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Karen Sheila Gillan (born 28 November 1987) is a Scottish actress and former model who is most famous for her role as Amy Pond, the primary traveling companion of the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor in the British television series Doctor Who.
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βI am legitimately Scottish. I can officially say β yes. Yeah, I am from Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland.β
βHe's just really unlikely as a hero β which makes him so brilliant, I think, because he's like this mad professor.β
βI was a little worried that I was going to look like an overgrown fetus β¦ Maybe thatβs true. But itβs liberating. Itβs very liberating. Everyone here should shave their heads.β
βI got the recall, the second audition. That was when I started sweating. This huge thing. And it was so secretive I couldn't even tell BBC reception where I was going, had to pretend it was for something called Panic Moon, which is an anagram of companion.β
βTo be honest, I wasn't really a huge follower of Doctor Who before I got this part. I mean I knew it was huge, but β¦ I was nothing like my mum, who's a proper diehard Whovian. She's got a Tardis money-bag, and Dalek bubble-bath. But having read the first episode I was utterly smitten, and with the character. Amy's a sassy lady, funny and passionate, and her relationship with the doctor has a really interesting dynamic.β
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Karen Gillan on Guardians of the Galaxy (film)
βI was a little worried that I was going to look like an overgrown fetus β¦ Maybe thatβs true. But itβs liberating. Itβs very liberating. Everyone here should shave their heads.β
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Karen Gillan on The Doctor
βHe's just really unlikely as a hero β which makes him so brilliant, I think, because he's like this mad professor.β
Karen Gillan on Eleventh Doctor
β"That's the great thing about the Doctor, he has the energy and mischief of a young child as well as the wisdom, age and intelligence of someone a lot older," she says. With Matt's performance, he's so believable that he isn't human. He has all these things that he does that make you believe he is an alien and you're drawn in by that."β
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Steven Moffat on Karen Gillan
βWe saw some amazing actresses for this part. But when Karen came through the door, the game was up β she was funny, clever, gorgeous and sexy. Or Scottish, which is the quick way of saying it. A generation of little girls will want to be her. And a generation of little boys will want them to be her too.β
Piers Wenger on Karen Gillan
βWe knew Karen was perfect for the role the moment we saw her. She brought an energy and excitement to the part that was just fantastic.β
About Karen Gillan
Karen Sheila Gillan (born 28 November 1987) is a Scottish actress and former model who is most famous for her role as Amy Pond, the primary traveling companion of the eleventh incarnation of the Doctor in the British television series Doctor Who.