Katherine Parkinson is an English comedy actress, perhaps best known for playing Jen Barber in Channel 4's The It Crowd. This role would win her the British Comedy Best TV Actress Award in 2009 and again in 2014, and a BAFTA TV Award in 2014. Alongside appearances in British comedy films such as The Boat That Rocked, she was also a regular face on the medical comedy drama Doc Martin for three series. In 2019 she played the lead role on the BBC's Defending The Guilty.
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- England
- British Comedy Awards 2014 - Best TV Comedy Actress: Winner
- BAFTA Television Awards 2014 - Best Female Performance in a Comedy Programme: Winner
- BAFTA Television Awards 2011 - Best Female Performance in a Comedy Programme: Nominee
- British Comedy Awards 2010 - Best TV Comedy Actress: Nominee
- British Comedy Awards 2009 - Best TV Comedy Actress: Winner
- British Comedy Awards 2006 - Best Female Comedy Breakthrough Artist: Nominee
- British Comedy Awards 2006 - Best TV Comedy Actress: Nominee
- Born
- Thursday 9th March 1978 (43 years-old)
Awards
Known for
Doc Martin - Pauline Lamb
The IT Crowd - Jen
The Old Guys - Amber
Credits
| Year | Production | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Sitting | Mary |
| 2021 | Sitting | Writer |
| 2021 | Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break Brand New | Clemmie |
| 2021 | Nan: The Movie Brand New | Actor |
| 2020 | Pandemonium | Rachel |
| 2020 | Taskmaster - Series 10 | Self |
| 2020 | How To Fake A War | Kate |
| 2019 | The Casebook Of Max And Ivan - New Year Special | Martha Shanks |
| 2019 | Defending The Guilty - Series 1 | Caroline Bratt |
| 2019 | Date Night | Maddy |
| 2018 | Defending The Guilty - Pilot | Caroline Bratt |
| 2018 | Hang Ups | Karen Muller |
| 2018 | Sitting By Katherine Parkinson | Writer |
| 2017 | Urban Myths: Bob Dylan: Knockin' On Dave's Door | Ange |
| 2016 | Dead Funny - Will Rufus Jones Get Naked? | Self |
| 2016 | Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled - Series 4
|
Guest |
| 2016 | Room 101 - Series 5 | Guest |
| 2015 | Don't Start - Series 3 | Kim |
| 2015 | Duck Quacks Don't Echo - Series 3
|
Guest |
| 2015 | The Kennedys | Brenda Kennedy |
| 2015 | Would I Lie To You? - Series 9
|
Guest |
| 2015 | Alan Carr: Chatty Man - Series 14 | Guest |
| 2014 | Crackanory - Series 2 | Host / Presenter |
| 2014 | Cardinal Burns - Series 2
|
Super Computer (Voice) |
| 2014 | Inside No. 9 - Series 1
|
Rebecca |
| 2013 | The IT Crowd Manual | Self |
| 2013 | The IT Crowd - The Internet Is Coming | Jen |
| 2013 | Start/Stop - Series 1 | Alice |
| 2013 | Absolutely Delish
|
Natasha |
| 2013 | Love Matters
|
Jo Pepper |
| 2012 | Don't Start - Series 2 | Kim |
| 2012 | Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully - Pilot | Katrina Lyons |
| 2012 | The Diary Of A Nobody | Carrie |
| 2012 | Start/Stop - Pilot | Alice |
| 2012 | The Bleak Old Shop Of Stuff | Conceptiva Secret-Past |
| 2012 | I, Regress - Series 1
|
Karen House-Water |
| 2011 | The Bleak Old Shop Of Stuff | Conceptiva Secret-Past |
| 2011 | Don't Start - Series 1 | Kim |
| 2011 | Would I Lie To You? - Series 5
|
Guest |
| 2011 | Coma Girl | Pip |
| 2011 | Psychoville - Series 2
|
Fiona |
| 2011 | The Bat Man | Colette |
| 2011 | Turf Wars | Beth |
| 2010 | Whites | Caroline |
| 2010 | Pauline Pepys's Dowry | Elizabeth |
| 2010 | The Great Outdoors | Sophie |
| 2010 | The Old Guys - Series 2 | Amber |
| 2010 | The IT Crowd - Series 4 | Jen |
| 2009 | St Trinian's 2: The Legend Of Fritton's Gold | Physics Teacher |
| 2009 | Doc Martin - Series 4 | Pauline Lamb |
| 2009 | Katy Brand's Big Ass Show - Series 3 | Ensemble Actor |
| 2009 | The Odd Half Hour - Series 2 | Various |
| 2009 | The Old Guys - Series 1 | Amber |
| 2009 | Jonathan Creek - The Grinning Man | Nicola |
| 2008 | The IT Crowd - Series 3 | Jen |
| 2008 | Easy Virtue | Marion Whittaker |
| 2008 | The Brightonomicon | Kelly-Anne Sirjan |
| 2008 | Katy Brand's Big Ass Show - Series 2 | Ensemble Actor |
| 2008 | The Odd Half Hour - Series 1 | Various |
| 2008 | Mouth Trap | Various |
| 2007 | Katy Brand's Big Ass Show - Series 1 | Ensemble Actor |
| 2007 | Doc Martin - Series 3 | Pauline Lamb |
| 2007 | The IT Crowd - Series 2 | Jen |
| 2007 | Fear, Stress And Anger | Gemma |
| 2007 | Laura Solon: Talking And Not Talking - Series 1 | Ensemble Actor |
| 2007 | Laura Solon: Talking And Not Talking - Series 1 | Writer (Additional Material) |
| 2006 | The IT Crowd - Series 1 | Jen |
| 2005 | Doc Martin - Series 2 | Pauline Lamb |
| 2005 | Extras - Series 1
|
Woman in Queue |
Non-comedy TV and film credits might be found here:
Katherine Parkinson on IMDb