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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' (2023) as Maisie [=MacWeldon=]



* PromotedFangirl: ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'' is one of Karen's top-three favorite films, [[http://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/jumanji/269887/karen-gillan-on-how-jumanji-welcomed-her-to-the-jungle so she was excited when she was invited to play Martha/Ruby Roundhouse]] in [[Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle the standalone sequel]].

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''Film/{{Jumanji}}'' is one of Karen's top-three favorite films, [[http://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/jumanji/269887/karen-gillan-on-how-jumanji-welcomed-her-to-the-jungle so she was excited when she was invited to play Martha/Ruby Roundhouse]] in [[Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle the standalone sequel]].sequel]].
** Being a fan of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', she [[https://www.instagram.com/p/C0PFXaiOkGh/ considered it an honor]] to announce that she would be voicing Maisie, Groundskeeper Willie's childhood friend and love interest from Scotland.
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** As the villainous [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014 Nebula]].

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Karen Sheila Gillan (born November 28, 1987) is a Scottish actress from Inverness (thus she actually is a Highlander), perhaps best known for playing Amy Pond, the first companion of Creator/MattSmith's Eleventh Doctor in ''Series/DoctorWho'', having previously appeared as a soothsayer in an earlier story, "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E2TheFiresOfPompeii The Fires of Pompeii]]".

She played Amy until season 7 of the revival. At the time she departed Karen was the single longest lasting Companion on the 2005 revival of the show with 2½ seasons. As Amy Pond, Karen had appeared in more televised stories (not episodes, stories), 28, than any other companion in the show's entire history at the time. Both these records have since been eclipsed by Creator/JennaColeman.

She and Matt Smith are known to have gotten along like a house on fire, and Matt once described her on ''Series/TheGrahamNortonShow'' as "mad as a box of cats". Given the insanity, it's probably why they got along so well.

Post-''Series/DoctorWho'', she's still quite active in the acting circuit, being part of the cast of ''Series/{{NTSFSDSUV}}'' as well as scoring several prominent movie roles -- Nebula, one of the characters in the film adaptations of Marvel's ''Franchise/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', Kaylie in ''Film/{{Oculus}}'', and Ruby Roundhouse in ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle'' alongside Wrestling/DwayneJohnson, Creator/KevinHart, Creator/JackBlack, and Creator/NickJonas. She also starred in ''Series/{{Selfie}}'' for ABC, a sitcom based on ''Theatre/MyFairLady''.

In 2018, she released her first feature film as a writer and director, titled ''The Party's Just Beginning''. She married ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' writer Nick Kocher in May 2022.

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Karen Sheila Gillan (born November 28, 1987) is a Scottish actress and filmmaker from Inverness (thus (thus, she is actually is a Highlander), perhaps best known Highlander). She gained nationwide recognition in the UK for playing Amy Pond, the first companion of Creator/MattSmith's [[Characters/DoctorWhoEleventhDoctor Eleventh Doctor Doctor]] in ''Series/DoctorWho'', having previously appeared as a soothsayer and achieved international stardom for playing [[Characters/MCUNebula Nebula]] in an earlier story, "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E2TheFiresOfPompeii The Fires of Pompeii]]".

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On ''Doctor Who'', Gillan
played Amy until season 7 of the revival. At the time of her departure, she departed Karen was the single longest lasting longest-lasting Companion on the 2005 revival of the show with at 2½ seasons. As Amy Pond, Karen had Amy, Gillan appeared in more televised stories (not episodes, stories), 28, than any other companion in the show's entire history at the time. Both (Both these records have since been eclipsed by Creator/JennaColeman.

Creator/JennaColeman.) In addition to this role, she previously appeared as a soothsayer in an earlier story, "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E2TheFiresOfPompeii The Fires of Pompeii]]". She and Matt Smith are known to have gotten along like a house on fire, and Matt once described her on ''Series/TheGrahamNortonShow'' as "mad as a box of cats". Given the insanity, it's probably why they got along so well.

