Karen Gillan

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Karen Gillan Wiki Biography

Born Karen Sheila Gillan on the 28th November 1987, in Inverness, Scotland, she is a stage, television and film actress, best known to the world as Amy Pond in the long-running sci-fi TV series “Doctor Who” (2008-2013), and as Nebula in the adventure sci-fi film “Guardians of the Galaxy” (2014), and its sequel “Guardians of the Galaxy” (2017).

Have you ever wondered how rich Karen Gillan is, as of early 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Gillan’s net worth is as high as $2 million, an amount earned through her successful career as an actress which started in the mid-2000s..

Known for her red hair and perky personality, Karen is a typical Scot, having grown-up in her hometown of Inverness. However, in her teens, she moved to Telford College, Edinburgh and studied acting . Two years later, she took a step further, moving to London and enrolling at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts , from which she obtained a BA degree in acting.

Her career started in 2006, with a minor role in the TV series “Rebus”, only to join the ensemble of the sketch comedy series “The Kevin Bishop Show” two years later. While working on the show, Karen imitated several celebrities, including Katy Perry and Angelina Jolie, among others. The same year she was cast in the role of Soothsayer in “Doctor Who”, but then two years later was brought back to the show, this time in the more notable role as Amy Pond, companion of Doctor Who, who at the time was portrayed by Matt Smith. She stayed on the show until 2013, during which time her net worth increased to a large degree, while her popularity also soared.

Meantime, in 2010 she had the role in Colm McCarthy’s horror “Outcast”, and then in 2013 starred in John McKay’s romantic drama “Not Another Happy Ending”, and in the horror “Oculus”, with Brenton Thwaites and Katee Sackhoff. She continued her rise to stardom with the role of Nebula in James Gunn’s sci-fi adventure “Guardians of the Galaxy” (2014), and then in 2015 appeared in the Academy Award-winning biographical drama “The Big Short”, with Christian Bale, Steve Carel and Ryan Gosling. In recent years, Karen featured in the drama “In a Valley of Violence” (2016), with such stars as Ethan Hawke and John Travolta, and then in 2017 appeared with Emma Watson, Tom Hanks and John Boyega in the sci-fi thriller “The Circle”, which also added to her wealth.

Karen also has several projects that are yet to be released, including the role of Nebula, but this time in the different franchise of “Avengers: The Infinity War”, which is scheduled for 2018, and she will also star in the sequel of “Jumanji” (1995), which starred the late Robin Williams, entitled “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” (2017).

Regarding her personal life, Karen has worked with several campaigns, including Fashion Targets Breast Cancer and also helped promote the opening at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London of Squirrel Ward. She now resides in Los Angeles, California and according to reports she is still single.

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Karen Gillan Quick Info

Full Name Karen Gillan
Net Worth $2 Million
Date Of Birth November 28, 1987
Place Of Birth Inverness, United Kingdom
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.8 m)
Profession Actress
Education Charleston Development Academy, Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, Edinburgh’s Telford College
Nationality British
Parents Marie Gillan, Raymond John Gillan
Nicknames Karen Sheila Gillan , Kaz
Twitter https://twitter.com/karengillan
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/karengillanofficial/
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2394794/
Awards Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer, National Television Award for Outstanding Drama Performance (Female)
Movies Doctor Who, Guardians of the Galaxy, Oculus, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Not Another Happy Ending, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, The Big Short, Selfie, We’ll Take Manhattan, The Circle, +In a Valley of Violence, 7 Days In Hell, The Kevin Bishop Show, NTSF:SD:SUV::, New Town Killers, Warning La…
TV Shows Selfie, NTSF:SD:SUV::, The Kevin Bishop Show, Harley Street, Doctor Who, The Well

