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Katherine Parkinson

Katherine Parkinson

Known For Acting
Birthday Mar 09, 1978 (47)
Birthplace Hounslow, Greater London, England, UK
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Jul 30, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 Perfor ... mance, 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).

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Filmography

That Christmas

That Christmas

2024

as Mrs. Forrest (voice)

The Nan Movie

The Nan Movie

2022

as Nell

How to Fake a War

How to Fake a War

2020

as Kate

Radioactive

Radioactive

2020

as Jeanne Langevin

Guitar Man

Guitar Man

2018

as Ms. Elanor

Cooked

Cooked

2010

as (voice)

Whites

Whites

2010

as Caroline

The Boat That Rocked

The Boat That Rocked

2009

as Felicity

Easy Virtue

Easy Virtue

2008

as Marion Whittaker

Hard to Swallow

Hard to Swallow

2007

as Katie

Christmas at the Riviera

Christmas at the Riviera

2007

as Vanessa

Ahead of the Class

Ahead of the Class

2005

as Vicky Foley

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Doc Martin

as Pauline Lamb

Episodes: 45

First Aired: Sep 02, 2004

The IT Crowd

as Jen Barber

Episodes: 24

First Aired: Feb 03, 2006

Humans

as Laura Hawkins

Episodes: 24

First Aired: Jun 14, 2015

In the Club

as Kim

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Aug 05, 2014

Here We Go

as Rachel Jessop

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Apr 29, 2022

The Old Guys

as Amber

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Jan 31, 2009

Rivals

as Lizzie Vereker

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Oct 18, 2024

The Honourable Woman

as Rachel Stein

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Jul 03, 2014

Spreadsheet

as Lauren

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Oct 20, 2021

Fear, Stress & Anger

as Gemma

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Feb 22, 2007

Whites

as Caroline

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Sep 28, 2010

Significant Other

as Anna

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Jun 08, 2023

The Kennedys

as Brenda Kennedy

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Oct 02, 2015

Defending the Guilty

as Caroline

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Sep 19, 2018

Hang Ups

as Karen Muller

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Aug 08, 2018

Hitmen

as Kat Gaitskill

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Mar 25, 2020

The Great Outdoors

as Sophie

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jul 28, 2010

The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff

as Conceptiva

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Feb 20, 2012

Extras

as Woman in queue

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 21, 2005

Inside No. 9

as Rebecca

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 05, 2014

Jonathan Creek

as Nicola

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 09, 1997

Casualty

as Helen Gibbons

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 06, 1986

Urban Myths

as Ange

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 19, 2017

Horizon

as Narrator

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 04, 1964

Sherlock

as Kitty Riley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 25, 2010

Taskmaster

as Self

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Jul 28, 2015

Would I Lie to You?

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 16, 2007

Psychoville

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 18, 2009

The IT Crowd

as Herself

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 03, 2006

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 16, 2014

Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 30, 2015

Duck Quacks Don't Echo

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 07, 2014

Room 101

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 04, 1994

Inside No. 9

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 05, 2014

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 12, 2013

Would I Lie to You?

as Self - Panellist

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 16, 2007

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