Katherine Parkinson

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.

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

Occupation

actor / comedian / stage actor / film actor / audiobook narrator

University

St Hilda's College

Motto

Private

• 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

Tags

• actor
• comedian
• stage actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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