Biography
Katherine Parkinson 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...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Dating Mark Silcox
2025
as Claire
Unable to get a second date, Mark Silcox attempts to find love by learning to be funny. But could his joking go too far?
Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
2024
as Self
This documentary tells the story of one of TV's darkest and most celebrated comedies, featuring cast interviews and extensive candid moments with crea...
That Christmas
2024
as Mrs. Forrest (voice)
It's an unforgettable Christmas for the townsfolk of Wellington-on-Sea when the worst snowstorm in history alters everyone's plans — including Santa's...
National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing
2022
as Beatrice
Since the 1930s, the legendary family-run Hotel Messina has been visited by artists, celebrities and royalty. When the current owner’s daughter fall...
The Nan Movie
2022
as Nell
Catherine Tate's iconic character Nan hits the big screen as she goes on a wild road trip from London to Ireland with her grandson Jamie to make amend...
Sitting
2021
as Mary
Bafta Award-winning Katherine Parkinson's debut play. Three characters sit for a silent painter and reveal their personal truths in a play about love,...
Sitting
2021
Writer
Bafta Award-winning Katherine Parkinson's debut play. Three characters sit for a silent painter and reveal their personal truths in a play about love,...
Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
2021
as Clemmie
A weedy charity-shop worker is set on winning the big national talent show. But when the actions of 5 selfish people cause him to miss his audition, h...
How to Fake a War
2020
as Kate
When an unexpected outbreak of peace leads to a ceasefire between Russian forces and Georgian rebels, arrogant rock star Harry Hope fears for the succ...
Radioactive
2020
as Jeanne Langevin
The story of Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie and her extraordinary scientific discoveries—through the prism of her marriage to husband Pierre—and the s...
Guitar Man
2018
as Ms. Elanor
A 'failed' musician tries to save the souls of at-risk youth and San Quentin prisoners and along the way discovers the true gift of his music...and th...
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
2018
as Isola Pribby
Free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when sh...
The IT Crowd Manual
2014
as Self - Jen Barber
This behind-the-scenes documentary features interviews with the creators and cast of the cult comedy "The IT Crowd", plus chats with celebrity fans.
Coma Girl
2011
as Pip
An upbeat 30 minute single camera comedy which follows a group of female friends united by a shared history but divided by almost everything else. Mos...
Whites
2010
as Caroline
Comedy series set in the kitchen of a country house hotel, following the trials and tribulations of head chef Roland White and his long suffering sous...
Cooked
2010
as (voice)
Cooked tells the story of the unlikely love triangle that sparks between a walrus a seal and a lobster in an arctic sauna.
St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
2009
as Physics Teacher
After a wealthy philanthropist expresses an unusual interest in a ring found by her niece Annabelle, Miss Fritton explains that she's descended from a...
The Boat That Rocked
2009
as Felicity
An ensemble comedy, where the romance is between the young people of the 60s, and pop music. It's about a band of DJs that captivate Britain, playing ...
Easy Virtue
2008
as Marion Whittaker
A young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their...
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
2008
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008 was a show in the "Secret Policeman's Balls" series of benefit shows for Amnesty International. Like its immediate pr...
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008
as PR Woman
Sidney Young is a down-on-his-luck journalist. Thanks to a stint involving a pig and a glitzy awards ceremony, Sidney turns his fortunes around, attra...
Christmas at the Riviera
2007
as Vanessa
The assistant manager of a seaside hotel is left to run the building over the Christmas period.
Hard to Swallow
2007
as Katie
Three couples spend an afternoon lunch together.
Ahead of the Class
2005
as Vicky Foley
Drama based on real-life events. Marie Stubbs, a diminutive Glaswegian headmistress who is coming up to retirement age, takes on one last challenge: t...