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* UnfortunateNames: She's fully aware of what the name "Karen" has [[ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife come to symbolize]] in recent years, and has made [[https://twitter.com/karengillan/status/1221946454240944128 the appropriate joke]] about it.
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* BaldWoman: For her role in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', she shaved her head (Marvel picked up the hair and made it into the wig Gillan worn on ''Series/{{Selfie}}''). Funnily enough, this meant she and Matt Smith were ''both'' wearing wigs during her cameo in his final episode. [[note]] Smith had shaved his head for his role in the Ryan Gosling film ''Lost River''. Smith later regretted on Twitter that neither of them thought to see how they'd look in each other's wigs.[[/note]] Later movies just made her cut the hair shorter and hide it in a bun underneath the make-up.
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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.
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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/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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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/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', ''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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* BaldWoman: For her role in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', she shaved her head (Marvel picked up the hair and made it into the wig Gillan worn on '''Series/{{Selfie}}''). Funnily enough, this meant she and Matt Smith were ''both'' wearing wigs during her cameo in his final episode. [[note]] Smith had shaved his head for his role in the Ryan Gosling film ''Lost River''. Smith later regretted on Twitter that neither of them thought to see how they'd look in each other's wigs.[[/note]] Later movies just made her cut the hair shorter and hide it in a bun underneath the make-up.

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* BaldWoman: For her role in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', she shaved her head (Marvel picked up the hair and made it into the wig Gillan worn on '''Series/{{Selfie}}'').''Series/{{Selfie}}''). Funnily enough, this meant she and Matt Smith were ''both'' wearing wigs during her cameo in his final episode. [[note]] Smith had shaved his head for his role in the Ryan Gosling film ''Lost River''. Smith later regretted on Twitter that neither of them thought to see how they'd look in each other's wigs.[[/note]] Later movies just made her cut the hair shorter and hide it in a bun underneath the make-up.
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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"]].

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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 "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E2TheFiresOfPompeii The Fires of Pompeii"]].
Pompeii]]".



* ActingForTwo:
** There have been quite a few Other-Amys during her time on ''Series/DoctorWho''. Creator/CaitlinBlackwood takes some of the burden, but there are still Time Shifts and Teselectas. Special attention goes to "The Girl Who Waited", which featured both her current self and a very good makeup job that made her some thirty years older. [[NeverMessWithGranny With a sword.]]
** A fair bit of ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' has her playing more than one Nebula thanks to TimeTravel shenanigans.



* DyeingForYourArt: Her action movies made her work out, shave her hair once, and endure make-up (as she's blue as Nebula and has a fake tan as Ruby Roundhouse).

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* CopiouslyCreditedCreator: Karen wrote, directed and starred in ''The Party's Just Beginning''.
* DyeingForYourArt: Her action movies She shaved her head for her role in ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' (even making the cut hair into a wig and wearing it in a few roles while her new hair was still growing back in) and had to keep in serious shape for ''Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle''.
* EnforcedMethodActing: At least two notable instances:
** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E4TheTimeOfAngels The Time of Angels]]", she assumed that Matt wasn't going to actually bite her hand when he's trying to convince her it wasn't
made of stone. He did.
** In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E5TheAngelsTakeManhattan The Angels Take Manhattan]]", she originally said she didn't want to cry during
her work out, shave her hair once, departure scene, saying that Amy was acting spontaneously and endure make-up (as she's blue as Nebula wasn't letting what she was doing sink in. However, when it came to do the scene, she simply couldn't stop crying.
* FakeAmerican: She uses an American accent in ''Guardians of the Galaxy'', ''Oculus'', ''Selfie''
and has a fake tan as Ruby Roundhouse).''Jumanji''.



* 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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* NonSingingVoice: An odd case. She can sing but rarely does so. For example, when asked to sing a few bars of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'', she flat-out admitted she knows only one lyric and belted out "'''Forks!'''".
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** As the villainous [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Nebula]].
** And in a way, as a meek and shy girl in the body of a ThirdPersonSeductress in ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle''.
* 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]].
* RealLifeRelative: Karen is a cousin to Creator/CaitlinBlackwood, the Scottish girl who played young Amelia Pond in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episodes "The Eleventh Hour", "The Big Bang", "Let's Kill Hitler" and "The God Complex". They had never met until they both showed up for the script table read, since Gillan's family had moved away before the younger girl was born!
* ShesGotLegs: Famously, to the point that where the Doctor was riffing nicknames in the Oval Office, she was referred to as 'The Legs' "The Legs" (along with 'The Nose' "The Nose" and 'Mrs Robinson')."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 video-game avatar played by a nerdy girl in ''Jumanji''.
--> Clara: "Dear -->'''Clara:''' Dear god, that woman is made of legs! That's the most legs on any living person!"person!




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** Would you believe that Karen was in ''Series/DoctorWho'' before being cast as Amy? She plays the priestess who follows the Tenth Doctor in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E2TheFiresOfPompeii The Fires of Pompeii]]". It becomes even funnier when you remember that Creator/PeterCapaldi is also in that episode!
** 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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Karen Sheila Gillan (born 28 November 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"]].

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Karen Sheila Gillan (born 28 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"]].
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* 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 her. Also very much played up with her role as a video game avatar played by a nerdy girl in ''Jumanji''.

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* 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 her.Amy Pond. Also very much played up with her role as a video game avatar played by a nerdy girl in ''Jumanji''.
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* 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 sees a picture of her. Also very much played up with her role as a video game avatar played by a nerdy girl in ''Jumanji''.

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* 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'). Also very much played up with her role as a video game avatar played by a nerdy girl in ''Jumanji''.

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* 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 sees a picture of her. Also very much played up with her role as a video game avatar played by a nerdy girl in ''Jumanji''.''Jumanji''.
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Karen Sheila Gillan (born November 28, 1987 in Inverness, Scotland) 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"]].

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Karen Sheila Gillan (born 28 November 28, 1987 in Inverness, Scotland) 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"]].
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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"]].

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Karen Sheila Gillan (born November 28, 1987) 1987 in Inverness, Scotland) 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"]].
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No relation to comic writer Creator/KieronGillen.

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