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* ActingForTwo: There have been quite a few Other-Amys during her time on the show. 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. [[BadassGrandpa With a sword.]]
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* ActingForTwo: There have been quite a few Other-Amys during her time on the show. 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. [[BadassGrandpa [[NeverMessWithGranny With a sword.]]
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* ActingForTwo: There have been quite a few Other-Amys during her time on the show. Creator/CaitlinBlackwood takes some of the burden, but there are still Time Shifts and Teselectas.
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* ActingForTwo: There have been quite a few Other-Amys during her time on the show. 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. [[BadassGrandpa With a sword.]]
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* BaldWoman: For her role in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', she shaved her head.
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* BaldWoman: For her role in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', she shaved her head. Funnily enough, this meant she and Matt Smith were ''both'' wearing wigs during her cameo in his final episode.
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* RetroactiveRecognition:
** 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"]].
** 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.
** 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"]].
** 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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** 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"]].
** 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.
** 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"]].
** 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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* 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 departure scene, saying that Amy was acting spontaneously and wasn't letting what she was doing sink in. However, when it came to do the scene, she simply couldn't stop crying.
** 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 departure scene, saying that Amy was acting spontaneously and wasn't letting what she was doing sink in. However, when it came to do the scene, she simply couldn't stop crying.
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* RealLifeRelative: Creator/CaitlinBlackwood, who plays miniature-Amy whenever she appears, is in fact Karen's cousin. They met for the first time while filming "The Eleventh Hour".
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* RealLifeRelative: Karen is actually a cousin to Creator/CaitlinBlackwood, the Scottish girl who plays miniature-Amy whenever she appears, is played young Amelia Pond in fact Karen's cousin. They met for the first time while filming ''Series/DoctorWho'' episodes "The Eleventh Hour".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!
* RetroactiveRecognition:
** 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"]].
** 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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** 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"]].
** 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 Gillan''' is a Scottish actress born in 28 November 1987, who played 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/DoctorWhoNSS4E2TheFiresOfPompeii [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E2TheFiresOfPompeii "The Fires of Pompeii"]].
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'''Karen Gillan''' is a 67-year-old Scottish actress, actress born in 28 November 1987, who played 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/DoctorWhoNSS4E2TheFiresOfPompeii "The Fires of Pompeii"]].
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'''Karen Gillan''' is a 27-year-old Scottish actress, who played 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/DoctorWhoNSS4E2TheFiresOfPompeii "The Fires of Pompeii"]].
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'''Karen Gillan''' is a 27-year-old 67-year-old Scottish actress, who played 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/DoctorWhoNSS4E2TheFiresOfPompeii "The Fires of Pompeii"]].
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'''Karen Gillan''' is a 25-year-old Scottish actress, who played 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/DoctorWhoNSS4E2TheFiresOfPompeii "The Fires of Pompeii"]].
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'''Karen Gillan''' is a 25-year-old 27-year-old Scottish actress, who played 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/DoctorWhoNSS4E2TheFiresOfPompeii "The Fires of Pompeii"]].
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Post-''Series/DoctorWho'' she's still quite active in the acting circuit, with her most recent TV role being part of the cast of NTSF:SD:SUV:: (on AdultSwim) as well as scoring two movie roles, one of which includes including Nebula, one of the villains in the upcoming film adaptation of Marvel's ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''.
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'''Karen Gillan''' is a 25-year-old Scottish actress, who you'd probably never heard of before, unless you watched ''The Kevin Bishop Show''.
You've probably heard of her now, though -- she plays 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/DoctorWhoNSS4E2TheFiresOfPompeii "The Fires of Pompeii"]].
You've probably heard of her now, though -- she plays 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/DoctorWhoNSS4E2TheFiresOfPompeii "The Fires of Pompeii"]].
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'''Karen Gillan''' is a 25-year-old Scottish actress, who you'd probably never heard of before, unless you watched ''The Kevin Bishop Show''.
You've probably heard of her now, though -- she playsplayed 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/DoctorWhoNSS4E2TheFiresOfPompeii "The Fires of Pompeii"]].
