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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

62

Gender

Female

Birthday

1978-03-09 (47 years old)

Place of Birth

Hounslow, Greater London, England, UK

Also Known As

Katherine Jane Parkinson

کاترین پارکینسون

Katherine Parkinson

Biography

Katherine Parkinson 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

Acting

Easy Virtue

2008

Easy Virtue

as

Marion Whittaker

The Boat That Rocked

2009

The Boat That Rocked

as

Felicity

Guitar Man

2018

Guitar Man

as

Ms. Elanor

That Christmas

2024

That Christmas

as

Mrs. Forrest (voice)

Ahead of the Class

2005

Ahead of the Class

as

Vicky Foley

Whites

2010

Whites

as

Caroline

The IT Crowd Manual

2014

The IT Crowd Manual

as

Self - Jen Barber

Hard to Swallow

2007

Hard to Swallow

as

Katie

Coma Girl

2011

Coma Girl

as

Pip

Cooked

2010

Cooked

as

(voice)

The Nan Movie

2022

The Nan Movie

as

Nell

Radioactive

2020

Radioactive

as

Jeanne Langevin

Sitting

2021

Sitting

as

Mary

Sardines

Sardines

as

Rebecca

Doc Martin

Doc Martin

as

Pauline Lamb

Extras

Extras

as

Woman in queue

The IT Crowd

The IT Crowd

as

Jen Barber

Rivals

Rivals

as

Lizzie Vereker

Whites

Whites

as

Caroline

The Honourable Woman

The Honourable Woman

as

Rachel Stein

Inside No. 9

Inside No. 9

as

Rebecca

Humans

Humans

as

Laura Hawkins

Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet

as

Lauren

The Kennedys

The Kennedys

as

Brenda Kennedy

The IT Crowd

The IT Crowd

as

Herself

Casualty

Casualty

as

Helen Gibbons

Here We Go

Here We Go

as

Rachel Jessop

Room 101

Room 101

as

Self

Horizon

Horizon

as

Narrator

Hang Ups

Hang Ups

as

Karen Muller

Hitmen

Hitmen

as

Kat Gaitskill

Sherlock

Sherlock

as

Kitty Riley

Would I Lie to You?

Would I Lie to You?

as

Self - Panellist

Have I Got News for You

Have I Got News for You

as

Self - Guest Host

Production

Crew

Directing