Acting
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).
Filmography
Rivals: The Official Podcast
Series · 2026
Live from the Lycett Arms
Series · 2026
Dating Mark Silcox
Film · 2025
Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza
Film · 2025
LOL: Last One Laughing UK
Series · 2025
That Christmas
Film · 2024
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Film · 2024
Rivals
Series · 2024
Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas
Film · 2023
Significant Other
Series · 2023
National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing
Film · 2022
The Nan Movie
Film · 2022
Here We Go
Series · 2022
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
Film · 2021
Sitting
Film · 2021
Spreadsheet
Series · 2021
How to Fake a War
Film · 2020
Radioactive
Film · 2020
Hitmen
Series · 2020
Guitar Man
Film · 2018
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
Film · 2018
Defending the Guilty
Series · 2018
Hang Ups
Series · 2018
Urban Myths
Series · 2017
Humans
Series · 2015
The Kennedys
Series · 2015
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
Series · 2015
Taskmaster
Series · 2015
The IT Crowd Manual
Film · 2014
Sardines
Film · 2014
Off the Page: Britain Isn't Eating
Film · 2014
In the Club
Series · 2014
The Honourable Woman
Series · 2014
Inside No. 9
Series · 2014
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Series · 2014
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Series · 2014
Inside No. 9
Series · 2014
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Series · 2013
Crackanory
Series · 2013
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
Series · 2012
Coma Girl
Film · 2011
Cooked
Film · 2010
The Great Outdoors
Series · 2010
Whites
Series · 2010
Sherlock
Series · 2010
The Boat That Rocked
Film · 2009
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
Film · 2009
The Old Guys
Series · 2009
Psychoville
Series · 2009
Easy Virtue
Film · 2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Film · 2008
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
Film · 2008
Christmas at the Riviera
Film · 2007
Hard to Swallow
Film · 2007
Fear, Stress & Anger
Series · 2007
Would I Lie to You?
Series · 2007
Would I Lie to You?
Series · 2007
Katy Brand's Big Ass Show
Series · 2007
The IT Crowd
Series · 2006
Great British Menu
Series · 2006
Ahead of the Class
Film · 2005
Extras
Series · 2005
Doc Martin
Series · 2004
Room 101
Series · 1994
Have I Got News for You
Series · 1990
Casualty
Series · 1986
Horizon
Series · 1964
The Bride of Vernon
Film
The Dream Lands
Series
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Series