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).
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Films (28)
Mog's Bad Thing
2026 · Mrs. Ramsbottom (voice)
Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza
2025 · Rachel Jessop
Dating Mark Silcox
2025 · Claire
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
2024 · Self
Ce Noël-là
2024 · Mrs. Forrest (voice)
Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas
2023 · Rachel Jessop
National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing
2022 · Beatrice
The Nan Movie
2022 · Nell
Sitting
2021 · Mary, Writer
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
2021 · Clemmie
How to Fake a War
2020 · Kate
Madame Curie
2020 · Jeanne Langevin
Guitar Man
2018 · Ms. Elanor
Le Cercle littéraire de Guernesey
2018 · Isola Pribby
Off the Page: Britain Isn't Eating
2014 · Marion/Sarah
Sardines
2014 · Rebecca
The IT Crowd Manual
2014 · Self - Jen Barber
Coma Girl
2011 · Pip
Cooked
2010 · (voice)
St. Trinian's 2
2009 · Physics Teacher
Good Morning England
2009 · Felicity
Un mariage de rêve
2008 · Marion Whittaker
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
2008
Un anglais à New York
2008 · PR Woman
Noël à l'anglaise
2007 · Vanessa
Hard to Swallow
2007 · Katie
Ahead of the Class
2005 · Vicky Foley
The Bride of Vernon
· Mary Mae
Séries (41)
Live from the Lycett Arms
2026 · Self / Pub Manager
Rivals: The Official Podcast
2026 · Self
LOL: Last One Laughing UK
2025 · Self
Rivales
2024 · Lizzie Vereker
Significant Other
2023 · Anna
Here We Go
2022 · Rachel Jessop
Spreadsheet
2021 · Lauren
Hitmen
2020 · Kat Gaitskill
Defending the Guilty
2018 · Caroline
Hang Ups
2018 · Karen Muller
Urban Myths
2017 · Ange
The Kennedys
2015 · Brenda Kennedy
Taskmaster
2015 · Self
Humans
2015 · Laura Hawkins
Travel Man : 48 Hours in...
2015 · Self - Guest
In the Club
2014 · Kim
La femme honorable
2014 · Rachel Stein
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014 · Self
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
Inside No. 9
2014 · Rebecca, Self
Crackanory
2013 · Self
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
2013 · Self
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
2012 · Conceptiva
Whites
2010 · Caroline
The Great Outdoors
2010 · Sophie
Sherlock
2010 · Kitty Riley
Psychoville
2009
The Old Guys
2009 · Amber
Katy Brand's Big Ass Show
2007 · Various
Would I Lie to You?
2007 · Self, Self - Panellist
Fear, Stress & Anger
2007 · Gemma
Great British Menu
2006 · Self - Guest Judge
The IT Crowd
2006 · Jen Barber
Extras
2005 · Woman in queue
Doc Martin
2004 · Pauline Lamb
Room 101
1994 · Self
Have I Got News for You
1990 · Self - Hostess
Casualty
1986 · Helen Gibbons
Horizon
1964 · Narrator
The Dream Lands
· Antonia
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
· Self - Presenter