Karen Gillan

Karen Gillan is one of those actors who somehow managed to own two completely different cultural universes at the same time, and I find that genuinely impressive. She broke through as Amy Pond on Doctor Who — a companion role that could've been a footnote but she made unforgettable — then reinvented herself as Nebula in the Guardians of the Galaxy films, shaving her head and disappearing into that blue-grey cyborg skin without blinking. What gets me is how she keeps leveling up: she wrote and directed The Party's Just Beginning, a dark and personal little film set in Inverness, her actual hometown, which took real guts. Standing 180 cm tall with that natural presence, she could've coasted on blockbuster roles forever, but she clearly has something to prove as a filmmaker too. I'm rooting for that next chapter.

Name (English)

Karen Gillan

Name (Japanese)

カレン・ギラン

Reading

かれん・ぎらん

Born

November 28, 1987 (age 38)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rabbit

Origin

Inverness, United Kingdom

Height

180 cm

Occupation

actor / model / voice actor / film actor / television actor

University

Edinburgh's Telford College

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/karengillan/
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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3

Tags

• actor
• model
• voice actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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