Katherine Parkinson is an actress and comedian. She studied
Classics at Oxford University, before entering The London Academy
of Music and Dramatic Art, which she left when offered a paid
acting job on stage in 'The Age of Consent' at The Bush Theatre.
Other roles on stage include 'Frame 312' at the Donmar Warehouse,
'Cock' at the Royal Court - which also starred Andrew Scott; and
most recently 'Absent Friends' at the Harold Pinter Theatre.
While her first screen role was in the television film 'Ahead of
the Class' (2005), which starred Julie Walters, Katherine is
perhaps best known for her role as Jen in the cult Channel 4 comedy
series 'The I.T. Crowd' (2006 - 2010), a comedy set in the
technical support department of a large company. She also starred
in recurring roles in the comedy series 'The Old Guys' (2009 -
2010) starring Roger Lloyd Pack, and culinary comedy 'Whites'
(2010) starring Alan Davies. In 2012, she appeared as the seemingly
naïve but actually rather ruthless journalist Kitty Reilly in
'Sherlock: The Reichenbach Fall.' In 2013 she is among the cast of
'Inside Number 9' for the BBC.
In film, Katherine can be seen in 'How to Lose Friends and
Alienate People' (2008), starring Simon Pegg; the pirate radio
station comedy 'The Boat That Rocked' (2009), directed by Richard
Curtis and starring Bill Nighy, Nick Frost and Phillip Seymour
Hoffman; and 'St Trinians 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold' (2009),
starring Rupert Everett, Colin Firth and David Tennant.