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




