Karen Gillan
Biography
Karen Gillan is a Scottish actress and filmmaker who grew up in Inverness and first became widely known as Amy Pond, the Doctor's companion on Doctor Who from 2010 to 2013. She appeared in the thriller Outcast (2010) and the romantic comedy Not Another Happy Ending (2013), and made her stage debut in Inadmissible Evidence in 2011. Her Hollywood break came with the horror film Oculus (2014), and she went on to play Nebula across the Marvel films, among them Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Avengers: Endgame (2019), as well as Ruby Roundhouse in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017). She wrote, directed and starred in The Party's Just Beginning (2018). Later credits include Gunpowder Milkshake (2021) and Dual (2022), and she earned a Best Female Newcomer prize at the Empire Awards.
38years old
Turns 39 on November 28in 47 days
- Born Inverness
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Karen Sheila Gillan (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 31
- Career span
- 15 years2010 to 2025
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Getting ready for a role
Karen Gillan shaved her head bald to play Nebula in Guardians of the Galaxy, and Marvel then used her shaved hair to make a custom wig that she wore while filming the sitcom Selfie.
First role
Gillan's first acting role was in an episode of the ITV crime drama Rebus, and she had to drop out of school to take it.
First role
Before she was cast as Amy Pond in Doctor Who, Gillan had already appeared on the show in the Series 4 episode "The Fires of Pompeii" as a soothsayer.
Behind the camera
Karen Gillan's first short film was Coward, which she wrote and directed. It was shown at the 2015 Edinburgh Film Festival and received several award nominations.
Early training
Gillan studied at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London after moving there at 18, and while there she was scouted by a modeling agency.
A change of course
Gillan worked as a model before acting, making her premiere at London Fashion Week in 2007, and she said she enjoyed modeling but preferred acting.
Karen Gillan movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
James Gunn directed four of these films, Anthony Russo two and Joe Russo two. Dave Bautista appears in six of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Dave Bautista's page
Bradley Cooper's page
Zoe Saldana's page
Chris Pratt's page
Vin Diesel's page
Sean Gunn's page
All films by James Gunn
All films by Anthony Russo
All films by Joe Russo
Box office
What Karen Gillan's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$10.3 billion
17 of the 31 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 31 films: 17 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 6 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 5 figure not found.
- 17Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 6Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 5Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 96% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$2.8B27.1% of the total
- 2$2.1B19.9% of the total
- 3$995M9.7% of the total
- 4$864M8.4% of the total
- 5$846M8.2% of the total
- 6$802M7.8% of the total
- 7$773M7.5% of the total
- 8$761M7.4% of the total
$421 millionfrom the other 9 films with a worldwide figure, 4% of the total