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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Here We Go: New Year’s Fireworks Extravaganza
Character:Rachel Jessop
Release Date:01/01/2026
Dating Mark Silcox
Character:Claire
Release Date:13/05/2025
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Character:Self
Release Date:22/12/2024
That Christmas
Character:Mrs. Forrest (voice)
Release Date:27/11/2024
National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing
Character:Beatrice
Release Date:08/09/2022
The Nan Movie
Character:Nell
Release Date:18/03/2022
Sitting
Character:Mary
Release Date:07/04/2021
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
Character:Clemmie
Release Date:17/03/2021
How to Fake a War
Character:Kate
Release Date:21/08/2020
Radioactive
Character:Jeanne Langevin
Release Date:11/03/2020
Guitar Man
Character:Ms. Elanor
Release Date:04/11/2018
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
Character:Isola Pribby
Release Date:19/04/2018
The IT Crowd Manual
Character:Self - Jen Barber
Release Date:04/01/2014
Coma Girl
Character:Pip
Release Date:09/09/2011
Whites
Character:Caroline
Release Date:10/09/2010
Cooked
Character:(voice)
Release Date:21/05/2010
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
Character:Physics Teacher
Release Date:18/12/2009
The Boat That Rocked
Character:Felicity
Release Date:01/04/2009
Easy Virtue
Character:Marion Whittaker
Release Date:07/11/2008
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
Character:
Release Date:04/10/2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Character:PR Woman
Release Date:02/10/2008
Christmas at the Riviera
Character:Vanessa
Release Date:23/12/2007
Hard to Swallow
Character:Katie
Release Date:01/01/2007
Ahead of the Class
Character:Vicky Foley
Release Date:05/08/2005
Television Appearances
Rivals
Character:Lizzie Vereker
Significant Other
Character:Anna
Here We Go
Character:Rachel Jessop
Spreadsheet
Character:Lauren
Hitmen
Character:Kat Gaitskill
Defending the Guilty
Character:Caroline
Hang Ups
Character:Karen Muller
Urban Myths
Character:Ange
The Kennedys
Character:Brenda Kennedy
Taskmaster
Character:Self
Humans
Character:Laura Hawkins
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
Character:Self - Guest
In the Club
Character:Kim
The Honourable Woman
Character:Rachel Stein
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Character:Self
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Character:
Inside No. 9
Character:Rebecca
Inside No. 9
Character:Self
Crackanory
Character:Self
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Character:Self
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
Character:Conceptiva
Whites
Character:Caroline
The Great Outdoors
Character:Sophie
Sherlock
Character:Kitty Riley
Psychoville
Character:
The Old Guys
Character:Amber
Katy Brand's Big Ass Show
Character:Various
Would I Lie to You?
Character:Self
Would I Lie to You?
Character:Self - Panellist
Fear, Stress & Anger
Character:Gemma
The IT Crowd
Character:Jen Barber
Extras
Character:Woman in queue
Doc Martin
Character:Pauline Lamb
Room 101
Character:Self
Have I Got News for You
Character:Self - Hostess
Casualty
Character:Helen Gibbons
Horizon
Character:Narrator
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