Katherine Parkinson

About

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...

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CasualtySeries • 1986HorizonSeries • 1964SherlockSeries • 2010The IT CrowdSeries • 2006Inside No. 9Series • 2014Doc MartinSeries • 2004HumansSeries • 2015RivalsSeries • 2024ExtrasSeries • 2005Urban MythsSeries • 2017Duck Quacks Don't EchoSeries • 2014PsychovilleSeries • 2009That ChristmasMovie • 2024The Boat That RockedMovie • 2009The Honourable WomanSeries • 2014Here We GoSeries • 2022RadioactiveMovie • 2020How to Lose Friends & Alienate PeopleMovie • 2008Easy VirtueMovie • 2008WhitesSeries • 2010The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie SocietyMovie • 2018St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's GoldMovie • 2009The Nan MovieMovie • 2022