Post-''Series/DoctorWho'', Post-''Doctor Who'', she's still quite active in the acting circuit, being part of the cast of ''Series/{{NTSFSDSUV}}'' as well as scoring several prominent movie roles -- Nebula, one of the characters roles, including Nebula in the film adaptations of Marvel's ''Franchise/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', MCU, Kaylie in ''Film/{{Oculus}}'', and Ruby Roundhouse in ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle'' alongside Wrestling/DwayneJohnson, Creator/KevinHart, Creator/JackBlack, and Creator/NickJonas.''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle''. She also starred in ''Series/{{Selfie}}'' for ABC, a sitcom based on ''Theatre/MyFairLady''.

In 2018, she released her first feature film as a writer and director, titled ''The Party's Just Beginning''. Beginning''.

She married ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' writer Nick Kocher in May 2022.
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** She was one of the models featured in the inaugural campaign of [[Music/GirlsAloud Nicola Roberts]]' makeup range, Dainty Doll. She can be seen in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUJ3GF1UBek documentary]] following Nicola's rehearsal directions.

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** She was one of the models featured in the inaugural campaign of [[Music/GirlsAloud Nicola Roberts]]' makeup range, Dainty Doll. She can be seen in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUJ3GF1UBek documentary]] documentary following Nicola's rehearsal directions.
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** ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]'' (2021)

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* ''WesternAnimation/SpiesInDisguise'' (2019) as Eyes

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* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse as [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Nebula]]:

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She and Matt Smith are known to have gotten along like a house on fire, and Matt once described her on The Graham Norton Show as "mad as a box of cats". Given the insanity, it's probably why they got along so well.

Post-''Series/DoctorWho'', she's still quite active in the acting circuit, being part of the cast of ''Series/{{NTSFSDSUV}}'' (on Creator/AdultSwim) as well as scoring several prominent movie roles - Nebula, one of the characters in the film adaptations of Marvel's ''Franchise/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', Kaylie in ''Film/{{Oculus}}'', and Ruby Roundhouse in ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle'' alongside Wrestling/DwayneJohnson, Creator/KevinHart, Creator/JackBlack, and Creator/NickJonas. She also starred in ''Series/{{Selfie}}'' for ABC, a sitcom based on ''Theatre/MyFairLady''.

In 2018, she released her first feature film as writer and director, titled ''The Party's Just Beginning''. She married ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' writer Nick Kocher in May 2022.

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She and Matt Smith are known to have gotten along like a house on fire, and Matt once described her on The Graham Norton Show ''Series/TheGrahamNortonShow'' as "mad as a box of cats". Given the insanity, it's probably why they got along so well.

Post-''Series/DoctorWho'', she's still quite active in the acting circuit, being part of the cast of ''Series/{{NTSFSDSUV}}'' (on Creator/AdultSwim) as well as scoring several prominent movie roles - -- Nebula, one of the characters in the film adaptations of Marvel's ''Franchise/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', Kaylie in ''Film/{{Oculus}}'', and Ruby Roundhouse in ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle'' alongside Wrestling/DwayneJohnson, Creator/KevinHart, Creator/JackBlack, and Creator/NickJonas. She also starred in ''Series/{{Selfie}}'' for ABC, a sitcom based on ''Theatre/MyFairLady''.

In 2018, she released her first feature film as a writer and director, titled ''The Party's Just Beginning''. She married ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' writer Nick Kocher in May 2022.
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* ''Film/InAValleyOfViolence'' (2016) as Ellen
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* MsFanservice: ''Doctor Who'' often showed off her legs, and ''Jumanji'' gave her a BareYourMidriff outfit. She even had nude scenes in ''Not Another Happy Ending'' and ''The Party’s Just Beginning''.

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* MsFanservice: ''Doctor Who'' often showed off her legs, and ''Jumanji'' gave her a BareYourMidriff midriff-baring outfit. She even had nude scenes in ''Not Another Happy Ending'' and ''The Party’s Just Beginning''.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpiesInDisguise'' (2019) as Eyes
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Post-''Series/DoctorWho'', she's still quite active in the acting circuit, being part of the cast of ''Series/{{NTSFSDSUV}}'' (on Creator/AdultSwim) as well as scoring several prominent movie roles - Nebula, one of the characters in the film adaptations of Marvel's ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}'', Kaylie in ''Film/{{Oculus}}'', and Ruby Roundhouse in ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle'' alongside Wrestling/DwayneJohnson, Creator/KevinHart, Creator/JackBlack, and Creator/NickJonas. She also starred in ''Series/{{Selfie}}'' for ABC, a sitcom based on ''Theatre/MyFairLady''.

