Karen Gillan Wiki, Age, Biography, Height, Boyfriend, Family, Images, And More
Karen Sheila Gillan (born November 28, 1987) is a Scottish actress. She rose to prominence in British film and television, particularly for her role as Amy Pond, the Eleventh Doctor's primary companion in the science fiction series Doctor Who (2010–2013), for which she received several awards and nominations. Her early film roles include Ally in the thriller Outcast (2010) and Jane Lockhart in the romantic comedy Not Another Happy Ending (2012). (2013). While in the UK, she also worked on the stage, appearing in John Osborne's play Inadmissible Evidence (2011).
Gillan made her Hollywood debut as Kaylie Russell in the horror film Oculus (2013), her first commercial success in the United States, and then starred in the ABC sitcom Selfie (2014). She rose to prominence as Nebula in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022); she will reprise the role in the upcoming film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2019). (2023). She was also praised for her roles as Ruby Roundhouse in the action films Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) and Jumanji: The Next Level (2019), Sam in the comedy film Gunpowder Milkshake (2021), and Dual in the sci-fi thriller film Dual (2022).
An Empire Award, a National Television Award, a Teen Choice Award, and nominations for a British Academy Scotland Film Award, a Critics' Choice Award, and a Saturn Award are among Gillan's honours. Apart from acting, she received critical acclaim for her work as a writer and director in the drama film The Party's Just Begun (2018), in which she also starred. She is well-known for her public image and activism, particularly in the field of suicide prevention.
Early years
Karen Sheila Gillan was born on November 28, 1987, in Inverness, Scotland, to Marie and Raymond John Gillan. Her father is from Sunderland, which is located in North East England. Despite her Catholic upbringing, she claims she was not baptised and does not follow any religion.
She moved to Edinburgh when she was 16 and studied acting and performance at Telford College. When she was 18, she moved to London to study at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts. A modelling agency scouted her while she was there. Prior to becoming an actress, she was a model, debuting at London Fashion Week in 2007. Gillan has stated that she will not abandon her acting career to pursue a modelling career, stating that while she enjoys modelling, acting has always been her primary interest and goal.
Career
The main article is: Karen Gillan's performances in British film and television from 2006 to 2012.
Gillan's early television acting career included guest appearances on several shows, her first being in an episode of the ITV crime drama Rebus, for which she had to drop out of school.
Gillan spent two years as a member of the ensemble cast of the sketch comedy series The Kevin Bishop Show, where she played a variety of characters, including Katy Perry and Angelina Jolie. Gillan also had a starring role in The Well, a horror project that aired as a series of episodic short films on BBC Two and later as a web series on BBC.co.uk. The short episodes, which are part of the BBC's multimedia "switch" programming, connect with online games that further explore the environments presented in the series. She appeared in the Channel 4 television film Stacked in 2008.
Gillan went on to play Amy Pond, companion to the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) in the British science fiction series Doctor Who. She had previously appeared on Doctor Who in the Series 4 episode "The Fires of Pompeii" as a soothsayer before being cast in the role in May 2009. She made her on-screen debut as Amy in "The Eleventh Hour," alongside her cousin Caitlin Blackwood, who played a younger version of the same character. She won the Young Scot Awards in the Entertainment category in 2010. She appeared in the sixth series in 2011 and the first five episodes of the seventh series in 2012, after which her character and Rory Williams (played by Arthur Darvill) were dropped from the show. Gillan reprised her role as the Doctor in the 2013 Christmas special "The Time of the Doctor," which coincided with Smith's departure from the role. Gillan made her first stage appearance in 2011, co-starring with Douglas Hodge in John Osborne's play Inadmissible Evidence. On October 16, 2011, the play premiered at the Donmar Warehouse. Following her appearance in Outcast, it was announced that Gillan would star in Not Another Happy Ending, an indie Scottish romantic comedy starring Emun Elliott, in August 2011. She was chosen by director John McKay because he recognised her as "a very bubbly, vibrant, energetic, funny, slightly clumsy person" who was a perfect fit for the character during the production of We'll Take Manhattan, which he also directed. Filming began in July 2012, with Elliott being replaced by Stanley Weber. Gillan told journalists that she was happy to be involved in a Scottish production that "isn't about drug use or fighting the English". In June 2013, the film premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Gillan played supermodel Jean Shrimpton in the 2012 television film We'll Take Manhattan, which told the story of Shrimpton's relationship with photographer David Bailey.
