Katherine Parkinson

Katherine Parkinson (born 9 March 1978 ) is an English actor who voiced engineer Danika Meanwhile, effectively the one-off assistant of the Seventh Doctor in the Big Finish audio adventure The Death Collectors.

Parkinson is more familiar as Jen Barber, the long-suffering boss of the IT department featured in. She is also well-known as Martin Clunes' secretary in several series of, a programme in which Ian McNeice also plays a major role.

A much-in-demand comedic actor, she has been a member of the regular casts of several series in the 2000s and 2010s, including:, co-starring Ruth Jones and Gwyneth Keyworth; , written by The Shakespeare Code actor Matt King; and starring Roger Lloyd Pack, Clive Swift and Jane Asher.

She was also a main character in, the feature-length episode of the originally Verity Lambert-produced , which introduced Sheridan Smith as a member of the regular cast.