Katherine Parkinson

ActorWriter Mar 9 (age 48) Hounslow, Greater London, England, UK 1986–2026 (40 year career)

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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

Film

The IT Crowd

Jen Barber

Film

The Boat That Rocked

Felicity

Film

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

Isola Pribby

Film

Humans

Laura Hawkins

Film

Radioactive

Jeanne Langevin

Film

Taskmaster

Self

Film

That Christmas

Mrs. Forrest (voice)

Film

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

PR Woman

Filmography

Acting (66)

Movies (25)

Here We Go: New Year’s Fireworks Extravaganza

2026

as Rachel Jessop

Dating Mark Silcox

2025

as Claire

That Christmas

2024

as Mrs. Forrest (voice)

7.2

Inside No. 9: The Party's Over

2024

as Self

6.3

Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas

2023

as Rachel Jessop

National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing

as Beatrice

The Nan Movie

as Nell

Sitting

as Mary

Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break

as Clemmie

Radioactive

as Jeanne Langevin

How to Fake a War

as Kate

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

2018

as Isola Pribby

7.4

Guitar Man

2018

as Ms. Elanor

The IT Crowd Manual

as Self - Jen Barber

Coma Girl

as Pip

Cooked

as (voice)

Whites

2010

as Caroline

The Boat That Rocked

2009

as Felicity

7.2

St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold

2009

as Physics Teacher

5.6

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

as PR Woman

Easy Virtue

as Marion Whittaker

The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008

2008

Christmas at the Riviera

2007

as Vanessa

4.2

Hard to Swallow

2007

as Katie

Ahead of the Class

2005

as Vicky Foley

6.8

Television (41)

Rivals

as Lizzie Vereker

Significant Other

as Anna

Here We Go

as Rachel Jessop

Spreadsheet

as Lauren

Hitmen

as Kat Gaitskill

Hang Ups

as Karen Muller

Defending the Guilty

as Caroline

Urban Myths

as Ange

Taskmaster

as Self

Humans

as Laura Hawkins

Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

as Self - Guest

The Kennedys

as Brenda Kennedy

Inside No. 9

as Rebecca

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

2014

as Self

7.2

Duck Quacks Don't Echo

The Honourable Woman

as Rachel Stein

In the Club

as Kim

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

as Self

Crackanory

as Self

The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff

as Conceptiva

Sherlock

as Kitty Riley

Whites

as Caroline

The Great Outdoors

as Sophie

Psychoville

The Old Guys

as Amber

The Old Guys

as Amber

Would I Lie to You?

as Self

Fear, Stress & Anger

as Gemma

Katy Brand's Big Ass Show

as Various

The IT Crowd

as Jen Barber

The IT Crowd

as Herself

Great British Menu

as Self - Guest Judge

Extras

as Woman in queue

Doc Martin

as Pauline Lamb

Jonathan Creek

as Nicola

Room 101

as Self

Have I Got News for You

as Self - Hostess

Casualty

as Helen Gibbons

Horizon

as Narrator

Have I Got a Bit More News for You

as Self - Presenter

7.0

The Dream Lands

as Antonia

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Sitting

2021

Writer