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Post-''Series/DoctorWho'', she's still quite active in the acting circuit, being part of the cast of ''Series/{{NTSFSDSUV}}'' (on Creator/AdultSwim) as well as scoring several prominent movie roles - Nebula, one of the characters in the film adaptations of Marvel's ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}'', ''Franchise/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', Kaylie in ''Film/{{Oculus}}'', and Ruby Roundhouse in ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle'' alongside Wrestling/DwayneJohnson, Creator/KevinHart, Creator/JackBlack, and Creator/NickJonas. She also starred in ''Series/{{Selfie}}'' for ABC, a sitcom based on ''Theatre/MyFairLady''.



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* ''Film/{{The Bubble|2022}}'' as Carol Cobb/Dr. Lacey Nightingale

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** ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3'' (2023)

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** ''The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special'' (2022)

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* LegFocus: Famously, to the point that where the Doctor was riffing nicknames in the Oval Office, she was referred to as "The Legs" (along with "The Nose" and "Mrs Robinson"). Clara Oswald even lampshaded this when she sees a picture of Amy Pond. Also very much played up with her role as a video-game avatar played by a nerdy girl in ''Jumanji''.
-->'''Clara:''' Dear god, that woman is made of legs! That's the most legs on any living person!



* ShesGotLegs: Famously, to the point that where the Doctor was riffing nicknames in the Oval Office, she was referred to as "The Legs" (along with "The Nose" and "Mrs Robinson"). Clara Oswald even lampshaded this when she sees a picture of Amy Pond. Also very much played up with her role as a video-game avatar played by a nerdy girl in ''Jumanji''.
-->'''Clara:''' Dear god, that woman is made of legs! That's the most legs on any living person!
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* ''Film/GunpowderMilkshake'' (2021)
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Not related to Ian Gillan of Music/DeepPurple, but she ''is'' the older cousin of Caitlin Blackwood, who played the "young" Amy Pond.

In September 2012, she and Creator/ArthurDarvill's episodes of series 7 of ''Doctor Who'' aired, where they left in the fifth episode. Technically, their characters "left" the TARDIS in the late series 6 episode, "The God Complex", but they still managed to appear in the next 8 episodes in a row until they no longer could. At the time she departed Karen was the single longest lasting Companion on the 2005 revival of the show with 2½ seasons. As Amy Pond, Karen had appeared in more televised stories (not episodes, stories), 28, than any other companion in the show's entire history at the time. Both these records have since been eclipsed by Creator/JennaColeman.

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Not related to Ian Gillan of Music/DeepPurple, but she ''is'' the older cousin of Caitlin Blackwood, who She played the "young" Amy Pond.

In September 2012, she and Creator/ArthurDarvill's episodes of series 7 of ''Doctor Who'' aired, where they left in the fifth episode. Technically, their characters "left" the TARDIS in the late series 6 episode, "The God Complex", but they still managed to appear in the next 8 episodes in a row
until they no longer could.season 7 of the revival. At the time she departed Karen was the single longest lasting Companion on the 2005 revival of the show with 2½ seasons. As Amy Pond, Karen had appeared in more televised stories (not episodes, stories), 28, than any other companion in the show's entire history at the time. Both these records have since been eclipsed by Creator/JennaColeman.



No relation to comic writer Creator/KieronGillen.

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No relation to comic writer Creator/KieronGillen.
Creator/KieronGillen or Ian Gillan of Music/DeepPurple, but she ''is'' the older cousin of Caitlin Blackwood, who played the "young" Amy Pond.
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In 2018, she released her first feature film as writer and director, titled ''The Party's Just Beginning''.

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In 2018, she released her first feature film as writer and director, titled ''The Party's Just Beginning''.
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* MsFanservice: ''Doctor Who'' often showed off her legs, and ''Jumanji'' gave her a BareYourMidriff outfit. She even had a nude scene in ''Not Another Happy Ending''.

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** ''Thor: Love and Thunder'' (2022)

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** ''Thor: Love and Thunder'' ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'' (2022)
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** And yet again in the upcoming film DUAL where she ends up in a duel to the death [[ItMakesSenseInContext with her own clone]].

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