easy Virtue

    Easy Virtue

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

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

  • The Old Guys

    The Old Guys

  • Hang Ups

    Hang Ups

  • The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff

    The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff

  • How to Fake a War

    How to Fake a War

  • Whites

    Whites

  • The Kennedys

    The Kennedys

  • Christmas at the Riviera

    Christmas at the Riviera

  • In the Club

    In the Club

  • The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008

    The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008

  • Spreadsheet

    Spreadsheet

  • Crackanory

    Crackanory

  • Dating Mark Silcox

    Dating Mark Silcox

  • Defending the Guilty

    Defending the Guilty

  • Hard to Swallow

    Hard to Swallow

  • Significant Other

    Significant Other

  • Whites

    Whites

  • The Great Outdoors

    The Great Outdoors

  • The Dream Lands

    The Dream Lands

  • Fear, Stress & Anger

    Fear, Stress & Anger

  • The Nan Movie

    The Nan Movie

  • Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break

    Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break

  • Katy Brand's Big Ass Show

    Katy Brand's Big Ass Show

  • Coma Girl

    Coma Girl

  • Ahead of the Class

    Ahead of the Class