Acting credits
65
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Katherine Parkinson
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.5
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Movies: 25Series: 40Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 74158
IMDb ID: nm1817670
Known for: Acting
Born: March 9, 1978
Age: 48
Place of birth: Hounslow, Greater London, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1964 - 2026
Years active: 63
Average TMDB rating: 7.17
Wikidata: Q265208
Also known as
Katherine Jane Parkinson • کاترین پارکینسون
Other jobs
Writer (1)
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 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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Movies
Movie credits linked with Katherine Parkinson.
Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza
as Rachel Jessop
2025 Movie
Dating Mark Silcox
as Claire
2025 Movie
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
as Self
2024 Movie
That Christmas
as Mrs. Forrest (voice)
2024 Movie
Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas
as Rachel Jessop
2023 Movie
National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing
as Beatrice
2022 Movie
The Nan Movie
as Nell
2022 Movie
Sitting
as Mary
2021 Movie
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
as Clemmie
2021 Movie
How to Fake a War
as Kate
2020 Movie
Radioactive
as Jeanne Langevin
2020 Movie
Guitar Man
as Ms. Elanor
2018 Movie
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
as Isola Pribby
2018 Movie
Off the Page: Britain Isn't Eating
as Marion/Sarah
2014 Movie
Sardines
as Rebecca
2014 Movie
The IT Crowd Manual
as Self - Jen Barber
2014 Movie
Cooked
as (voice)
2010 Movie
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
as Physics Teacher
2009 Movie
The Boat That Rocked
as Felicity
2009 Movie
Easy Virtue
as Marion Whittaker
2008 Movie
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
2008 Movie
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
as PR Woman
2008 Movie
Christmas at the Riviera
as Vanessa
2007 Movie
Hard to Swallow
as Katie
2007 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Katherine Parkinson.
Live from the Lycett Arms
as Self / Pub Manager • 1 eps
2026 Series
Rivals: The Official Podcast
as Self • 1 eps
2026 Series
LOL: Last One Laughing UK
as Self • 6 eps
2025 Series
Rivals
as Lizzie Vereker • 20 eps
2024 Series
Significant Other
as Anna • 6 eps
2023 Series
Here We Go
as Rachel Jessop • 19 eps
2022 Series
Spreadsheet
as Lauren • 8 eps
2021 Series
Hitmen
as Kat Gaitskill • 5 eps
2020 Series
Defending the Guilty
as Caroline • 6 eps
2018 Series
Hang Ups
as Karen Muller • 6 eps
2018 Series
Urban Myths
as Ange • 1 eps
2017 Series
The Kennedys
as Brenda Kennedy • 6 eps
2015 Series
Taskmaster
as Self • 10 eps
2015 Series
Humans
as Laura Hawkins • 24 eps
2015 Series
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2015 Series
In the Club
as Kim • 12 eps
2014 Series
The Honourable Woman
as Rachel Stein • 8 eps
2014 Series
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
1 eps
2014 Series
Inside No. 9
as Rebecca • 1 eps
2014 Series
Crackanory
as Self • 1 eps
2013 Series
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
as Self • 2 eps
2013 Series
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
as Conceptiva • 3 eps
2012 Series
Whites
as Caroline • 6 eps
2010 Series