Katherine Parkinson

Katherine Jane Parkinson is an English actress known for her work in television and theatre. She has appeared in several comedy series, including as Jen Barber in Channel 4's The IT Crowd, for which she received a British Comedy Best TV Actress Award in 2009 and 2014, and for which she was nominated twice for the BAFTA Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance, winning once in 2014. Parkinson studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, and has appeared on stage in numerous plays, including 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.