… By Emily Sheridan. She was also a main cast member of the series Doc Martin for three series. The Sherlock star, 48, cut a casual figure as he headed out to buy some essentials on Hampstead High Street with Joe, 14, and Grace, 11, who he shares with ex-partner Amanda Abbington. She has appeared in several comedy series, including as Jen Barber in Channel 4's The IT Crowd, for which she received a British Comedy Best TV Actress Award in 2009 and again in 2014, and a BAFTA TV Award in 2014 (having received a nomination in 2011).. She was also a main cast member of the series Doc Martin for three … Although she would act as the straight woman to the two guys, her nature was well received by the audience. During that time she also appeared in the TV series Wycliffe, Casualty, Dream Team, The Sins, Shades, Doc Martin, Coupling, and Teachers. ", Parkinson is married to actor Harry Peacock. In 2014, Abbington appeared in the third series of Sherlock as Mary Morstan, the wife of John Watson, played by her then real-life partner Martin Freeman. Anonymous. Katherine Jane Parkinson (born 9 March 1978)[1] is an English actress. An only child, Abbington was brought up in Hertfordshire.. Career. She left her course to star in the play The Age of Consent. [citation needed]. She has appeared in several comedy series, including as Jen Barber in Channel 4's The IT Crowd, for which she received a British Comedy Best TV Actress Award in 2009 and again in 2014, and a BAFTA TV Award in 2014[2] (having received a nomination in 2011). Pin It. Selama waktu itu ia juga muncul dalam serial TV Wycliffe, Casualty, Dream Team, The Sins, Shades, Doc Martin, Coupling, dan Teachers.Dia muncul pada tahun 2005 dalam sketsa komedi show Man Stroke Woman dan film komedi 2007-2008 komedi After You've Gone dengan Nicholas Lyndhurst. UK Restaurant Artfully Puts Lying Karen In Her Place. Amanda Abbington Totally Looks Like Katherine Parkinson. Princess Charlene of Monaco has shared adorable family photos of her husband, Prince Albert, and the couple’s twins Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella, five, on social media, after the fam… She has also appeared in recurring series such as Bernard's Watch and Case Histories. In 2007, she appeared in a new production of Chekhov's The Seagull at London's Royal Court Theatre, alongside Kristin Scott Thomas and Mackenzie Crook. Stumble. In 2020 she starred in Shoe Lady at the Royal Court directed by Vicky Featherstone. Repost-Vote-Recaption. She has performed several times on BBC Radio 4, including on Laura Solon: Talking and Not Talking, Mouth Trap' (which she also wrote)',[10] again with Katy Brand, and in The Odd Half Hour. [7] In an interview with The Independent, Parkinson said that the show‘s 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." [citation needed], In 2019 Parkinson's debut work as a playwright, Sitting, had its London premiere, following a month-long run at the Edinburgh Fringe. In 2018 and 2019 she performed in Home, I'm Darling, for which she was nominated for an Olivier award in the Best Actress category,[14] and in Defending the Guilty. Martin Freeman & Amanda Abbington Split After Over 15 Years Together: Photo #3832159. Karier. Comments - Click to show - Click to hide. [4][5] In 2015 she appeared in the BBC TV series Cuffs. While working on Doc Martin, she was asked by her college friend Chris O'Dowd to audition for the comedy series The IT Crowd as the show was having trouble casting a female lead. [7][8][9][10] Abbington and Freeman have two children. [15], She played Emma Jeanne Desfosses in Marjane Satrapi's adaptation of Lauren Redniss's Radioactive in 2019. Parkinson played Sophie, one of the lead roles along with Mark Heap (Bob Stevens), in BBC Four's three-part comedy series The Great Outdoors. What do you think of the answers? They lived in Hertfordshire before announcing their separation in 2016. [citation needed], Crime Thriller Award for Best Supporting Actress, Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries, Poppy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries, "Sherlock's Amanda Abbington admits partner Martin Freeman is one of her favourite actors", "@vickeylewis I love you, I'm 40 next month...", "Amanda Abbington: 'I don't want to be a princess", "Martin Freeman's partner Amanda Abbington joins the cast of Sherlock", "Sherlock season 3 filming finished: "It's a wrap," says Sue Vertue – BBC new trailer released [VIDEO]", "The Son review – Florian Zeller's frightening tale of teen depression", "Amanda Abbington: Sherlock's Martin and Benedict have a fantastic chemistry", "Martin Freeman on Sherlock, politics and why he's not on Twitter", "Meet the cast of reality TV drama Make Me Famous", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amanda_Abbington&oldid=978433540, Articles with unsourced statements from May 2020, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, TV series (Episode: "Happily Ever After"), TV series (Episode: "Cat Among The Pigeons"), This page was last edited on 14 September 2020, at 21:57. 885. She is best known for playing Miss Mardle in Mr Selfridge and Mary Watson in the BBC adaptation of Sherlock. Amanda Abbington vows to pay off £120K debts on her own... instead of relying on millionaire partner Martin Freeman. [16] The play was well reviewed with the Guardian[17] writing "Parkinson delicately reveals connections that, by the end, give the play a wistful emotional weight. She next appeared in series 2, episode 3 of Sherlock, "The Reichenbach Fall", as journalist Kitty Riley in January 2012. Share. Email. In 2010–2011, she appeared in Season's Greetings at the National Theatre and in 2011 as Lady Teazle in The School for Scandal (directed by Deborah Warner) at the Barbican Centre. After being together for 16 years, neither did they marry nor got engaged. Martin Freeman and his longtime partner Amanda Abbington have split after 15 years as a … Amanda Holden downs rosé in her bikini while sunbathing in garden during isolation "I was already wearing a bikini in the garden and he dared me to strip off, so I did.