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Katherine Parkinson(I)

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Katherine Parkinson
Follows Rupert Campbell-Black and Tony Baddingham as they have a longstanding rivalry that comes to a head.
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Katherine Jane Parkinson is an English actress. She appeared in Channel 4's The IT Crowd comedy series 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 for the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play.
BornMarch 9, 1978
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BornMarch 9, 1978
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    • Won 1 BAFTA Award
      • 2 wins & 8 nominations total

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    Known for

    Philip Seymour Hoffman, Nick Frost, Rhys Ifans, Bill Nighy, and Talulah Riley in The Boat That Rocked (2009)
    The Boat That Rocked
    7.3
    • Felicity
    • 2009
    Tom Courtenay, Matthew Goode, Michiel Huisman, Penelope Wilton, Glen Powell, Katherine Parkinson, Jessica Brown Findlay, and Lily James in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
    The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
    7.3
    • Isola Pribby
    • 2018
    The IT Crowd (2006)
    The IT Crowd
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Jen Barber
    Colin Firth, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jessica Biel, and Ben Barnes in Easy Virtue (2008)
    Easy Virtue
    6.6
    • Marion Whittaker
    • 2008

    Credits

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    Actress

    • Here We Go
      • Rachel, Rachel Jessop
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2020
    • The Dream Lands
      • Antonia
      • Pre-production
      • TV Series
    • Badjelly (2025)
      Badjelly
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Mum (Flo)
      • 2025
    • Brian Cox, Deborah Findlay, Fiona Shaw, Ava Talbot, Sienna Sayer, Kuhu Agarwal, Jack Wisniewski, India Brown, Bronte Smith, Guz Khan, and Zazie Hayhurst in That Christmas (2024)
      That Christmas
      6.8
      • Mrs. Forrest
      • 2024
    • David Tennant, Alex Hassell, Aidan Turner, Nafessa Williams, and Bella Maclean in Rivals (2024)
      Rivals
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Lizzie Vereker
      • 2024
    • Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith in Inside No. 9 (2014)
      Inside No. 9
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Katherine Parkinson
      • Rebecca
      • 2014–2024
    • Alison Steadman, Jim Howick, Katherine Parkinson, Tom Basden, Freya Parks, and Tori Allen-Martin in Here We Go (2020)
      Here We Go
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Rachel Jessop
      • 2020–2024
    • Youssef Kerkour and Katherine Parkinson in Significant Other (2023)
      Significant Other
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Anna
      • 2023
    • National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing (2022)
      National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing
      7.0
      • Beatrice
      • 2022
    • The Nan Movie (2022)
      The Nan Movie
      4.8
      • Nell
      • 2022
    • Rowan Witt and Katherine Parkinson in Spreadsheet (2021)
      Spreadsheet
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Lauren
      • 2021
    • Mel Giedroyc, Sue Perkins, and Katherine Parkinson in Hitmen (2020)
      Hitmen
      5.7
      TV Series
      • Kat Gaitskill
      • 2021
    • Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break (2021)
      Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break
      5.7
      • Clemmie
      • 2021
    • Unprecedented: Real Time Theatre from a State of Isolation (2020)
      Unprecedented: Real Time Theatre from a State of Isolation
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Liz
      • 2020
    • Katherine Parkinson and Will Sharpe in Defending the Guilty (2018)
      Defending the Guilty
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Caroline
      • 2018–2019
    • Rosamund Pike in Radioactive (2019)
      Radioactive
      6.3
      • Jeanne Langevin
      • 2019
    • Katherine Parkinson, Jay Pharoah, and Lily Newmark in How to Fake a War (2019)
      How to Fake a War
      4.5
      • Kate Hemmings
      • 2019

    Writer

    • Sitting
      8.2
      TV Special
      • Writer
      • 2021
    • Comedy Lab (1998)
      Comedy Lab
      5.3
      TV Series
      • additional material
      • 2006

    Soundtrack

    • The IT Crowd (2006)
      The IT Crowd
      8.5
      TV Series
      • performer: "Kalypso"
      • performer: "The Loco-Motion" (uncredited)
      • 2007–2010

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    Personal details

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    • Height
      • 5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
    • Born
      • March 9, 1978
      • London, England, UK
    • Spouse
      • Harry Peacock2009 - present (2 children)
    • Parents
        Janet Parkinson
    • Other works
      TV commercials for Maltesers chocolates

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      Studied Classics at Oxford University.
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      People don't realise what a nice thing it is for an actor to go to a job where they know or like everybody, because you're so often having to do new beginnings, starting off on set with people you don't know, having to introduce yourself and make friends.

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