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Katherine Parkinson

1978 - Today

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Katherine Parkinson (born 9 March 1978) is an English actor. She appeared in the Channel 4 comedy series The IT Crowd as Jen Barber, for which she won BAFTA's British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance 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. Parkinson was also a main cast member of the series Doc Martin for three series (2005–2009). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Katherine Parkinson is the 12,162nd most popular actor (down from 11,884th in 2024), the 7,292nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,171st in 2019) and the 1,305th most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Katherine Parkinson ranks 12,162 out of 13,578Before her are Saxon Sharbino, Anna Shaffer, Julia Sawalha, Geoff Stults, Alex Roe, and Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre. After her are Mohamed Ramadan, Ranee Campen, Justine Waddell, Denise Nickerson, Robin Atkin Downes, and Jesse Bradford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Katherine Parkinson ranks 843Before her are Niklas Bäckström, Carl Johan Bergman, Marcel Fischer, Slobodan Soro, Chiara Cainero, and Robert Sassone. After her are Michael Mosley, Aldo Montano, Washington Luigi Garcia, Mizuki Noguchi, Beth Riesgraf, and Khader Adnan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Katherine Parkinson ranks 7,294 out of 8,785Before her are Eberechi Eze (1998), Kevin Sheedy (1959), Kevin McDonald (1988), Anna Shaffer (1992), Julia Sawalha (1968), and Alex Roe (1990). After her are Robin Atkin Downes (1976), Sophia Di Martino (1983), Lucie Silvas (1977), Tamsin Greig (1966), Darren Ferguson (1972), and Hannah Simone (1980).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Katherine Parkinson ranks 1,305Before her are Tuppence Middleton (1987), Adrian Lester (1968), Kate Fleetwood (1972), Anna Shaffer (1992), Julia Sawalha (1968), and Alex Roe (1990). After her are Robin Atkin Downes (1976), Sophia Di Martino (1983), Tamsin Greig (1966), Hannah Simone (1980), Adrian Scarborough (1968), and Hannah New (1984).