Karen Gillan Trademarks

  1. Towering height
  2. Scottish accent
  3. Energetic personality
  4. Red Hair

Karen Gillan Quotes

  • [on Michael Haneke’s movies] I like his films because I like big films as well but they’re far more manipulative, like we’re going to make you feel sad at this point, then the music kicks in and you know what you’re supposed to feel, and they’re telling you what to feel, but Haneke’s stuff is just this really unbiased view of events, and you choose how to feel about it, which is fun for me.
  • [asked about some directors she’d like to work with] I want to work with Michael Haneke, the Austrian director, more than anything in the world. Can you make that happen for me? I love his films so much. He’s my favourite director in the world.
  • [on Oculus (2013)] I love horror films so much. I like being scared. I want to be in good films, obviously, rather than cheesy ones. And some horror films can be quite cheesy. I love watching them but I don’t necessarily want to be in them.
  • I wasn’t horrifically bullied. There was some name-calling but nothing awful. All kids get teased about something. And this was quite an obvious feature. When you’re really tall and ginger and white at school, you’re going to get it.
  • He’s just really unlikely as a hero – which makes him so brilliant, I think, because he’s like this mad professor. (On The Doctor)
  • To be honest, I wasn’t really a huge follower of Doctor Who (1963) 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. She’s got a Tardis money-bag, and Dalek bubble-bath. But having read the first episode I was utterly smitten, and with the character. Amy’s a sassy lady, funny and passionate, and her relationship with the doctor has a really interesting dynamic.
  • I am legitimately Scottish. I can officially say – yes. Yeah, I am from Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland.
  • I got a recall to come in and read with Matt [the eleventh Doctor] and that was quite funny, actually, because, I wasn’t allowed to tell anyone that I was auditioning, what I was auditioning for, not even the people in the reception of the place that I was going to. So I had to give them a code name of ‘Panic Moon’. It was fun but it was actually an anagram for ‘companion’ which is quite clever.
  • [on winning the role as Amy Pond in Doctor Who (2005)] I am absolutely over the moon at being chosen to play the Doctor’s new companion. The show is such a massive phenomenon that I can’t quite believe I am going to be a part of it.
  • Matt Smith is an incredible actor and it is going to be so much fun to act alongside him. I just can’t wait to get started.
  • [discussing Amy’s relationship with the Doctor] She (Amy Pond) doesn’t take his (the Doctor’s) word as gospel and she’s always happy to challenge him. If he tells her to do something then she won’t necessarily do it, she might go off and do her own thing which can sometimes create a rift between the two of them! They are best pals though and it’s a very up and down relationship because they are both very passionate people.

Karen Gillan Important Facts

  • Shaved her head completely bald to play Nebula in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014).
  • Became a big fan of the series Community (2009), after her flatmate told her about their “Doctor Who” parody, “Inspector Spacetime”.
  • 2 years before she was cast as “Amy Pond” in Doctor Who (2005), Karen had a guest role in the 2008 episode, _”Doctor Who” (2005) {The Fires of Pompeii (#4.2)}_ (qv”. She was cast as a soothsayer.
  • Lives in Los Angeles.
  • “The Daleks” on the series had to be redesigned to match her height, as she is half a foot taller than Billie Piper, who was the first companion on the revival.
  • Good friends with Katee Sackhoff.
  • She is an only child.
  • Karen admitted the first person she told when she got the role of Amy Pond was her mother, who the actress said was a big fan of Doctor Who (1963).
  • Karen is part of the youngest pairing of “The Doctor” and companion on Doctor Who (2005). In 2009, the new Doctor, Matt Smith, is 26, and she is just 21. Their combined age will be younger than that of Jon Pertwee, when he was playing the “Time Lord” in the 1970s.
  • Voted Best Actress by readers of “Doctor Who” magazine for her stint on the 2010 season of Doctor Who (2005).
  • Cousin of Caitlin Blackwood, who plays the younger Amy Pond.
  • Used the code word ‘Panic Moon’ (an anagram of ‘Companion’), when auditioning for the role of the Doctor’s assistant/companion.
  • Plays the piano.
  • Studied at Italia Conti academy in London.
  • Grew up in Inverness, Scotland.

