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).
Acting
TV
Sherlock
as Kitty Riley
2010
Movie
The Boat That Rocked
as Felicity
2009
TV
The IT Crowd
as Jen Barber
2006
Movie
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
as Isola Pribby
2018
Movie
Radioactive
as Jeanne Langevin
2020
Movie
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
as PR Woman
2008
TV
Humans
as Laura Hawkins
2015
Movie
Easy Virtue
as Marion Whittaker
2008
Movie
That Christmas
as Mrs. Forrest (voice)
2024
TV
Extras
as Woman in queue
2005
TV
Inside No. 9
as Rebecca
2014
TV
Inside No. 9
as Self
2014
Movie
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
as Physics Teacher
2009
TV
Taskmaster
as Self
2015
TV
Doc Martin
as Pauline Lamb
2004
TV
Would I Lie to You?
as Self
2007
TV
Would I Lie to You?
as Self - Panellist
2007
TV
The Honourable Woman
as Rachel Stein
2014
TV
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
as Self
2013
TV
Psychoville
2009
TV
Casualty
as Helen Gibbons
1986
TV
Have I Got News for You
as Self - Hostess
1990
TV
Rivals
as Lizzie Vereker
2024
TV
Whites
as Caroline
2010