Katherine Parkinson Biography

She is an English actress. In the Channel 4 comedy series The Crowd for which she received a British Comedy Best TV Actress Award in 2009, she has been known for her rolwe as Jen Barber. She is also known for the BAFTA TV Award in 2014 (nominated in 2011).Of the series Doc Martin for three series, she was also a main cast member. There she performed the voiceovers for the games Worms Clan Wars and Worms Battlegrounds. In Humans an eight part sci-fi drama on AMC/Channel 4 which premiered in June 2015, she co-starred. Parkinson played Pauline Lamb the doctor's receptionist between 2005-2009. Later she played phlebotomist – in series 2-4 of the long-running ITV drama-comedy series Doc Martin based on the 2000 film Saving Grace. Her college friend Chris O'Dowd asked her to audition for the comedy series while working on Doc Martin. The IT Crowd as the show was having trouble casting a female lead. In an interview with The Independent Parkinson said that show creator Graham Linehan originally wanted Jen to be likeable but I know what he wanted now – he wanted her to be the more normal person people could relate to. Although she would act as the straight woman to the two guys her klutziness was well-received by the audience. She had straight hair for the role in contrast to her curly hair from Doc Martin."

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