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Biography

Karen is a young Scottish actress, probably best known for her role in Doctor Who's fourth season episode "The Fires of Pompeii". In May…more

Born

11/28/1987, Inverness, Scotland, UK

Birth Name

Karen Sheila Gillan

Gender

Female

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Role
- Doctor Who (2005)
  Amy Pond
  - — The Doctor, The Widow, and The Wardrobe
    12/25/11
  - S 6: Ep 13 The Wedding of River Song
    10/1/11
  - S 6: Ep 12 Closing Time
    9/24/11
  - S 6: Ep 11 The God Complex
    9/17/11
  - S 6: Ep 10 The Girl Who Waited
    9/10/11
  - + 24 More Credits
- The Kevin Bishop Show
  Various roles
  - S 1: Ep 6 Episode 6
    8/29/08
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode 5
    8/22/08
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode 4
    8/15/08
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode 3
    8/8/08
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode 2
    8/1/08
  - + 1 More Credits
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- Doctor Who Confidential
  Herself
  - S 6: Ep 13 When Time Froze
    10/1/11
  - S 6: Ep 11 Heartbreak Hotel
    9/17/11
  - S 6: Ep 10 What Dreams May Come
    9/10/11
  - S 6: Ep 9 About a Boy
    9/3/11
  - S 6: Ep 8 River Runs Wild
    8/27/11
  - + 7 More Credits
Guest Star (8)

Role
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 202 William H. Macy/Karen Gillan
    7/26/11
  - S 7: Ep 149 Diane Lane/Karen Gillan
    4/22/11
- The Graham Norton Show
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 4 Episode 81
    5/3/10
- Sidewalks Entertainment
  Herself / Guest
  - S 20: Ep 22 William Katt & Doctor Who
    4/19/10
- GMTV
  Herself
  - S 9: Ep 66 Friday 2nd April
    4/2/10
- Newsround
  Herself
  - S 39: Ep 221 19 March 2010
    3/19/10
- Harley Street
  Holly
  - S 1: Ep 1 Episode 1
    7/17/08
- Doctor Who (2005)
  Soothsayer
  - S 4: Ep 2 The Fires of Pompeii
    4/12/08
- Rebus
  Terri Cotter
  - S 3: Ep 2 A Question of Blood
    9/15/06

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Doctor Who: Let's Kill Hitler

By TV.com Staff, Aug 16, 2011

"You've got a time machine. I've got a gun. Let's kill Hitler!" So begins the second half of series six of Doctor Who, speeding back onto screens after the mid-season break and keeping its foot to the floor until the credits roll. read more
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Doctor Who: What Does *Spoiler’s* Death Mean?

By Heather Hughes, Apr 23, 2011

The sixth season debut of Doctor Who did indeed she the death of a main character and it threw up lots of new questions. read more

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- Karen admitted recently that her Doctor Who character Amy Pond wasn't originally intended to be Scottish but that Steven Moffat wrote her as Scottish after Karen had secured the role.
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- Karen appeared on the March 2010 cover of SFX Magazine along with Matt Smith.
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- Karen has provided a reading for the Doctor Who audio book, The Hounds Of Artemis with co-star Matt Smith.
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- Karen: (on her audition for Doctor Who): Then I got the recall, the second audition. That was when I started sweating. This huge thing. And it was so secretive I couldn't even tell BBC reception where I was going, had to pretend it was for something called Panic Moon, which is an anagram of companion.
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- Karen: (on looking up herself on the internet): I just started to read a few things, like articles that people had written and then I started to read a couple of the comments and then I thought, "Right, I shouldn't do this, it's too weird for the head!" And then I stopped! People talking about you and projecting all these things on you ... it was like, "whoa, okay!" It's also really nice, on the other hand, because people care and they're interested.
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- Karen: (on Amy's relationship with the Doctor): She has a love for him, a really deep love for him. But not romantic.
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