You've probably heard of her now, though -- she plays
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* DullSurprise: In her early appearances on Doctor Who.
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* In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', she's playing Nebula, a character who can easily be summed as a psychopathic serial killer assassin with absolutely no moral center and daddy issues the size of the planet Neptune. To say its a "departure" from her usual roles is to totally understate the situation.
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* {{Adorkable}}
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** She blamed a [[Franchise/SpiderMan spider bite]] on her arm as the source for her high score in bowling. See ConfusionFu below.
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* PlayingAgainstType: As the villainous [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Nebula]].
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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 2½ seasons, Karen is the single longest lasting Companion on the 2005 revival of the show.
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show. As Amy Pond, Karen appeared in more televised stories (not episodes, stories), 28, than any other companion in the show's entire 50 year history.
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* BaldOfAwesome:[[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Nebula]] falls under BaldOfEvil, but she herself fits here. Ripping off her wig at Comic-Con earned her some serious [[https://twitter.com/DaveBautista/status/358956548296437761 badass points]] from her co-stars, notably 6'6", 290 pound former wrestler [[Wrestling/{{Batista}} Dave Bautista.]]
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* BaldOfAwesome:[[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy BaldOfAwesome: [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Nebula]] falls under BaldOfEvil, but she herself fits here. Ripping off her wig at Comic-Con earned her some serious [[https://twitter.com/DaveBautista/status/358956548296437761 badass points]] from her co-stars, notably 6'6", 290 pound former wrestler [[Wrestling/{{Batista}} Dave Bautista.]]
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* BaldOfAwesome: Her character in ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' will be BaldOfEvil, but she herself fits here. Ripping off her wig at Comic-Con earned her some serious [[https://twitter.com/DaveBautista/status/358956548296437761 badass points]] from her co-stars, notably 6'6", 290 pound former wrestler [[Wrestling/{{Batista}} Dave Bautista.]]
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* BaldOfAwesome: Her character in ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' will be BaldOfAwesome:[[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Nebula]] falls under BaldOfEvil, but she herself fits here. Ripping off her wig at Comic-Con earned her some serious [[https://twitter.com/DaveBautista/status/358956548296437761 badass points]] from her co-stars, notably 6'6", 290 pound former wrestler [[Wrestling/{{Batista}} Dave Bautista.]]
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Post-''Series/DoctorWho'' she's still quite active in the acting circuit, with her most recent TV role being part of the cast of NTSF:SD:SUV:: (on AdultSwim) as well as scoring two movie roles, one of which includes being the BigBad in the upcoming film adaptation of Marvel's ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''.
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* {{CloudCuckoolander}}: Just look at her [[https://twitter.com/KarenGillan2 Twitter feed]].
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* SelfDeprecation: After revealing her new, bald-headed look, she tweeted: "Excited to announce that after long negotiations to play Chuckie in new {{Rugrats}} film, I have now been offered the role of Tommy Pickles."
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* BaldOfAwesome: Her character in ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' will be BaldOfEvil, but she herself fits here. Ripping off her wig at Comic-Con earned her some serious [[https://twitter.com/DaveBautista/status/358956548296437761 badass points]] from her co-stars, notably 6'6", 290 pound former wrestler [[Wrestling/{{Batista}} Dave Bautista.]]
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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Just watch any interview with her, even the slightest mention of anything off-subject and she'll go wide-eyed and start excitedly going on about whatever caught her attention.
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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Just watch any interview with her, even the slightest mention of anything off-subject and she'll go wide-eyed and start excitedly going on about whatever caught her attention.attention.
* BaldWoman: For her role in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', she shaved her head.
* BaldWoman: For her role in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', she shaved her head.
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* {{CloucCuckoolander}}: Just look at her [[https://twitter.com/KarenGillan2 Twitter feed]].
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[[caption-width-right:300:At least [[InJoke SHE'S ginger]].]]
->"''Funny, clever, gorgeous and sexy. Or [[PatrioticFervor Scottish]], which is the quick way of saying it.''"