Karen Gillan Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
Avengers: Infinity War 2018 filming Nebula Actress
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 2017 post-production Ruby Roundhouse Actress
All Creatures Here Below 2017 post-production Ruby Actress
The Circle 2017/I Annie Actress
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 2017 Nebula Actress
The List 2016/I Lily Actress
Emo Dad 2016 TV Series Jessica Actress
In a Valley of Violence 2016 Ellen Actress
Robot Chicken 2015 TV Series Anastasia Steele
Susanna Walcott
Mary Warren
Actress
The Big Short 2015 Evie Actress
Conventional 2015 Short Rachel Actress
Fun Size Horror: Volume Two 2015 Rachel (segment “Conventional”) Actress
Warning Labels 2015 Short Mindy Actress
7 Days in Hell 2015 TV Movie Lily Allsworth Actress
The Devil You Know 2015 TV Mini-Series Jane Porter Actress
Selfie 2014 TV Series Eliza Dooley Actress
TV on the Radio: Happy Idiot 2014 Short Actress
Bound for Greatness 2014 Short Maeve MacDonough Actress
A Touch of Cloth 2014 TV Series Kerry Newblood Actress
Guardians of the Galaxy 2014 Nebula Actress
Doctor Who 2008-2013 TV Series Amy Pond
Soothsayer
Actress
NTSF:SD:SUV 2013 TV Series Daisy Actress
Oculus 2013/I Kaylie Russell Actress
Not Another Happy Ending 2013 Jane Lockhart Actress
Pond Life 2012 TV Mini-Series short Amy Pond Actress
Doctor Who: Good as Gold 2012 TV Short Amy Pond Actress
In Love with Coward 2012 TV Series Laura Actress
We’ll Take Manhattan 2012 TV Movie Jean Shrimpton Actress
Night and the Doctor 2011 TV Mini-Series short Amy Pond Actress
Doctor Who: The Adventure Games – The Gunpowder Plot 2011 Video Game Amy Pond (voice) Actress
Doctor Who: Space and Time 2011 TV Short Amy Pond Actress
Doctor Who: The Adventure Games – Shadows of the Vashta Nerada 2010 Video Game Amy Pond (voice) Actress
Doctor Who: Return to Earth 2010 Video Game Amy Pond (voice) Actress
Doctor Who: Evacuation Earth 2010 Video Game Amy Pond (voice) Actress
Meanwhile in the TARDIS, Part 1 2010 Video Amy Pond Actress
Meanwhile in the TARDIS, Part 2 2010 Video Amy Pond Actress
Doctor Who: The Adventure Games – TARDIS 2010 Video Game Amy Pond (voice) Actress
Doctor Who: The Adventure Games – Blood of the Cybermen 2010 Video Game Amy Pond (voice) Actress
Doctor Who: The Adventure Games – City of the Daleks 2010 Video Game Amy Pond (voice) Actress
Outcast 2010 Ally Actress
The Well 2009 TV Series Coll Actress
The Kevin Bishop Show 2008-2009 TV Series Various Characters / Various Actress
New Town Killers 2008 Young Girl in Bus Station Actress
Stacked 2008 TV Movie Ginny Turner Actress
Coming Up 2008 TV Series Anna Actress
Harley Street 2008 TV Series Holly Actress
Rebus 2006 TV Series Teri Cotter Actress
The Party’s Just Beginning 2018 post-production Lucy Actress
The Party’s Just Beginning 2018 post-production Director
Conventional 2015 Short Director
Fun Size Horror: Volume Two 2015 segment “Conventional” Director
Coward 2015/I Short Director
The Party’s Just Beginning 2018 screenplay post-production Writer
Conventional 2015 Short written by Writer
Fun Size Horror: Volume Two 2015 segment “Conventional” Writer
Coward 2015/I Short Writer
Coward 2015/I Short executive producer Producer
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide 2010 TV Movie documentary special thanks Thanks
Made in Hollywood 2014-2017 TV Series Herself Self
Good Morning Britain 2017 TV Series Herself – Plays Nebula Self
Comedy Bang! Bang! 2015 TV Series Herself Self
TableTop 2015 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
The Insider 2014 TV Series Herself – Selfie Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2014 TV Series Herself – Selfie Self
Good Morning America 2014 TV Series Herself – Selfie Self
The View 2014 TV Series Herself – Selfie Self
Entertainment Tonight 2014 TV Series Herself – Selfie Self
The Real History of Science Fiction 2014 TV Mini-Series documentary Herself Self
Calgary Expo 2014 2014 Short Herself Self
Reel Junkie 2014 TV Series Herself Self
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty 2013 TV Special documentary Herself (uncredited) Self
Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited 2013 TV Mini-Series documentary Herself Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson 2011-2013 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
The Nerdist 2013 TV Series Herself Self
Doctor Who: The Companions 2013 TV Movie documentary Herself / Amy Pond Self
Doctor Who in America 2012 Documentary Herself Self
Doctor Who in the U.S. 2012 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
Conan 2012 TV Series Herself – Guest Self
Chris Hardwick’s All-Star Celebrity Bowling 2012 TV Series Herself Self
The One Show 2010-2012 TV Series Herself / Herself – Guest Self
The Science of Doctor Who 2012 TV Movie documentary Herself / Amy Pond Self
Comic Con 2012 Live 2012 TV Special Herself Self
National Television Awards 2012 TV Special Herself Self
National Television Awards: The Party 2012 TV Special Herself Self
The Graham Norton Show 2010-2012 TV Series Herself – Guest / Herself Self
Children in Need 2010-2011 TV Series Herself / Amy Pond Self
Doctor Who Confidential 2010-2011 TV Series documentary Herself Self
Breakfast 2010-2011 TV Series Herself – Actress Self
Paul O’Grady Live 2011 TV Series Herself Self
Daybreak 2010 TV Series Herself Self
BBC Proms 2010 TV Series Herself – Host Self
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide 2010 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
GMTV 2010 TV Series Herself Self
The Passions of… Girls Aloud 2008 TV Series documentary Herself – Model Self
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion 2014 TV Movie Amy Pond Archive Footage
The Culture Show 2013 TV Series documentary Amy Pond Archive Footage
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor 2013 TV Special Amy Pond (uncredited) Archive Footage
Newsround 2013 TV Series Amy Pond Archive Footage
Doctor Who 2013 TV Series Amy Pond Archive Footage
The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2012 TV Special Amy Pond (uncredited) Archive Footage
The Destinations of Doctor Who 2012 TV Movie documentary Amelia Pond Archive Footage
The Timey-Wimey of Doctor Who 2012 TV Movie documentary Amy Pond (uncredited) Archive Footage
The Women of Doctor Who 2012 TV Movie documentary Amy Pond (uncredited) Archive Footage
The Graham Norton Show 2012 TV Series Herself Archive Footage
Phelous & the Movies 2011 TV Series Amy Pond Archive Footage
Almost Famous IV 2011 TV Movie documentary Soothsayer Archive Footage

