
Katherine Parkinson
- Date of Birth: 1978-03-09
- Place of Birth: Hounslow, Greater London, England, UK
Biography
Katherine Parkinson 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 w... Katherine Parkinson 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).

How to Fake a War
Comedy • 2020 August

Coma Girl
TV Movie, Comedy • 2011 September

The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
• 2008 October

Hard to Swallow
Comedy • 2007 January

Guitar Man
Drama • 2018 November

Whites
Comedy, Drama • 2010 September

Cooked
Animation, Comedy, Romance, Family • 2010 May

Sitting
Drama, TV Movie • 2021 April

The Dream Lands
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama • 2025 June