-->-- '''Creator/StevenMoffat'''
'''Karen Gillan''' is a 25-year-old Scottish actress, who you'd probably never heard of before, unless you watched ''The Kevin Bishop Show''.
You've probably heard of her now, though -- she plays 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/DoctorWhoNSS4E2TheFiresOfPompeii "The Fires of Pompeii"]].
Not related to Ian Gillan of Music/DeepPurple.
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 2½ seasons, Karen is the single longest lasting Companion on the 2005 revival of the show.
Post-''Series/DoctorWho'' she's still quite active in the acting circuit, with her most recent TV role being part of the cast of NTSF:SD:SUV:: (on AdultSwim) as well as scoring two movie roles, one of which includes being one of the villains in the upcoming film adaptation of Marvel's ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''.
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!!Tropes associated with this actress include:
* ActingForTwo: There have been quite a few Other-Amys during her time on the show. Creator/CaitlinBlackwood takes some of the burden, but there are still Time Shifts and Teselectas.
* {{Adorkable}}
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Just watch any interview with her, even the slightest mention of anything off-subject and she'll go wide-eyed and start excitedly going on about whatever caught her attention.
* ButtMonkey: All three members of the ''Who'' cast described their off-screen relationship as "Two big brothers teasing their younger sister." On ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ9U6kMXbVY Confidential]]'', she showed where Matt scribbled all over her set chair, including "Wide Load" in the seat.
* {{CloucCuckoolander}}: Just look at her [[https://twitter.com/KarenGillan2 Twitter feed]].
* ConfusionFu: She participated in an All-Star Celebrity Bowling game against Chris Hardwick's Nerdist team while promoting ''Doctor Who'' on BBC America. Since bowling isn't all that popular in the UK, and since Karen can out-Klutz Creator/{{Matt|Smith}} and Creator/{{Arthur|Darvill}} at times, she shocked everybody when her "Throw, scream, and hope" approach to bowling actually ''worked'' and gave her one of the highest scores in the game.
* FieryRedhead: Amy Pond. In real life, she veers more toward "sweet and hyper" instead of sassy.
* ForgotICouldntSwim: One of the reasons the swimming pool scene got cut from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E4TheDoctorsWife "The Doctor's Wife"]].
* GenkiGirl
* ICantDance: There are [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGpP375P3NA a couple]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WKDULWP7Fc of videos]] that imply she really can't, although it's not clear if she really can't or if she just can't keep up with Matt Smith and his randomness.
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Even those that don't particularly like Amy the character (mostly due to some of Amy's BitchInSheepsClothing tendencies, especially toward Rory) still like Karen the person (who has really endeared herself to fans by being very sweet, polite, and more than a little dorky).
* NoodleIncident: When filming ''Who'', she was renting a house owned by Creator/JohnBarrowman in Cardiff, and did ''something'' to ruin the counter-top in his kitchen. He described the damage in an interview as "scraping," but any time anyone (including Barrowman) asks Karen about it, she just blurts out "I'm sorry" and goes into hysterical giggling. It involved [[NoodleImplements something]] that 'might'' be bread.
* OneOfUs: She's an admitted fan of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. She even admitted that if she went to Comic Con not as part of the ''Doctor Who'' cast, she would love to go as a Klingon.
* RealLifeRelative: Creator/CaitlinBlackwood, who plays miniature-Amy whenever she appears, is in fact Karen's cousin. They met for the first time while filming "The Eleventh Hour".
* ShesGotLegs: Karen is famous for her thighs.
* StatuesqueStunner: About 5'11''. They had to redesign the Daleks because of it (they were originally designed to match height with Billie Piper, who was about six inches shorter.)
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Creator/MattSmith and Creator/ArthurDarvill.
* ZettaiRyouiki: She's pulled this off [[http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/07/25/article-2018442-0D23A39E00000578-358_634x717.jpg on]] [[http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/02/17/article-2102855-11C7EC31000005DC-563_224x516.jpg occasion]].
