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The IT Crowd. Jen (Katherine Parkinson). Copyright: TalkbackThames.

Katherine Parkinson

  1. 16th October via Chortle: Taskmaster wins 1.7million viewers for Channel 4
  2. 12th October: Ed Gamble to host official Taskmaster podcast
  3. 29th July: Taskmaster Series 10 line-up revealed

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.

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Gender
Female
Nationality
England

Awards

  • BAFTA Television Awards 2014 - Best Female Performance in a Comedy Programme: Winner
  • British Comedy Awards 2014 - Best TV Comedy Actress: 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 (42 years-old)

Known for

Doc Martin. Image shows from L to R: Louisa Glasson (Caroline Catz), Dr Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes). Copyright: ITV. Doc Martin - Pauline Lamb
The IT Crowd. Jen (Katherine Parkinson). Copyright: TalkbackThames. The IT Crowd - Jen
The Old Guys. Image shows from L to R: Tom (Roger Lloyd-Pack), Roy (Clive Swift). Copyright: BBC. The Old Guys - Amber

Credits

 
Year Production Role
2020 Defending The Guilty - Series 2 Announced Caroline Bratt
2020 Taskmaster - Series 10 Self
2020 How To Fake A War Brand New Kate
2020 Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break Brand New Clemmie
2020 The Nan Movie Brand New Actor
2019 The Casebook Of Max And Ivan - New Year Special
  1. 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
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2016 Room 101 - Series 5
  1. Special - Best Of Series 5
  2. E8 - John Torode, Russell Howard, Katherine Parkinson
 Guest
2015 Don't Start - Series 3 Kim
2015 Duck Quacks Don't Echo - Series 3
  1. Special - Best Of
  2. E6 - Episode Six
 Guest
2015 The Kennedys Brenda Kennedy
2015 Would I Lie To You? - Series 9
  1. Special - The Unseen Bits
  2. E2 - Episode Two
 Guest
2015 Alan Carr: Chatty Man - Series 14
  1. E13 - Mark Ronson, Samuel L Jackson, Entourage cast, Humans cast
 Guest
2014 Crackanory - Series 2
  1. E3 - The Surprise & The Crisis Plan
 Host / Presenter
2014 Cardinal Burns - Series 2
  1. E4 - Episode Four
 Super Computer (Voice)
2014 Inside No. 9 - Series 1
  1. E1 - Sardines
 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
  1. E2 - The Food of Love
 Natasha
2013 Love Matters
  1. E2 - Officially Special
 Jo Pepper
2012 Don't Start - Series 2 Kim
2012 Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully - Pilot
  1. 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
  1. E1 - Episode One
 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
  1. Special - The Unseen Bits
  2. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2011 Coma Girl Pip
2011 Psychoville - Series 2
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 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
  1. The Grinning Man
 Nicola
2008 The IT Crowd - Series 3 Jen
2008 Easy Virtue Marion Whittaker
2008 The Brightonomicon
  1. E10 - The Sensational Saga Of The Saltdean Stallion
  2. E8 - The Fantastic Adventure Of The Foredown Man
 Kelly-Anne Sirjan
2008 Katy Brand's Big Ass Show - Series 2 Ensemble Actor
2008 The Odd Half Hour - Series 1 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

Non-comedy TV and film credits might be found here:
Katherine Parkinson on IMDb

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