Katherine Parkinson
Also Known As: Katherine Jane Parkinson, کاترین پارکینسون
Biography: Katherine Parkinson is an English actress. She appeared in the Channel 4 comedy series The IT Crowd as Jen Barber, for which she received a British Comedy Best TV Actress Award in 2009 and 2014, and was nominated twice for the BAFTA Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance, winning in 2014. Parkinson studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, and has appeared on stage in the plays The Seagull (2007), Cock (2009), and Home, I'm Darling (2018), for which she was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play. Parkinson was also a main cast member of the series Doc Martin for three series (2005–2009). She co-starred in all three series of Humans, a science-fiction drama on AMC/Channel 4, which aired from 2015 until 2018. She has also appeared in the films The Boat That Rocked (2009) and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Hounslow, Greater London, England, UK
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Easy Virtue
Overview: A young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their entrenched British stuffiness out the window.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-07
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The Boat That Rocked
Overview: An ensemble comedy, where the romance is between the young people of the 60s, and pop music. It's about a band of DJs that captivate Britain, playing the music that defines a generation and standing up to a government that wanted control of popular culture via the British Broadcasting Corporation. Loosely based on the events in Britain in the 60's when the Labour government of Harold Wilson, wanted to bring the pirate radio stations under control, enough to see the passage of the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act on 15 August 1967. Also known as "Pirate Radio".
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-01
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Christmas at the Riviera
Overview: The assistant manager of a seaside hotel is left to run the building over the Christmas period.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-23
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Guitar Man
Overview: A 'failed' musician tries to save the souls of at-risk youth and San Quentin prisoners and along the way discovers the true gift of his music...and the deeper meaning of freedom.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-04
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How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Overview: Sidney Young is a down-on-his-luck journalist. Thanks to a stint involving a pig and a glitzy awards ceremony, Sidney turns his fortunes around, attracting the attention of Clayton Harding, editor of New York-based glossy magazine 'Sharps', and landing the holy grail of journalism jobs. The Brit jets off to the Big Apple and moves from one blunder to the next.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-02
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National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing
Overview: Since the 1930s, the legendary family-run Hotel Messina has been visited by artists, celebrities and royalty. When the current owner’s daughter falls for a dashing young soldier, the hallways are ringing with the sound of wedding bells. However, not all the guests are in the mood for love, and a string of deceptions soon surround not only the young couple, but also the steadfastly single Beatrice and Benedick.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-08
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That Christmas
Overview: It's an unforgettable Christmas for the townsfolk of Wellington-on-Sea when the worst snowstorm in history alters everyone's plans — including Santa's.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-11-27
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Ahead of the Class
Overview: Drama based on real-life events. Marie Stubbs, a diminutive Glaswegian headmistress who is coming up to retirement age, takes on one last challenge: to improve the fortunes of St George's School in north west London which was facing closure after the notorious murder of its previous headmaster, Philip Lawrence, in 1995 as he was breaking up a fight between his pupils and those from a rival school.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-08-05
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Whites
Overview: Comedy series set in the kitchen of a country house hotel, following the trials and tribulations of head chef Roland White and his long suffering sous chef Bib.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-10
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St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
Overview: After a wealthy philanthropist expresses an unusual interest in a ring found by her niece Annabelle, Miss Fritton explains that she's descended from a pirate who, in 1598, stole treasure from another: the philanthropist's ancestor. This discovery sends the racuous girls of St. Trinians on the hunt for buried treasure.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-18
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The IT Crowd Manual
Overview: This behind-the-scenes documentary features interviews with the creators and cast of the cult comedy "The IT Crowd", plus chats with celebrity fans.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-04
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Hard to Swallow
Overview: Three couples spend an afternoon lunch together.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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Coma Girl
Overview: An upbeat 30 minute single camera comedy which follows a group of female friends united by a shared history but divided by almost everything else. Most friends meet for dinner, or at the pub, but for these four old school friends their monthly get together is in the unsettling surroundings of an intensive care unit. Siobhan is a failing TV presenter, Sarah is a rather reluctant mother of three, Pip is a pseudo bohemian and Lucy, well Lucy is in a coma. After the initial shock, the three old school friends soon realise that Lucy is in dire need of help, if only they could provide it. As Lucy becomes more aware of what is going on around her, we delve into unexpected and funny moments from her subconscious.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-09
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The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
Overview: Free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey in WWII.
Genres: Romance Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-19
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Cooked
Overview: Cooked tells the story of the unlikely love triangle that sparks between a walrus a seal and a lobster in an arctic sauna.
Genres: Animation Comedy Romance Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-05-21
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How to Fake a War
Overview: When an unexpected outbreak of peace leads to a ceasefire between Russian forces and Georgian rebels, arrogant rock star Harry Hope fears for the success of his heavily hyped Piece of Peace global charity concert. Desperate, he dispatches his PR consultant, Kate, and her naïve intern, Peggy, to create a fake war story – until the concert, at least.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-08-21
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The Nan Movie
Overview: Catherine Tate's iconic character Nan hits the big screen as she goes on a wild road trip from London to Ireland with her grandson Jamie to make amends with her estranged sister Nell. Militant vegan arsonists, raucous rugby teams, all night raves and crazed cops on motorbikes all make for a proper day out. An origin story that mixes Nan's present with her past where we finally find out what's made her the cantankerous old bastard she is today.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-03-18
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Radioactive
Overview: The story of Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie and her extraordinary scientific discoveries—through the prism of her marriage to husband Pierre—and the seismic and transformative effects their discovery of radium had on the 20th century.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-03-11
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Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break
Overview: A weedy charity-shop worker is set on winning the big national talent show. But when the actions of 5 selfish people cause him to miss his audition, he sets out to seek deathly revenge.
Genres: Comedy Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-03-17
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Sitting
Overview: Bafta Award-winning Katherine Parkinson's debut play. Three characters sit for a silent painter and reveal their personal truths in a play about love, loss and the importance of human connection.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-04-07
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The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
Overview: The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008 was a show in the "Secret Policeman's Balls" series of benefit shows for Amnesty International. Like its immediate predecessor, the show was a single-night event at London's Royal Albert Hall, on Saturday 4 October 2008. The 3-hour event was video-taped and a 95-minute television special adapted from the show was broadcast the following day, on Britain's Channel Four. There was also a "cinecast" in which the Royal Albert Hall event was shown live in 35 cinemas in major British cities.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-04
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Inside No. 9: The Party's Over
Overview: This documentary tells the story of one of TV's darkest and most celebrated comedies, featuring cast interviews and extensive candid moments with creators Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton. Cameras are admitted everywhere throughout the making of the show's final series, from the writers' room to the makeup trailer, from prop store to set design, making this the perfect farewell to the multi-award winning series.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-12-22
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Sardines
Overview: A family team-building game of Sardines in a rural country mansion leads to a dark and sinister discovery.
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Original Language: en
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Inside No. 9: Sardines
Overview: A family team-building game of sardines (similar to hide and seek) in a rural country mansion leads to a dark and sinister discovery.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama Horror Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-13
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