Karen Gillan
Acting
- Born:
- 1987-11-28
- Place of birth:
- Inverness, Scotland, UK
Biography
Karen Sheila Gillan (/ˈɡɪlən/; born 28 November 1987) 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). Gillan made her Hollywood debut in 2013, starring in the horror film Oculus, then played the lead in the ABC rom-com sitcom Selfie (2014). She achieved stardom for portraying Nebula in several films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (2014–2023), which are among the highest-grossing films of all time, and Ruby Roundhouse in the fantasy films Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017), Jumanji: The Next Level (2019), and Jumanji: Open World (2026). She also wrote and directed the drama film The Party's Just Beginning (2018), which she also starred in. In the 2020s, Gillan has starred in the action thriller film Gunpowder Milkshake (2021), the thriller film Dual (2022), the coming-of-age film Late Bloomers (2023), the fantasy drama film The Life of Chuck (2024), and returned to British television with the series Douglas Is Cancelled (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Karen Gillan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Blasphemous
Jumanji: Open World
Let's Have Kids!
The Life of Chuck
Doctor Who at the Proms
Douglas Is Cancelled
Late Bloomers
Sleeping Dogs
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Next Exit
Thor: Love and Thunder
The Bubble
Dual
X
How Did We Get Here?
Last Meals
What If...?
Gunpowder Milkshake
Calls
Marvel Studios Legends
The Hoarding
The Call of the Wild
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
Jumanji: The Next Level
Spies in Disguise
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Stuber
All Creatures Here Below
Eureka!
Avengers: Endgame
The Party's Just Beginning
Alex & the List
Avengers: Infinity War
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
The Circle
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Talking with Chris Hardwick
Heroes Manufactured
In a Valley of Violence
The Big Short
Conventional
Fun Size Horror: Volume Two
7 Days in Hell
Warning Labels
Selfie
Bound for Greatness
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Real History of Science Fiction
Oculus
Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith
Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Doctor Who Explained
Not Another Happy Ending
Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
Emo Dad
Doctor Who - Night and the Doctor: Bad Night
Doctor Who - Night and the Doctor: Good Night
Doctor Who: Pond Life
Pond Life
A Touch of Cloth
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Doctor Who: Good as Gold
We'll Take Manhattan
Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
Doctor Who: Let’s Kill Hitler Prequel
NTSF:SD:SUV::
Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol
Outcast
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 1
Doctor Who at the Proms
The Well
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
New Town Killers
The Kevin Bishop Show
Harley Street
The Graham Norton Show
The One Show
Doctor Who
Doctor Who Confidential
Coming Up
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Rebus
The Simpsons
Gunpowder Milkshake 2
Fools
Highlander
Cinnamon & Gunpowder