Katherine Parkinson

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 46

Gender Female

Birthday 1978-03-09 (44 years old)

Place of Birth Hounslow, Greater London, England, UK

Also Known As

Katherine Jane Parkinson

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Katherine Parkinson

Biography

Katherine Parkinson is a British stage, film and television actress, comedian and writer, best known for playing lead character Jen Barber in the television comedy series "The IT Crowd".

Known For

Acting

2022		National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing as Beatrice
2022		Here We Go (6 episodes) as Rachel Jessop
2022		The Nan Movie as Nell

2021		Spreadsheet (8 episodes) as Lauren
2021		Sitting as Mary
2021		Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break as Clemmie

2020		How to Fake a War as Kate
2020		Radioactive as Jeanne Langevin

2018		Guitar Man as Ms. Elanor
2018		Defending the Guilty (6 episodes) as Caroline
2018		Hang Ups (6 episodes) as Karen Muller
2018		The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society as Isola Pribby

2017

(1 episode) as Ange

2015		The Kennedys (6 episodes) as Brenda Kennedy
2015		Taskmaster (10 episodes) as Self
2015		Humans (24 episodes) as Laura Hawkins
2015		Travel Man: 48 Hours in... (1 episode) as Self

2014		In the Club (12 episodes) as Kim
2014		The Honourable Woman (8 episodes) as Rachel Stein
2014		Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled (1 episode) as Self
2014		Duck Quacks Don't Echo (1 episode)
2014		Inside No. 9 (1 episode) as Rebecca
2014		The IT Crowd Manual as Herself / Jen Barber

2012

(3 episodes) as Conceptiva

2011

as Pip

2010		Whites (6 episodes) as Caroline
2010		The Great Outdoors (3 episodes) as Sophie
2010		Cooked as (voice)

2009		St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold as Physics Teacher
2009		Psychoville (1 episode)
2009		The Boat That Rocked as Felicity
2009		The Old Guys (12 episodes) as Amber

2008		How to Lose Friends & Alienate People as PR Woman
2008		Easy Virtue as Marion Whittaker

2007		Christmas at the Riviera as Vanessa
2007		Would I Lie to You? (2 episodes) as Self
2007		Fear, Stress & Anger (6 episodes) as Gemma
2007		Hard to Swallow as Katie

2006

(24 episodes) as Jen Barber (1 episode) as Herself

2005		Ahead of the Class as Vicky Foley
2005		Extras (1 episode) as Woman in Queue

2004

(45 episodes) as Pauline Lamb

1997

(1 episode) as Nicola

1994

(1 episode) as Self

1986

(1 episode) as Helen Gibbons

1964

(1 episode) as Narrator

Writing

2021

… Writer

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