Karen Gillan Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
2016 Festival Award International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema, London Best Lead Actress in a Short Film Bound for Greatness (2014) Won
2015 Empire Award Empire Awards, UK Best Female Newcomer Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) Won
2014 DFCS Award Detroit Film Critic Society, US Best Ensemble Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) Won
2014 NFCS Award Nevada Film Critics Society Best Ensemble Cast Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) Won
2012 National Television Award National Television Awards, UK Most Popular Female Drama Performance Doctor Who (2005) Won
2011 SFX Award SFX Awards, UK Best Actress Doctor Who (2005) Won
2011 TV Quick Award TV Quick Awards, UK Best Actress Doctor Who (2005) Won
2016 Festival Award International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema, London Best Lead Actress in a Short Film Bound for Greatness (2014) Nominated
2015 Empire Award Empire Awards, UK Best Female Newcomer Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) Nominated
2014 DFCS Award Detroit Film Critic Society, US Best Ensemble Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) Nominated
2014 NFCS Award Nevada Film Critics Society Best Ensemble Cast Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) Nominated
2012 National Television Award National Television Awards, UK Most Popular Female Drama Performance Doctor Who (2005) Nominated
2011 SFX Award SFX Awards, UK Best Actress Doctor Who (2005) Nominated
2011 TV Quick Award TV Quick Awards, UK Best Actress Doctor Who (2005) Nominated