Katherine Parkinson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

64

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

  • Horizon

    Horizon

  • Sherlock

    Sherlock

  • Casualty

    Casualty

  • Have I Got News for You

    Have I Got News for You

  • Inside No. 9

    Inside No. 9

  • Inside No. 9

    Inside No. 9

  • Taskmaster

    Taskmaster

  • Doc Martin

    Doc Martin

  • Have I Got a Bit More News for You

    Have I Got a Bit More News for You

  • The IT Crowd

    The IT Crowd

  • 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

    8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

  • Humans

    Humans

  • Would I Lie to You?

    Would I Lie to You?

  • Would I Lie to You?

    Would I Lie to You?

  • Extras

    Extras

  • Sitting

    Sitting

  • Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

    Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

  • Cooked

    Cooked

  • Room 101

    Room 101

  • Easy Virtue

    Easy Virtue

  • Whites

    Whites

  • The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008

    The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008

  • Rivals

    Rivals

  • Urban Myths

    Urban Myths

  • Duck Quacks Don't Echo

    Duck Quacks Don't Echo

  • That Christmas

    That Christmas

  • The Boat That Rocked

    The Boat That Rocked

  • Coma Girl

    Coma Girl

  • The Nan Movie

    The Nan Movie

  • Dating Mark Silcox

    Dating Mark Silcox

  • Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

    Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

  • Defending the Guilty

    Defending the Guilty

  • Psychoville

    Psychoville

  • The Honourable Woman

    The Honourable Woman

  • How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

    How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

  • The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

    The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

  • Here We Go

    Here We Go

  • Hang Ups

    Hang Ups

  • Christmas at the Riviera

    Christmas at the Riviera

  • Radioactive

    Radioactive

  • Whites

    Whites

  • Hitmen

    Hitmen

  • Crackanory

    Crackanory

  • The Old Guys

    The Old Guys

  • In the Club

    In the Club

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

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

  • Significant Other

    Significant Other

  • Spreadsheet

    Spreadsheet

  • The Kennedys

    The Kennedys

  • The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff

    The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff

  • The Great Outdoors

    The Great Outdoors

  • The IT Crowd Manual

    The IT Crowd Manual

  • The Dream Lands

    The Dream Lands

  • Inside No. 9: The Party's Over

    Inside No. 9: The Party's Over

  • Fear, Stress & Anger

    Fear, Stress & Anger

  • Ahead of the Class

    Ahead of the Class

  • Katy Brand's Big Ass Show

    Katy Brand's Big Ass Show

  • National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing

    National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing

  • How to Fake a War

    How to Fake a War

  • Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break

    Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break

  • Guitar Man

    Guitar Man

  • Hard to Swallow

    Hard to Swallow

  • Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza

    Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza

  • Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas

    Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas