Katherine Parkinson

Katherine Parkinson

3/9/1978 (48 years old)Hounslow, Greater London, England, UK

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).

Filmography (64 titles)

Rivals: The Official Podcast10.0Show

Rivals: The Official Podcast

Self · 2026

Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks FantasaganzaMovie

Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza

Rachel Jessop · 2025

Dating Mark SilcoxMovie

Dating Mark Silcox

Claire · 2025

Inside No. 9: The Party's Over6.2Movie

Inside No. 9: The Party's Over

Self · 2024

That Christmas7.1Movie

That Christmas

Mrs. Forrest (voice) · 2024

Rivals7.5Show

Rivals

Lizzie Vereker · 2024

Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family ChristmasMovie

Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas

Rachel Jessop · 2023

Significant Other5.8Show

Significant Other

Anna · 2023

National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing6.7Movie

National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing

Beatrice · 2022

Here We Go6.3Show

Here We Go

Rachel Jessop · 2022

The Nan Movie5.7Movie

The Nan Movie

Nell · 2022

Spreadsheet5.4Show

Spreadsheet

Lauren · 2021

SittingMovie

Sitting

Mary · 2021

Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break6.1Movie

Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break

Clemmie · 2021

How to Fake a War3.5Movie

How to Fake a War

Kate · 2020

Hitmen5.9Show

Hitmen

Kat Gaitskill · 2020

Radioactive6.6Movie

Radioactive

Jeanne Langevin · 2020

Guitar ManMovie

Guitar Man

Ms. Elanor · 2018

Defending the Guilty7.2Show

Defending the Guilty

Caroline · 2018

Hang Ups6.4Show

Hang Ups

Karen Muller · 2018

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society7.4Movie

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

Isola Pribby · 2018

Urban Myths7.4Show

Urban Myths

Ange · 2017

The Kennedys5.9Show

The Kennedys

Brenda Kennedy · 2015

Taskmaster8.3Show

Taskmaster

Self · 2015

Humans7.5Show

Humans

Laura Hawkins · 2015

Travel Man: 48 Hours in...6.4Show

Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

Self - Guest · 2015

Off the Page: Britain Isn't EatingMovie

Off the Page: Britain Isn't Eating

Marion/Sarah · 2014

In the Club6.3Show

In the Club

Kim · 2014

The Honourable Woman7.3Show

The Honourable Woman

Rachel Stein · 2014

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled7.2Show

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

Self · 2014