Katherine Parkinson

Acting

Born: 1978-03-09 in 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).

Katherine Parkinson

Biography

Known For

Horizon

Sherlock

Casualty

Taskmaster

Have I Got News for You

Doc Martin

Rivals

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

Great British Menu

The IT Crowd

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

Would I Lie to You?

Would I Lie to You?

Inside No. 9

Inside No. 9

Humans

Extras

Room 101

Psychoville

Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

Urban Myths

The Boat That Rocked

LOL: Last One Laughing UK

That Christmas

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

Duck Quacks Don't Echo

Crackanory

Here We Go

Easy Virtue

Radioactive

Rivals: The Official Podcast

Hang Ups

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

The Honourable Woman

St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold

Hitmen

The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff

In the Club

Whites