Breakthrough in Hollywood from 2013 to the present
Gillan made her Broadway debut in Time to Act in November 2013, as part of "The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway" benefiting the non-profit Urban Arts Partnership. She was also cast in the third season of A Touch of Cloth, which Charlie Brooker co-created. In 2013, Gillan joined the regular cast of Adult Swim's NTSF:SD:SUV:: for the third season. Gillan played the lead in Oculus, a supernatural horror film shot in Alabama that premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. Her performance was praised, and she was nominated for a Fright Meter Award for Best Actress.
Gillan was cast as the lead in Selfie, an American single-camera sitcom for ABC produced by Warner Bros. Television that was greenlit for the 2014-15 US television season in February 2014. Gillan portrayed Eliza Dooley, a modern-day version of Eliza Doolittle who is obsessed with social media. This was Gillan's first leading role in an American television series. ABC cancelled the series after seven episodes on November 7, 2014; the remaining six episodes were made available on Hulu beginning November 25, 2014. Years after its debut, Selfie has a devoted fan base, particularly in China. Gillan was cast in the role of Nebula in the Marvel superhero science fiction film Guardians of the Galaxy in May 2013, which was released in August 2014. Gillan had her head shaved bald for the role, which Marvel turned into the wig she wore while filming Selfie. Gillan was cast in Ti West's Western film In a Valley of Violence in May 2014, alongside John Travolta, Ethan Hawke, and Taissa Farmiga. Ellen, Farmiga's older sister, was played by Gillan.
Gillan appeared in Adam McKay's 2015 drama film The Big Short, alongside Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, and Melissa Leo. Coward, her first short film, which screened at the 2015 Edinburgh Film Festival and was nominated for several awards, was written and directed by her. Later that year, she wrote, directed, and starred in Conventional, another short film. At the 20th Empire Awards, she won Best Female Newcomer for Guardians of the Galaxy and Oculus. She was cast in an HBO pilot titled The Devil You Know the same year.
On November 2, 2016, it was announced that Gillan would write, direct, and star in her directorial feature film debut, Tupperware Party, with Burbank-based development and production company Mt. Hollywood Films. Filming began in her hometown of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands in January 2017 and finished the following month. The film's title was later changed to The Party's Just Begun. At the British Academy Scotland Awards, the film was nominated for Best Feature Film.
Gillan reprised her role as Nebula in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, becoming a member of the film's eponymous team, and co-starred in The Circle alongside Emma Watson, Tom Hanks, and John Boyega in 2017. The latter film, which was released in April, was directed and written by James Ponsoldt and was based on Dave Eggers' novel. Also that year, Gillan starred as Ruby Roundhouse, the lead female character in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, the third installment of the Jumanji franchise, alongside Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, and Nick Jonas. She reprised her role as Nebula in the sequels Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). The two films were shot at Pinewood Atlanta Studios in Fayette County, Georgia, beginning in January 2017 and ending in January 2018.
In 2019, she co-starred in Stuber, Spies in Disguise, and All Creatures Here Below, in addition to her lead role in Avengers: Endgame. She also reprised her role as Ruby Roundhouse in Jumanji: The Next Level in 2019 and appeared in the short film Neurotica. In 2020, she starred in the adventure drama The Call of the Wild, based on Jack London's novel of the same name. Gillan appeared in the action film Gunpowder Milkshake with Lena Headey, Angela Bassett, Carla Gugino, Michelle Yeoh, and Paul Giamatti in 2021. She was nominated for Best Actress in an Action Movie at the 2nd Critics' Choice Super Awards for the role.
In 2022, she co-starred with Aaron Paul in the sci-fi thriller Dual, which was shot entirely in Tampere, Finland. She played two parts and received praise for her work. The movie was described as "well-led" by critics on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, and The Hollywood Reporter's John DeFore said that "Gillan, who has spent much of her post-Doctor Who decade playing cyborgs, computer avatars, and a thinly imagined assassin, has a barely more human role to play here; to the extent that she makes either Sarah worth rooting for, it's an achievement."
Philanthropy
Gillan promoted Fashion Targets Breast Cancer (FTBC) and the opening of Squirrel Ward at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital in 2011. Gillan has also provided the voice for commercials for eHarmony and The Royal Bank of Scotland. She also appeared in the music video for TV on the Radio's "Happy Idiot," which was released on October 3, 2014.
After presenting her film The Party's Just Begun, she visited the Mikeysline crisis support centre in Inverness in 2018. The film is about the high suicide rate in Scotland's Highlands, and Gillan has made a public pledge to support the mental health charity. The Inverness Courier reported in September 2020 that an Inverness student was chosen in a competition inspired by The Party's Just Beginning to go to New York Fashion Week, held by Mikeysline and Fashion Week Online, in a contest meant to raise awareness for World Suicide Prevention Day.