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->"''Funny, clever, gorgeous and sexy. Or [[PatrioticFervor Scottish]], which is the quick way of saying it.''"
-->-- '''Creator/StevenMoffat'''
'''Karen Gillan''' is a 25-year-old Scottish actress, who you'd probably never heard of before, unless you watched ''The Kevin Bishop Show''.
You've probably heard of her now, though -- she plays 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/DoctorWhoNSS4E2TheFiresOfPompeii "The Fires of Pompeii"]].
Not related to Ian Gillan of Music/DeepPurple.
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 2½ seasons, Karen is the single longest lasting Companion on the 2005 revival of the show.
Post-''Series/DoctorWho'' she's still quite active in the acting circuit, with her most recent TV role being part of the cast of NTSF:SD:SUV:: (on AdultSwim) as well as scoring two movie roles, one of which includes being one of the villains in the upcoming film adaptation of Marvel's ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''.
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!!Tropes associated with this actress include:
* ActingForTwo: There have been quite a few Other-Amys during her time on the show. Creator/CaitlinBlackwood takes some of the burden, but there are still Time Shifts and Teselectas.
* {{Adorkable}}
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Just watch any interview with her, even the slightest mention of anything off-subject and she'll go wide-eyed and start excitedly going on about whatever caught her attention.
* ButtMonkey: All three members of the ''Who'' cast described their off-screen relationship as "Two big brothers teasing their younger sister." On ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ9U6kMXbVY Confidential]]'', she showed where Matt scribbled all over her set chair, including "Wide Load" in the seat.
* {{CloucCuckoolander}}: Just look at her [[https://twitter.com/KarenGillan2 Twitter feed]].
* ConfusionFu: She participated in an All-Star Celebrity Bowling game against Chris Hardwick's Nerdist team while promoting ''Doctor Who'' on BBC America. Since bowling isn't all that popular in the UK, and since Karen can out-Klutz Creator/{{Matt|Smith}} and Creator/{{Arthur|Darvill}} at times, she shocked everybody when her "Throw, scream, and hope" approach to bowling actually ''worked'' and gave her one of the highest scores in the game.
* FieryRedhead: Amy Pond. In real life, she veers more toward "sweet and hyper" instead of sassy.
* ForgotICouldntSwim: One of the reasons the swimming pool scene got cut from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E4TheDoctorsWife "The Doctor's Wife"]].
* GenkiGirl
* ICantDance: There are [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGpP375P3NA a couple]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WKDULWP7Fc of videos]] that imply she really can't, although it's not clear if she really can't or if she just can't keep up with Matt Smith and his randomness.
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Even those that don't particularly like Amy the character (mostly due to some of Amy's BitchInSheepsClothing tendencies, especially toward Rory) still like Karen the person (who has really endeared herself to fans by being very sweet, polite, and more than a little dorky).
* NoodleIncident: When filming ''Who'', she was renting a house owned by Creator/JohnBarrowman in Cardiff, and did ''something'' to ruin the counter-top in his kitchen. He described the damage in an interview as "scraping," but any time anyone (including Barrowman) asks Karen about it, she just blurts out "I'm sorry" and goes into hysterical giggling. It involved [[NoodleImplements something]] that 'might'' be bread.
* OneOfUs: She's an admitted fan of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. She even admitted that if she went to Comic Con not as part of the ''Doctor Who'' cast, she would love to go as a Klingon.
* RealLifeRelative: Creator/CaitlinBlackwood, who plays miniature-Amy whenever she appears, is in fact Karen's cousin. They met for the first time while filming "The Eleventh Hour".
* ShesGotLegs: Karen is famous for her thighs.
* StatuesqueStunner: About 5'11''. They had to redesign the Daleks because of it (they were originally designed to match height with Billie Piper, who was about six inches shorter.)
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Creator/MattSmith and Creator/ArthurDarvill.
* ZettaiRyouiki: She's pulled this off [[http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/07/25/article-2018442-0D23A39E00000578-358_634x717.jpg on]] [[http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/02/17/article-2102855-11C7EC31000005DC-563_224x516.jpg occasion]].
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