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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…
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Born 28 November 1987 · Q231237
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Tupperware Party follows the story of a girl called Lucy who lives in Inverness. She is dealing with the suicide of her best friend.
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“s Pauline McLean of her hopes for Avengers: Infinity War Mundell says such a studio would allow whole film-making processes to be done in Scotland, and not just filming at locations before the movies are finished in a studio overseas.”
“Tupperware Party follows the story of a girl called Lucy who lives in Inverness. She is dealing with the suicide of her best friend.”
“It is a story that speaks to both men and women.”
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Karen Gillan was among British film and TV creatives who donated to an auction to crowdfund for humanitarian relief in Gaza
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Published video “Nebula's Dance Break”.
Published video “A week in the life of playing NEBULA in GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL 3”.
Appeared in Late Bloomers, for which Damon Wise of Deadline Hollywood praised her "engaging and refreshingly vanity-free performance"
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Began filming Sleeping Dogs in Australia with Russell Crowe which earned a 2024 release and received mixed reviews
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Published video “Chillin with Gillan! (With Special Guest Judd Apatow)”.
Starred in the sci-fi thriller Dual alongside Aaron Paul, which is filmed entirely in Tampere, Finland
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Published video “Chillin with Gillan! (With Special Guest Lena Headey)”.
Published video “My workout for DUAL movie”.
Disney Branded Television announced that Gillan would star on the upcoming Disney Television Animation and 20th Television Animation series Rhona Who Lives by the River as the titular character, Gillan would act as execu
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Published video “THE HOARDING”.
Gillan appeared in the adventure drama The Call of the Wild, based on the Jack London novel
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Reprised her role as Ruby Roundhouse in Jumanji: The Next Level and appeared in a short film titled Neurotica
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Aside from her leading role in Avengers: Endgame, she co-starred in the films Stuber and Spies in Disguise, and starred in All Creatures Here Below
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Gillan visited the Mikeysline crisis support centre in Inverness after presenting her film The Party's Just Beginning
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Gillan reprised her role as Nebula in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol
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Gillan had a bit part in the drama film The Big Short directed by Adam McKay, alongside Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell and Melissa Leo
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And landed her first leading Hollywood role in the supernatural horror movie Oculus
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Starring in the horror film Oculus, then played the lead in the ABC rom-com sitcom Selfie (2014)
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Gillan appeared in the television film We'll Take Manhattan playing the part of supermodel Jean Shrimpton, which told the story of Shrimpton's relationship with the photographer
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And the first five episodes of the seventh series in 2012, after which her character and Rory Williams (portrayed by Arthur Darvill) left the series
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Gillan made her first theatre appearance playing the role of Shirley in John Osborne's play Inadmissible Evidence along with Douglas Hodge
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Gillan helped promote Fashion Targets Breast Cancer (FTBC) and the opening of Squirrel Ward at the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London
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Won in the Entertainment category at the Young Scot Awards
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Starred in the Channel 4 television film Stacked
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Born 1987-11-28.
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