Katherine Parkinson
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Katherine Parkinson is an English actress.
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[edit] Biography
Katherine Parkinson studied at Tiffin Girls' School (Kingston-Upon-Thames, Surrey), and then read Classics at St Hilda's College, Oxford before moving to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art where she met Chris O'Dowd, fellow The IT Crowd lead, for the first time.
During her studies she left the course to star in the play The Age of Consent. Her subsequent career has seen her star alongside well known British actors such as Martin Clunes and Julie Walters. In 2007 she appeared in a new translation of Chekhov's 'The Seagull' at the Royal Court in London, alongside Kristin Scott Thomas and Mackenzie Crook.
She recently contributed sketch characters to Katy Brand's ITV2 show, having been friends with Brand since Oxford. She has also appeared several times on BBC Radio 4, including on Mouth Trap[1], again with Brand, and in The Odd Half Hour[2].
[edit] Filmography
- Easy Virtue (2009) – Marion Whittaker
- Christmas at the Riviera (2007) – Vanessa
- Fear, Stress & Anger (2007) (Television series) – Gemma
- The IT Crowd (2006-) (Television series) – Jen Barber
- Doc Martin (2004-) (Television series) – Pauline Lamb
- Extras (2005) (Television series) – Woman in queue
- Casualty (2005) (Television series) – Helen Gibbons
- Ahead of the Class (2005) (Television series) – Vicky Foley
