Katherine Parkinson

British actress

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June 9 2025 Announced as the actress to portray Molly Weasley in the upcoming Harry Potter TV series.
2024 Appeared as herself in 'Inside No. 9', Series 9, Episode: 'Plodding On'
2024 Katherine Parkinson provided voice work for the character Mrs. Forrest in 'That Christmas'
2024 Portrayed Lizzie Vereker in the Disney Plus adaptation of Jilly Cooper's Rivals novel.
2023 Starred as Anna in 'Significant Other' for 6 episodes
2022 Performed as Beatrice in 'Much Ado About Nothing' at the Lyttelton Theatre
2022 Began lead role as Rachel Jessop in 'Here We Go', continuing to present with 13 episodes
2022 Featured in 'Travel Man' travel documentary
2022 Played Nell Taylor in the film The Nan Movie.
2021 Appeared in 'Hitmen' as Kat Gaitskill for 5 episodes
2021 Played lead role Lauren in 'Spreadsheet' across 8 episodes
2021 Katherine Parkinson played the role of Clemmie in 'Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break'
2021 Adapted her play Sitting for BBC Four.
2020 Starred in 'Shoe Lady' at the Royal Court Theatre
2020 Starred in 'Pandemonium' as Rachel Jessop in a one-off BBC One comedy pilot
2020 Appeared in 'Unprecedented' as Liz in Series 1, Episode 3
2020 Appeared in series 10 of Taskmaster, winning the second episode but ultimately finishing in last place.
2019 Performed in 'Uncle Vanya' at Theatre Royal Bath, playing the role of Sonya
2019 Katherine Parkinson appeared in the production 'Date Night', playing the role of Maddy
2019 Katherine Parkinson starred in two films: 'Radioactive' as Emma Jeanne Desfosses and 'How to Fake a War' as Kate Hemmings
2019 Performed in Home, I'm Darling, for which she was nominated for an Olivier Award. Played Emma Jeanne Desfosses in the film Radioactive. Her debut play Sitting had its London premiere after a month-long run at the Edinburgh Fringe.
2018 Parkinson played Caroline Bratt in 'Defending the Guilty', a lead role across 7 episodes
2018 Katherine Parkinson starred in TV series 'Hang Ups' as Karen Muller for 6 episodes
2018 Performed in the stage play Home, I'm Darling, for which she was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play.
2018 Appeared in the film The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.
2015 Began co-starring in the science-fiction drama series Humans on AMC/Channel 4, which continued until 2018.
2014 Won the British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance.
2014 Won the British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for her role in The IT Crowd.
2014 Won her second BAFTA's British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for The IT Crowd.
2012 Made a guest appearance as Kitty Riley in 'The Reichenbach Fall', the second series finale of Sherlock.
2011 Nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for her role in The IT Crowd.
2011 Appeared in The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff, which premiered on BBC Two.
2011 Nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance.
2010 Played Sophie in BBC Four's three-part comedy series The Great Outdoors.

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