Katherine Parkinson
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 wh...
Known For
Filmography
Rivals: The Official Podcast
2026
as Self
Dating Mark Silcox
2025
as Claire
Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza
2025
as Rachel Jessop
LOL: Last One Laughing UK
2025
as Self
That Christmas
2024
as Mrs. Forrest (voice)
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
2024
as Self
Rivals
2024
as Lizzie Vereker
Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas
2023
as Rachel Jessop
Significant Other
2023
as Anna
National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing
2022
as Beatrice
The Nan Movie
2022
as Nell
Here We Go
2022
as Rachel Jessop
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
2021
as Clemmie
Sitting
2021
as Mary
Spreadsheet
2021
as Lauren
How to Fake a War
2020
as Kate
Radioactive
2020
as Jeanne Langevin
Hitmen
2020
as Kat Gaitskill
Guitar Man
2018
as Ms. Elanor
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018
as Isola Pribby
Defending the Guilty
2018
as Caroline
Hang Ups
2018
as Karen Muller
Urban Myths
2017
as Ange
Humans
2015
as Laura Hawkins
The Kennedys
2015
as Brenda Kennedy
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
2015
as Self - Guest
Taskmaster
2015
as Self
The IT Crowd Manual
2014
as Self - Jen Barber
Sardines
2014
as Rebecca
Off the Page: Britain Isn't Eating
2014
as Marion/Sarah
In the Club
2014
as Kim
The Honourable Woman
2014
as Rachel Stein
Inside No. 9
2014
as Rebecca
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014
as Self
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
Inside No. 9
2014
as Self
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
2013
as Self
Crackanory
2013
as Self
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
2012
as Conceptiva
Coma Girl
2011
as Pip
Cooked
2010
as (voice)
The Great Outdoors
2010
as Sophie
Whites
2010
as Caroline
Sherlock
2010
as Kitty Riley
The Boat That Rocked
2009
as Felicity
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
2009
as Physics Teacher
The Old Guys
2009
as Amber
Psychoville
2009
Easy Virtue
2008
as Marion Whittaker
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008
as PR Woman
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
2008
Christmas at the Riviera
2007
as Vanessa
Hard to Swallow
2007
as Katie
Fear, Stress & Anger
2007
as Gemma
Would I Lie to You?
2007
as Self
Would I Lie to You?
2007
as Self - Panellist
Katy Brand's Big Ass Show
2007
as Various
The IT Crowd
2006
as Jen Barber
Great British Menu
2006
as Self - Guest Judge
Ahead of the Class
2005
as Vicky Foley
Extras
2005
as Woman in queue
Doc Martin
2004
as Pauline Lamb
Room 101
1994
as Self
Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self - Hostess
Casualty
1986
as Helen Gibbons
Horizon
1964
as Narrator