Acting credits
61
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Katherine Parkinson
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.4
Moderate attention
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Movies: 25Series: 36Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 74158
IMDb ID: nm1817670
Known for: Acting
Born: March 9, 1978
Age: 47
Place of birth: Hounslow, Greater London, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1964 - 2025
Years active: 62
Average TMDB rating: 7.12
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
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
6.3
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
as Self
2024 Movie
7.2
That Christmas
as Mrs. Forrest (voice)
2024 Movie
Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas
as Rachel Jessop
2023 Movie
6.0
National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing
as Beatrice
2022 Movie
5.6
The Nan Movie
as Nell
2022 Movie
Sitting
as Mary
2021 Movie
6.1
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
as Clemmie
2021 Movie
3.8
How to Fake a War
as Kate
2020 Movie
6.6
Radioactive
as Jeanne Langevin
2020 Movie
Guitar Man
as Ms. Elanor
2018 Movie
7.4
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
as Isola Pribby
2018 Movie
9.0
Sardines
as Rebecca
2014 Movie
8.4
The IT Crowd Manual
as Self - Jen Barber
2014 Movie
Whites
as Caroline
2010 Movie
Cooked
as (voice)
2010 Movie
5.6
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
as Physics Teacher
2009 Movie
7.2
The Boat That Rocked
as Felicity
2009 Movie
6.5
Easy Virtue
as Marion Whittaker
2008 Movie
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
2008 Movie
6.0
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
as PR Woman
2008 Movie
4.2
Christmas at the Riviera
as Vanessa
2007 Movie
Hard to Swallow
as Katie
2007 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Katherine Parkinson.
7.1
Rivals
as Lizzie Vereker • 12 eps
2024 Series
6.2
Significant Other
as Anna • 6 eps
2023 Series
6.6
Here We Go
as Rachel Jessop • 19 eps
2022 Series
5.3
Spreadsheet
as Lauren • 8 eps
2021 Series
5.8
Hitmen
as Kat Gaitskill • 5 eps
2020 Series
7.2
Defending the Guilty
as Caroline • 6 eps
2018 Series
6.4
Hang Ups
as Karen Muller • 6 eps
2018 Series
7.4
Urban Myths
as Ange • 1 eps
2017 Series
5.9
The Kennedys
as Brenda Kennedy • 6 eps
2015 Series
8.3
Taskmaster
as Self • 10 eps
2015 Series
7.5
Humans
as Laura Hawkins • 24 eps
2015 Series
6.3
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2015 Series
6.3
In the Club
as Kim • 12 eps
2014 Series
7.3
The Honourable Woman
as Rachel Stein • 8 eps
2014 Series
7.2
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
5.7
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
1 eps
2014 Series
8.1
Inside No. 9
as Rebecca • 1 eps
2014 Series
6.8
Crackanory
as Self • 1 eps
2013 Series
7.3
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
as Self • 2 eps
2013 Series
6.9
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff
as Conceptiva • 3 eps
2012 Series
7.0
Whites
as Caroline • 6 eps
2010 Series
6.7
The Great Outdoors
as Sophie • 3 eps
2010 Series
8.5
Sherlock
as Kitty Riley • 1 eps
2010 Series
6.9
Psychoville
1 eps
2009 Series