Karen Gillan
✓ Source-basedrisingScottish actress and filmmaker
in the United KingdomKaren Sheila Gillan is a Scottish actress and filmmaker. She gained recognition for her work in British film and television, particularly for portraying Amy Pond, a primary companion to the Eleventh Doctor in the science fiction series Doctor Who (2010-2013).
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I am legitimately Scottish. I can officially say - yes. Yeah, I am from Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland.
When asked if she is "legitimately Scottish" in Interview with Karen Gillan from Doctor Who (15 April 2010)
To be honest, I wasn't really a huge follower of Doctor Who before I got this part. I mean I knew it was huge, but … I was nothing like my mum, who's a proper diehard Whovian.
As quoted in "Karen Gillan: Meet Doctor Who's new assistant" in The Guardian (14 March 2010)
I got the recall, the second audition. That was when I started sweating. This huge thing.
On at first being relaxed in her auditions for the role of Amy Pond, thinking she "hadn't a hope in hell" of getting the part, as quoted in
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Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Endgame
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Thor: Love and Thunder
Guardians of the Galaxy
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Jumanji: The Next Level
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The Call of the Wild
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
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Oculus
The Life of Chuck
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Stuber
Sleeping Dogs
In a Valley of Violence
The Bubble
Dual
7 Days in Hell
Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol
Not Another Happy Ending
Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
The Party's Just Beginning
Next Exit
Outcast
Alex & the List
New Town Killers
Late Bloomers
We'll Take Manhattan
All Creatures Here Below
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 1
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Marvel Studios Legends
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A Little Late with Lilly Singh
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Doctor Who Confidential
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A Touch of Cloth
Rebus
The Real History of Science Fiction
Douglas Is Cancelled
Talking with Chris Hardwick
The Kevin Bishop Show
Pond Life
Harley Street
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About this person
Karen Sheila Gillan is a Scottish actress and filmmaker. She gained recognition for her work in British film and television, particularly for portraying Amy Pond, a primary companion to the Eleventh Doctor in the science fiction series Doctor Who (2010-2013). Her early film roles include the thriller Outcast (2010) and the romantic comedy Not Another Happy Ending (2013). She worked on the British stage, appearing in John Osborne's play Inadmissible Evidence (2011).
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