Katherine Parkinson
Acting
- Born:
- 1978-03-09
- Place of birth:
- Hounslow, Greater London, England, UK
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
Filmography
Live from the Lycett Arms
Rivals: The Official Podcast
Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza
Dating Mark Silcox
LOL: Last One Laughing UK
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
That Christmas
Rivals
Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas
Significant Other
National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing
Here We Go
The Nan Movie
Spreadsheet
Sitting
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
How to Fake a War
Hitmen
Radioactive
Guitar Man
Defending the Guilty
Hang Ups
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
Urban Myths
The Kennedys
Taskmaster
Humans
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
Off the Page: Britain Isn't Eating
In the Club
The Honourable Woman
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Sardines
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Inside No. 9
The IT Crowd Manual
Crackanory
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
Coma Girl
Whites
The Great Outdoors
Sherlock
Cooked
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
Psychoville
The Boat That Rocked
The Old Guys
Easy Virtue
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Christmas at the Riviera
Katy Brand's Big Ass Show
Would I Lie to You?
Fear, Stress & Anger
Hard to Swallow
Great British Menu
The IT Crowd
Ahead of the Class
Extras
Doc Martin
Room 101
Have I Got News for You
Casualty
Horizon
The Bride of Vernon
The Dream Lands
Have I Got a Bit More News for You