Karen Sheila Gillan

Karen Sheila Gillan is a Scottish theater and film actress who is best known for her role as Amy Pond in the television series Doctor Who. She is also the star of the films Selfie, In the Valley of Violence and The List. Today, Karen Gillan stars as Nebula in a number of blockbuster comics in the Marvel universe: the numbered Guardians of the Galaxy and the crossover with The Avengers.

Karen was born in the Scottish town of Inverness, the son of singer Raymond Gillan and his wife Mary Paterson. Since the girl was an only child, she bathed in waves of attention and care. By the age of seven, Gillan had already played the piano decently and was sure that she would pursue a musical career, like her father. Later, Karen became interested in the profession of a psychologist, but both of these hobbies were defeated by her love of the stage.

As a teenager, Gillan began to regularly participate in the performances of the youth theater group and in school plays at the Charleston Academy, where she received her secondary education. Later the girl entered Edinburgh College, but two years later she left for London and began taking acting lessons at the famous Academy of Theater Arts “Italia Conti”.

To ensure her life in the capital, Karen Gillan had to earn money. She first got a job in a pub, but then took part in The Kevin Bishop Show, in which she parodies Angelina Jolie, Katy Perry and Julia Roberts. In 2007, modeling agencies drew attention to a tall and stately girl.

She took to the catwalk at the London Fashion Week show, where she showed the collection of designer Allegra Hinks. A year later, Gillan was a model at the show of the show "Exquisite Dolls by Nikola Roberts."

When Karen began acting in films, she abandoned the very high-paying career of a runway model, as she initially aspired exclusively to the profession of an actress. And a little later, the girl realized her second dream - she entered the professional theatrical stage. She made her debut as a secretary in the play "Inadmissible Evidence", then the actress took part in the Broadway play "Time to Act".

The creative biography of the actress did not develop very successfully. On the screen, Karen Gillan made her debut as a student, in an episode of the TV series "Rebus: The Hanging Garden." Over the next two years, the actress starred in several not very popular films, and in 2008 she was cast for the role of Amy Pond in the popular TV series Doctor Who.

The heroine Karen Gillan became the main companion of the Doctor during the period of the Eleventh Doctor: the series "Doctor Who" has been released since 1963, with interruptions, and the authors were able to achieve uniformity of the storyline by prescribing a fantastic regeneration of the protagonist. The doctor regularly changes his appearance, which allows him to take on new actors for this role. Therefore, Karen's partner on the set was Matt Smith, the performer of the role of the eleventh regeneration of Doctor Who.

Karen Gillan first appeared in the role of Amy in the first episode of season 5, "The Eleventh Hour". Amy Pond is associated with a number of interesting and memorable plots and episodes of the new (after the break) "Doctor Who". This role also brought the actress four awards: the Cosmopolitan Woman of the Year Award, SFX Award, TV Choice Awards and National Television Awards.

During this period, the actress also voiced Amy Pond in Doctor Who computer games: Doctor Who: Adventure Games, Doctor Who: Earth Evacuation, Doctor Who: Return to Earth, Doctor Who: Labyrinths of Time.

Interestingly, in one of the episodes according to the plot, it was necessary to portray this character at the age of 7. The producers tracked down Karen's cousin, Caitlin Blackwood, who played the heroine as a child. But more curious is that before filming, Gillan knew nothing about her sister and had never seen before.

The world fame that came with Doctor Who helped the actress get a number of new interesting roles. The actress starred in the British romantic comedy Not Just a Happy Ending, in the Hollywood horror film The Oculus, in the comedy Selfie, which is based on the cult musical film My Fair Lady. But the popular background did not help the series, "Selfie" was closed after the first season due to low ratings.

Another memorable work of Karen was the image of Nebula in the film adaptation of the Marvel comics - "Guardians of the Galaxy". For this role, the actress had to completely shave off her hair and appear completely bald in front of the audience. In addition, the villainous Nebula is an alien, so the actress's skin was dyed blue.

The comic blockbuster tells the story of the confrontation between heroes and villains in space for a powerful artifact. Five fugitive criminals who met in an intergalactic prison unite, realizing that there is no one besides them to protect the Infinity Stone and the Universe from Thanos. The group calls themselves the Guardians of the Galaxy.

The heroine of Nebula is Thanos' adopted daughter and one of the film's antagonists. At the end of the film, the villainess remains undefeated, which allowed Karen to return to this role in the sequels of the film.

As a student, Karen Gillan met British photographer Patrick Green. Young people began dating in 2006, this romantic relationship lasted about six years. The breakup was most likely due to a short affair between the actress and her colleague Andrew Brook, who starred in small roles in the series "Absolute Power" and "Ripper Street".

Rumor has it that Karen has an affair with Doctor Who starring Matt Smith. Allegedly, their on-screen relationship continued in real life. It is curious that the actors do not deny or confirm this information. But both unanimously declare that the shooting really brought them closer and made close people.

The actress does not hide the parameters of her own figure. Karen Gillan is 178 cm tall and weighs 58 kg. As the girl admits, she worked as an actress for two years, and therefore she is sure that she has no problems with her figure.

Karen Gillan maintains her own Instagram account, where she exposes funny shots from filming, photo sessions and selfies. 600 thousand people have subscribed to the actress's page.

In 2016, Karen Gillan, paired with John Travolta, appeared in the western "In the Valley of Violence", as well as with Jennifer Morrison in the light melodrama "The List".

In the spring of 2017, the blockbuster comic strip Guardians of the Galaxy. Part 2 ", where Karen Gillan again played the role of blue-skinned Nebula. Guardians grossed $ 863 million worldwide and became the sixth highest grossing film in 2017. The film continued the storyline of the first part, and Nebula received its own development as a character, ceasing to be a contoured villain.

In 2018, the actress will appear in the same image in the Avengers: Infinity War crossover, already as a reluctant member of the Guardians of the Galaxy, and in 2020, Nebula will appear in the third sequel, Guardians of the Galaxy. Part 3 ".

On December 28, 2017, the premiere of another film with the participation of Karen is scheduled, no longer in the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise. The actress will play the main female role in the adventure fantasy film Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, the sequel to Jumanji. In the new film, Jumanji is shown not as a board game, but as a game on an old console played by teenagers. Accordingly, the main characters are the avatars of the children in the video game.

The image of Karen Gillan in this film, shown in the trailer, received critical reviews from viewers who watched the video: the heroine of the actress is the only woman among the main characters and the only character dressed sexy, and not due to weather conditions. The film is set in the jungle, and the heroine wears short shorts and long hair, and is dressed pointedly illogical and unsafe. Part of the Internet community justifies the choice of this appearance by the fact that according to the plot, the heroine is an avatar in the game, and such an image of female images in video games, unfortunately, is found everywhere.

2010-2013 - Doctor Who 2012 - Inspector Clot 2013 - Not Just a Happy Ending 2014 - Guardians of the Galaxy 2014 - Selfie 2015 - Warning Signs 2015 - 7 Days in Hell 2015 - The Selling Game 2016 - In the Valley of Violence 2016 - The List 2017 - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Part 2"

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