Katherine Parkinson

Katherine Parkinson

Katherine Jane Parkinson was born in Hounslow, London, to an English mother and Northern Irish father, historian Alan Parkinson. She studied at Tiffin Girls’ School before reading classics at St Hilda’s College, Oxford. She left her course to star in the play The Age of Consent.

About Katherine Parkinson in brief

Summary Katherine ParkinsonKatherine Jane Parkinson is an English actress. She has appeared in several comedy series, including as Jen Barber in Channel 4’s The IT Crowd. She was also a main cast member of the series Doc Martin for three series. She co-starred in Series 1–3 of Humans, a science-fiction drama on AMCChannel 4, which premiered in June 2015. Parkinson was born in Hounslow, London, to an English mother and Northern Irish father, historian Alan Parkinson. She studied at Tiffin Girls’ School before reading classics at St Hilda’s College, Oxford.

She left her course to star in the play The Age of Consent. She starred in The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff, a four-part BBC comedy series which premiered on BBC Two on 19 December 2011. She next appeared in series 2, episode 3 of Sherlock, \”The Reichenbach Fall\”, as journalist Kitty Riley in January 2012. During 2016 she performed in the stage play Dead Funny at the Vaudeville Theatre, where she played the role of Eleanor. In 2020 she starred in the Royal Court Theatre’s Lady Shoe directed by Emma Jeanne Desfosses.