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Katherine Parkinson(I)

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Katherine Parkinson
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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 & 6 nominations total

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Katherine Parkinson and Sonya Cassidy in Humans (2015)
Katherine Parkinson in Humans (2015)
Tom Goodman-Hill, Finlay Robertson, Katherine Parkinson, and Pixie Davies in Humans (2015)
Katherine Parkinson in Humans (2015)
Tom Goodman-Hill, Katherine Parkinson, Theo Stevenson, Pixie Davies, and Lucy Carless in Humans (2015)
Katherine Parkinson in Humans (2015)
Tom Goodman-Hill, Ruth Bradley, Katherine Parkinson, Gemma Chan, Theo Stevenson, Colin Morgan, Ivanno Jeremiah, Emily Berrington, and Sope Dirisu in Humans (2015)
Tom Goodman-Hill and Katherine Parkinson in Humans (2015)
Tom Goodman-Hill, Katherine Parkinson, Theo Stevenson, and Lucy Carless in Humans (2015)
Katherine Parkinson in Humans (2015)
Tom Goodman-Hill and Katherine Parkinson in Humans (2015)
Katherine Parkinson in Humans (2015)

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
Colin Firth, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jessica Biel, and Ben Barnes in Easy Virtue (2008)
Easy Virtue
6.6
  • Marion Whittaker
  • 2008
The IT Crowd (2006)
The IT Crowd
8.5
TV Series
  • Jen Barber

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Actress

  • Rivals
    • In Production
    • TV Series
  • Alison Steadman, Jim Howick, Katherine Parkinson, and Tom Basden in Here We Go (2020)
    Here We Go
    • Rachel Jessop
    • TV Series
    • 2020–2022
  • The Nan Movie (2022)
    The Nan Movie
    • Nell
    • 2022
  • Rowan Witt and Katherine Parkinson in Spreadsheet (2021)
    Spreadsheet
    • Lauren
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Mel Giedroyc, Sue Perkins, and Katherine Parkinson in Hitmen (2020)
    Hitmen
    • Kat Gaitskill
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break (2021)
    Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break
    • Clemmie
    • 2021
  • Unprecedented: Real Time Theatre from a State of Isolation (2020)
    Unprecedented: Real Time Theatre from a State of Isolation
    • Liz
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Katherine Parkinson and Will Sharpe in Defending the Guilty (2018)
    Defending the Guilty
    • Caroline
    • TV Series
    • 2018–2019
  • Rosamund Pike in Radioactive (2019)
    Radioactive
    • Jeanne Langevin
    • 2019
  • Katherine Parkinson, Jay Pharoah, and Lily Newmark in How to Fake a War (2019)
    How to Fake a War
    • Kate Hemmings
    • 2019
  • Stephen Mangan in Hang Ups (2018)
    Hang Ups
    • Karen Muller
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Tom Goodman-Hill, Katherine Parkinson, Gemma Chan, and Pixie Davies in Humans (2015)
    Humans
    • Laura Hawkins
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2018
  • 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
    • Isola Pribby
    • 2018
  • Urban Myths (2017)
    Urban Myths
    • Ange
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Hermione Norris and Katherine Parkinson in In the Club (2014)
    In the Club
    • Kim
    • TV Series
    • 2014–2016
  • The Complete Walk: Much Ado About Nothing
    • Beatrice
    • Short
    • 2016

Writer

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

Soundtrack

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