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Katherine Parkinson
Hounslow, Greater London, England, UK
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 Bes…
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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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2026
Rivals: The Official Podcast
TV show Self
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2025
Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza
Movie Rachel Jessop
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2025
Dating Mark Silcox
Movie Claire
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2025
LOL: Last One Laughing UK
TV show Self
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2024
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Movie Self
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2024
That Christmas
Movie Mrs. Forrest (voice)
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2024
Rivals
TV show Lizzie Vereker
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2023
Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas
Movie Rachel Jessop
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2023
Significant Other
TV show Anna
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2022
National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing
Movie Beatrice
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2022
Here We Go
TV show Rachel Jessop
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2022
The Nan Movie
Movie Nell
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2021
Spreadsheet
TV show Lauren
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2021
Sitting
Movie Mary
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2021
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
Movie Clemmie
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2020
How to Fake a War
Movie Kate
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2020
Hitmen
TV show Kat Gaitskill
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2020
Radioactive
Movie Jeanne Langevin
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2018
Guitar Man
Movie Ms. Elanor
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2018
Defending the Guilty
TV show Caroline
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2018
Hang Ups
TV show Karen Muller
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2018
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
Movie Isola Pribby
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2017
Urban Myths
TV show Ange
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2015
The Kennedys
TV show Brenda Kennedy
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2015
Taskmaster
TV show Self
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2015
Humans
TV show Laura Hawkins
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2015
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
TV show Self - Guest
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2014
Off the Page: Britain Isn't Eating
Movie Marion/Sarah
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2014
In the Club
TV show Kim
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2014
The Honourable Woman
TV show Rachel Stein
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2014
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
TV show Self
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2014
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
TV show
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2014
Sardines
Movie Rebecca
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2014
Inside No. 9
TV show Rebecca
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2014
The IT Crowd Manual
Movie Self - Jen Barber
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2013
Crackanory
TV show Self
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2013
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
TV show Self
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2012
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
TV show Conceptiva
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2011
Coma Girl
Movie Pip
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2010
Whites
TV show Caroline
