Rivals: The Official Podcast
2026 · TV Show
as Self
Katherine Parkinson
1978-03-09
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Hounslow, Greater London, England, UK
Writers:
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
Dating Mark Silcox
2025 · Movie
as Claire
Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza
2025 · Movie
as Rachel Jessop
That Christmas
2024 · Movie
as Mrs. Forrest (voice)
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
2024 · Movie
as Self
Rivals
2024 · TV Show
as Lizzie Vereker
Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas
2023 · Movie
as Rachel Jessop
Significant Other
2023 · TV Show
as Anna
National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing
2022 · Movie
as Beatrice
The Nan Movie
2022 · Movie
as Nell
Here We Go
2022 · TV Show
as Rachel Jessop
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
2021 · Movie
as Clemmie
Sitting
2021 · Movie
as Mary
Spreadsheet
2021 · TV Show
as Lauren
How to Fake a War
2020 · Movie
as Kate
Radioactive
2020 · Movie
as Jeanne Langevin
Hitmen
2020 · TV Show
as Kat Gaitskill
Guitar Man
2018 · Movie
as Ms. Elanor
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018 · Movie
as Isola Pribby
Defending the Guilty
2018 · TV Show
as Caroline
Hang Ups
2018 · TV Show
as Karen Muller
Urban Myths
2017 · TV Show
as Ange
Humans
2015 · TV Show
as Laura Hawkins
The Kennedys
2015 · TV Show
as Brenda Kennedy
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
2015 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Taskmaster
2015 · TV Show
as Self
The IT Crowd Manual
2014 · Movie
as Self - Jen Barber
Sardines
2014 · Movie
as Rebecca
Off the Page: Britain Isn't Eating
2014 · Movie
as Marion/Sarah
In the Club
2014 · TV Show
as Kim
The Honourable Woman
2014 · TV Show
as Rachel Stein
Inside No. 9
2014 · TV Show
as Rebecca, Self
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014 · TV Show
as Self
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014 · TV Show
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
2013 · TV Show
as Self
Crackanory
2013 · TV Show
as Self
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
2012 · TV Show
as Conceptiva
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Coma Girl
2011 · Movie
as Pip
Cooked
2010 · Movie
as (voice)
The Great Outdoors
2010 · TV Show
as Sophie
Whites
2010 · TV Show
as Caroline
Sherlock
2010 · TV Show
as Kitty Riley
The Boat That Rocked
2009 · Movie
as Felicity
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
2009 · Movie
as Physics Teacher
The Old Guys
2009 · TV Show
as Amber
Psychoville
2009 · TV Show
Easy Virtue
2008 · Movie
as Marion Whittaker
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008 · Movie
as PR Woman
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
2008 · Movie
Christmas at the Riviera
2007 · Movie
as Vanessa
Hard to Swallow
2007 · Movie
as Katie
Fear, Stress & Anger
2007 · TV Show
as Gemma
Would I Lie to You?
2007 · TV Show
as Self, Self - Panellist
Katy Brand's Big Ass Show
2007 · TV Show
as Various
The IT Crowd
2006 · TV Show
as Jen Barber
Great British Menu
2006 · TV Show
as Self - Guest Judge
Ahead of the Class
2005 · Movie
as Vicky Foley
Extras
2005 · TV Show
as Woman in queue
Doc Martin
2004 · TV Show
as Pauline Lamb
Room 101
1994 · TV Show
as Self
Have I Got News for You
1990 · TV Show
as Self - Hostess
Casualty
1986 · TV Show
as Helen Gibbons
Horizon
1964 · TV Show
as Narrator
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The Bride of Vernon
· Movie
as Mary Mae
No image
The Dream Lands
· TV Show
as Antonia
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
· TV Show
as Self - Presenter
