Katherine Parkinson
Acting
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).
TV Shows(38)
Rivals
Lizzie Vereker
2024
Significant Other
Anna
2023
Here We Go
Rachel Jessop
2022
Spreadsheet
Lauren
2021
Hitmen
Kat Gaitskill
2020
Defending the Guilty
Caroline
2018
Hang Ups
Karen Muller
2018
Urban Myths
Ange
2017
The Kennedys
Brenda Kennedy
2015
Taskmaster
Self
2015
Humans
Laura Hawkins
2015
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
Self - Guest
2015
In the Club
Kim
2014
The Honourable Woman
Rachel Stein
2014
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Self
2014
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
Inside No. 9
Rebecca
2014
Crackanory
Self
2013
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Self
2013
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
Conceptiva
2012
Whites
Caroline
2010
The Great Outdoors
Sophie
2010
Sherlock
Kitty Riley
2010
Psychoville
2009
The Old Guys
Amber
2009
Katy Brand's Big Ass Show
Various
2007
Would I Lie to You?
Self
2007
Fear, Stress & Anger
Gemma
2007
Great British Menu
Self - Guest Judge
2006
The IT Crowd
Jen Barber
2006
Extras
Woman in queue
2005
Doc Martin
Pauline Lamb
2004
Room 101
Self
1994
Have I Got News for You
Self - Hostess
1990
Casualty
Helen Gibbons
1986
Horizon
Narrator
1964
The Dream Lands
Antonia
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Self - Presenter
Movies(25)
Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza
Rachel Jessop
2025
Dating Mark Silcox
Claire
2025
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Self
2024
That Christmas
Mrs. Forrest (voice)
2024
Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas
Rachel Jessop
2023
National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing
Beatrice
2022
The Nan Movie
Nell
2022
Sitting
Mary
2021
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
Clemmie
2021
How to Fake a War
Kate
2020
Radioactive
Jeanne Langevin
2020
Guitar Man
Ms. Elanor
2018
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
Isola Pribby
2018
Sardines
Rebecca
2014
The IT Crowd Manual
Self - Jen Barber
2014
Coma Girl
Pip
2011
Cooked
(voice)
2010
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
Physics Teacher
2009
The Boat That Rocked
Felicity
2009
Easy Virtue
Marion Whittaker
2008
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
PR Woman
2008
Christmas at the Riviera
Vanessa
2007
Hard to Swallow
Katie
2007
Ahead of the Class
Vicky Foley
2005