Karen Gillan Biography and Sexy Photos

Karen Sheila Gillan (born 28 November 1987) is a Scottish actress and former model who is best known for her current portrayal of Amy Pond in the British science fiction series Doctor Who.

Early life

Gillan was born and brought up in Inverness, Scotland.Her father, Raymond John, a Day Centre Manager, and mother, Marie, live in Kinmylies. At age 16, she decided to pursue her interest in acting, studying the craft at Edinburgh's Telford College. Later, she secured a place at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts drama school in London on the BA (Hons) Acting degree course.Her cousin Caitlin Blackwood has portrayed the young Amy Pond in three episodes of Doctor Who.

Career

Gillan has taken part in numerous modelling events including 2007's London Fashion Week for designer Allegra Hicks' autumn/winter catwalk show.She has also modelled for the launch party of Nicola Roberts' Dainty Doll Make-Up Range. This was shown in Nicola's episode of the documentary, The Passions of Girls Aloud which premiered on the 4 April 2008.

Gillan's early TV acting career included guest appearances on several TV drama series, with her first ongoing role being a two-year stint as a member of the ensemble cast of the sketch comedy series The Kevin Bishop Show in which she played multiple characters, as well as celebrities such as Katy Perry and Angelina Jolie. Gillan also appeared on TV in a leading role in a horror project entitled The Well, which was broadcast as episodic short films on BBC Two, and then later also as a web series on BBC.co.uk. Part of the BBC's multimedia "switch" programming, the short episodes interconnect with online games that further explore the environments presented in the series.

She was cast for the role of the Eleventh Doctor's first companion, Amy Pond, on the British sci-fi series Doctor Who in early 2009. She made her first on-screen appearance as Amy Pond in "The Eleventh Hour", which first aired on 3 April 2010. She was confirmed in Issue 420 of the Doctor Who Magazine to be appearing in the 2011 series. Gillan had appeared in Doctor Who once before in the episode "The Fires of Pompeii" in the role of a Soothsayer.

Gillan will play model and actress Jean Shrimpton in We'll Take Manhattan, as well as Juliet in a re-working of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet penned by David Baddiel.

Television

Year	Title	Format	Role
2006	Rebus[6]	Detective drama series	Terry Cotter[8]
2007–2009	The Kevin Bishop Show	Sketch show series	Various
2008	Coming Up	Drama	Anna
2008	Doctor Who - "The Fires of Pompeii"	Science fiction series	Soothsayer
2008	Harley Street[6]	Medical drama series	Holly
2010	The Well (TV Series)	Horror series	Coll
2010–present	Doctor Who	Science fiction series	Amy Pond

Filmography

Year	Title	Format	Role
2008	Stacked (TV film) [9]	Drama film-for TV	Ginny Turner
2008	New Town Killers	Drama	Girl at Bus Station
2010	Outcast	Horror film	Ally
2011	We'll Take Manhattan	Drama/Film	Jean Shrimpton

Video games

Year	Title	Format	Role
2010	Doctor Who: The Adventure Games : City of the Daleks	Episodic video game	Amy Pond (voice and likeness)
2010	Doctor Who: The Adventure Games : Blood of the Cybermen	Episodic video game	Amy Pond (voice and likeness)
2010	Doctor Who: The Adventure Games : TARDIS	Episodic video game	Amy Pond (voice and likeness)
2010	Doctor Who: The Adventure Games : Shadows of the Vashta Nerada	Episodic video game	Amy Pond (voice and likeness)
2010	Doctor Who: Evacuation Earth	Video game for Nintendo DS	Amy Pond (voice and likeness)
2010	Doctor Who: Return to Earth	Video game for Nintendo Wii	Amy Pond (voice and likeness)
2010	Doctor Who: The Mazes of Time	Video game for iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad	Amy Pond (voice and likeness)

(source: wikipedia)

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