Karen Gillan
- Acting
- November 28, 1987 · 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
- Jumanji: Open World · Ruby Roundhouse
- Let's Have Kids! · Emma
- Over Your Dead Body · Co-producer
- The Life of Chuck · Felicia Gordon
- Doctor Who at the Proms · Amy Pond (archive footage)
- Douglas Is Cancelled · Madeline
- Late Bloomers · Louise
- Sleeping Dogs · Laura Baines / Elizabeth Westlake
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 · Self
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 · Nebula
- The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special · Nebula
- Next Exit · Dr. Stevensen
- Thor: Love and Thunder · Nebula
- The Bubble · Carol Cobb
- Dual · Sarah
- X · Radio Steak Seller (voice) (uncredited)
- How Did We Get Here? · Self
- Last Meals · Self
- What If...? · Nebula (Voice)
- Gunpowder Milkshake · Sam
- Calls · Sara (Voice)
- Marvel Studios Legends · Nebula (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Hoarding · Hope, Director
- The Call of the Wild · Mercedes
- Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee · Self
- Jumanji: The Next Level · Ruby Roundhouse
- Spies in Disguise · Eyes (Voice)
- A Little Late with Lilly Singh · Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Stuber · Sara Morris
- All Creatures Here Below · Ruby
- Eureka! · Chloe
- Avengers: Endgame · Nebula
- The Party's Just Beginning · Luisaidh, Director
- Alex & the List · Lily
- Avengers: Infinity War · Nebula
- Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle · Martha
- The Circle · Annie Allerton
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 · Nebula
- Talking with Chris Hardwick · Self
- Heroes Manufactured · Self
- In a Valley of Violence · Ellen
- The Big Short · Evie
- Conventional · Rachel Milligan, Writer
- Fun Size Horror: Volume Two · Rachel Milligan (segment 'Conventional'), Writer
- 7 Days in Hell · Lily Allsworth
- Coward · Director, Writer
- Warning Labels · Mindy
- Selfie · Eliza Dooley
- Bound for Greatness · Maeve MacDonough
- Guardians of the Galaxy · Nebula
- The Real History of Science Fiction · Self
- Oculus · Kaylie Russell
- Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith
- Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor · Amy Pond
- Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty · Self
- Doctor Who Explained · Self
- Not Another Happy Ending · Jane Lockhart
- Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS · Amy Pond (archive footage)
- Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor · Amy Pond (archive footage)
- Emo Dad · Jessica
- Doctor Who - Night and the Doctor: Bad Night · Amy Pond
- Doctor Who - Night and the Doctor: Good Night · Amy Pond
- Doctor Who: Pond Life · Amy Pond
- Pond Life · Amy Pond
- A Touch of Cloth · Kerry Newblood
- Comedy Bang! Bang! · Self
- Doctor Who: Good as Gold · Amy Pond
- We'll Take Manhattan · Jean Shrimpton
- Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe · Amy Pond
- Doctor Who: Let’s Kill Hitler Prequel · Amy Pond
- NTSF:SD:SUV:: · Daisy
- Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol · Amy Pond
- Outcast · Ally
- Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2 · Amy Pond
- Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 1 · Amy Pond
- Doctor Who at the Proms · Self
- The Well · Coll
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen · Self
- New Town Killers · Young Girl at Bus Station