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Katherine Parkinson

キャサリン・パーキンソン　/　きゃさりん・ぱーきんそん

Actor from United Kingdom

March 9, 1978 (age 48)　・　Hounslow, United Kingdom

actor
comedian
stage actor

My Take

Katherine Parkinson is, to my mind, one of British comedy's sharpest minds hiding behind perfect timing. An Oxford graduate from St Hilda's College, she brings genuine intelligence to her deadpan, never more memorably than as Jen Barber in The IT Crowd, the tech-illiterate manager whose flustered logic won her a BAFTA in 2014. What impresses me is her range: stage, film, and even audiobook narration all sit comfortably in her wheelhouse. Comedy is, I think, the hardest craft to fake, and her brand of refined, well-bred bumbling is quietly brilliant. I have nothing but respect for performers who make precision look this effortlessly silly.

Overview

Katherine Parkinson (1977 or 1978) is an English actress. 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.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Katherine Parkinson
Name (Japanese): キャサリン・パーキンソン
Reading: きゃさりん・ぱーきんそん
Born: March 9, 1978 (age 48)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Pisces / Horse
Origin: Hounslow, United Kingdom
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: actor / comedian / stage actor / film actor / audiobook narrator

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: St Hilda's College

3. Relationships

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Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%82%B5%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3

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