Private life
During a 2012 interview on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Gillan stated that she had moved to the United States permanently around the time she was filming Oculus (2013).
Gillan married Nick Kocher, an American comedian from the sketch duo BriTANicK, in a ceremony at Castle Toward in Dunoon, Scotland, in May 2022.
Awards and nominations
| Year | Association | Category | Work | Result |
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| 2010 | Constellation Awards | Best Female Performance | Doctor Who | Nominated |
| TV Quick Awards | Best Actress | Nominated |
| Cosmopolitan's Ultimate Women of the Year Awards | Best Actress | Won |
| Young Scot Awards | Entertainment | Won |
| 2011 | SFX Awards | Best Actress | Won |
| TV Choice Awards | Best Actress | Won |
| Scream Awards | Best Sci-Fi Actress | Nominated |
| 2012 | National Television Awards | Best Drama Performance: Female | Won |
| SFX Awards | Best Actress | Nominated |
| Nickelodeon UK Kids' Choice Awards | Favourite UK Actress | Herself | Nominated |
| Scottish Fashion Awards | Scotland's Fashion Icon | Herself | Won |
| 2013 | National Television Awards | Best Drama Performance – Female | Doctor Who | Nominated |
| 2014 | Fright Meter Awards | Best Actress | Oculus | Nominated |
| Detroit Film Critics Society | Best Ensemble | Guardians of the Galaxy | Won |
| Nevada Film Critics Society | Best Ensemble Cast | Won |
| Phoenix Film Critics Society | Best Cast | Nominated |
| 2015 | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Guardians of the Galaxy | Best Ensemble | Nominated |
| Empire Awards | Best Female Newcomer | Guardians of the Galaxy and Oculus | Won |
| Fangoria Chainsaw Awards | Best Actress (long-list) | Oculus | Nominated |
| Hang Onto Your Shorts Film Festival | Best Actress in a Short Film (Long) | Bound for Greatness | Nominated |
| IFS Film Festival | Best Actress in a Short Film | Won |
| Best Independent Short | Coward | Won |
| Edinburgh International Film Festival | Best Short Film | Nominated |
| Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards | Best Short Film | Conventional | Nominated |
| 2016 | London IFF Film Festival | Best Lead Actress in a Short Film | Bound for Greatness | Won |
| FirstGlance Film Festival | Best Actress in a Short Film | Won |
| 2017 | Maui Film Festival | Rising Star | Herself | Won |
| 2018 | Glasgow Film Festival | Audience Award | The Party's Just Beginning | Nominated |
| MTV Movie & TV Awards | Best On-Screen Team
(with Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black and Nick Jonas) | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | Nominated |
| Teen Choice Awards | Choice Comedy Movie Actress | Nominated |
| DTLA Film Festival | Best Female Actor in a Leading Role | All Creatures Here Below | Won |
| Philadelphia Film Festival | Artistic Achievement in Independent Film | The Party's Just Beginning | Won |
| British Academy Scotland Awards | Best Feature Film | Nominated |
| British Independent Film Awards | Best Debut Screenwriter | Nominated |
| 2019 | Saturn Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Avengers: Endgame | Nominated |
| 2022 | Critics' Choice Super Awards | Best Actress in an Action Movie | Gunpowder Milkshake | Nominated |
| Full Name | Karen Gillan |
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| Born Date | 28 Nov 1987 |
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| Age | 35 years old |
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| Horoscope | Sagittarius |
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| Lucky Number | 10 |
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| Lucky Stone | Turquoise |
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| Lucky Color | Orange |
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| Best Match for Marriage | Leo, Aquarius |
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| Gender | Female |
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| Profession | Actress |
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| Country | Scotland |
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| Height | 5 feet 11 inches (1.80m) |
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| Net Worth | $2 million |
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| Eye Color | Dark Brown |
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| Hair Color | Ginger |
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| Body Size | 34-26-34 |
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| Birth Place | Inverness |
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| Nationality | scottish |
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| Ethnicity | Caucasian |
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| Religion | Christian |
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| Education | Graduate |
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| Father | Raymond Gillan |
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| Mother | Marie Gillan |
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| Facebook | Karen Gillan Facebook |
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| Twitter | Karen Gillan Twitter |
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| Instagram | Karen Gillan Instagram |
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| IMDB | Karen Gillan IMDB |
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| Wiki | Karen Gillan Wiki |
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| Brands | N/A |
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