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Katherine Parkinson
Actor, Additional CreditsBorn March 9, 1978 (47 years)
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).
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).
Filmography
| 2025 | Badjelly (TV Series) · as Mum (flo) |
| 2024 | That Christmas · as Mrs. Forrest (voice) |
| 2024 | Rivals (2024) (TV Series) · as Lizzie Vereker |
| 2023 | Significant Other (UK) (TV Series) · as Anna |
| 2022 | National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing · as Beatrice |
| 2022 | The Nan Movie · as Nell |
| 2021 | Spreadsheet (TV Series) · as Lauren |
| 2021 | Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break · as Clemmie |
| 2020 | Here We Go (TV Series) · as Rachel Jessop |
| 2020 | Unprecedented (TV Series) · as Liz |
| 2020 | Hitmen (TV Series) · as Kat Gaitskill |
| 2019 | Radioactive · as Jeanne Langevin |
| 2019 | How to Fake a War · as Kate |
| 2018 | Defending the Guilty (TV Series) · as Caroline |
| 2018 | Hang Ups (TV Series) · as Karen Muller |
| 2018 | The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society · as Isola Pribby |
| 2017 | Urban Myths (TV Series) · as Ange |
| 2015 | The Kennedys (2015) (TV Series) · as Brenda Kennedy |
| 2015 | Humans (TV Series) · as Laura Hawkins |
| 2014 | In the Club (TV Series) · as Kim |
| 2014 | The Honourable Woman (TV Series) · as Rachel Stein |
| 2014 | Duck Quacks Don't Echo (UK) (TV Series) |
| 2012 | Cardinal Burns (TV Series) · as Super Computer |
| 2011 | The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff (TV Series) · as Conceptiva |
| 2011 | Coma Girl · as Pip |
| 2010 | Whites (TV Series) · as Caroline |
| 2010 | The Great Outdoors (TV Series) · as Sophie |
| 2010 | Sherlock (TV Series) · as Kitty Riley |
| 2009 | St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold · as Physics Teacher |
| 2009 | Psychoville (TV Series) |
| 2009 | The Boat That Rocked · as Felicity |
| 2009 | Comic Relief 2009 · as Stella |
| 2009 | The Old Guys (TV Series) · as Amber |
| 2008 | Easy Virtue · as Marion Whittaker |
| 2008 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People · as Pr Woman |
| 2007 | Christmas at the Riviera · as Vanessa |
| 2007 | Katy Brand's Big Ass Show (TV Series) · as Various |
| 2007 | Comedy Showcase (TV Series) · as Pip |
| 2007 | Hard to Swallow · as Katie |
| 2006 | Fear Stress And Anger (TV Series) · as Gemma |
| 2006 | The IT Crowd (TV Series) · as Jen Barber |
| 2005 | Extras (TV Series) · as Woman In Queue |
| 2005 | Ahead of the Class · as Vicky Foley |
| 2004 | Doc Martin (TV Series) · as Pauline Lamb |
| 1998 | Comedy Lab (TV Series) · as Various |
| 1997 | Jonathan Creek (TV Series) · as Nicola |
| 1986 | Casualty (TV Series) · as Helen Gibbons |
| 1964 | Horizon (TV Series) · as Narrator |