History Creator / KarenGillan

* ''Film/Stuber'' (2019) as Sarah Morris

* 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. [[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]]

* ''Gunpowder Milkshake'' (In production)

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[[caption-width-right:300:At least [[InJoke SHE'S ginger]].]]

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (2014 -- present) as ComicBook/{{Nebula|Marvel Comics}}:

* MsFanservice: Obviously. She finally had a nude scene in ''Not Another Happy Ending''.

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse as ComicBook/{{Nebula|Marvel Comics}}}:

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse as Nebula:

* StatuesqueStunner: She's 5'11" barefoot, so when wearing almost any kind of shoes, she's 6'0" even. The ''Doctor Who'' prop department had to redesign the Daleks because of it (they were originally designed to match height with Creator/BilliePiper, who is 5'5".)

* StatuesqueStunner: She's 5'11'' barefoot, so when wearing almost any kind of shoes, she's 6'0" even. The ''Doctor Who'' prop department had to redesign the Daleks because of it (they were originally designed to match height with Creator/BilliePiper, who is 5'5".)

Karen Sheila Gillan (born November 28, 1987) is a Scottish actress, 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"]].

Not related to Ian Gillan of Music/DeepPurple.

* 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. [[note]] Smith had shaved his head for his role in the Ryan Gosling film ''Lost River''. Also Smith regretted on Twitter that neither of them thought to see how they'd look in each other's wigs.[[/note]]

* StatuesqueStunner: About 5'11''. They had to redesign the Daleks because of it (they were originally designed to match height with Creator/BilliePiper, who was about six inches shorter.)

* 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).
** 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 it's a "departure" from her usual roles is to totally understate the situation.

* 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''.

* MsFanservice: Obviously. [[AndTheFandomRejoiced She finally had a nude scene in]] ''Not Another Happy Ending''.

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 the time she departed Karen was the single longest lasting Companion on the 2005 revival of the show with 2½ seasons. As Amy Pond, Karen had appeared in more televised stories (not episodes, stories), 28, than any other companion in the show's entire history at the time. Both these records have since been eclipsed by Creator/JennaColeman.

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 ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle'' with Wrestling/DwayneJohnson, Creator/KevinHart, Creator/JackBlack, and Creator/NickJonas. She also starred in ''Series/{{Selfie}}'' for ABC, a sitcom based on ''Theatre/MyFairLady''.

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (2014 -- present) as Nebula:

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 three movie roles - Nebula, one of the characters in the film adaptations of Marvel's ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', Kaylie in ''Film/{{Oculus}}'', and the upcoming reimagining of ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'' with Wrestling/DwayneJohnson, Creator/KevinHart, Creator/JackBlack, and Creator/NickJonas. She also starred in ''Series/{{Selfie}}'' for ABC, a sitcom based on ''Theatre/MyFairLady''.

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 three movie roles - Nebula, one of the villains in the film adaptation of Marvel's ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', Kaylie in ''Film/{{Oculus}}'', and the upcoming reimagining of ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'' with Wrestling/DwayneJohnson, Creator/KevinHart, Creator/JackBlack, and Creator/NickJonas. She also starred in ''Series/{{Selfie}}'' for ABC, a sitcom based on ''Theatre/MyFairLady''.

* StarMakingRole: Amy Pond was most definitely this.

* 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.)

* 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').

Post-''Series/DoctorWho'', she's still quite active in the acting circuit, being part of the cast of NTSF:SD:SUV:: (on Creator/AdultSwim) as well as scoring three movie roles - Nebula, one of the villains in the film adaptation of Marvel's ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', Kaylie in ''Film/{{Oculus}}'', and the upcoming reimagining of ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'' with Wrestling/DwayneJohnson, Creator/KevinHart, Creator/JackBlack, and Creator/NickJonas. She also starred in ''Series/{{Selfie}}'' for ABC, a sitcom based on ''Theatre/MyFairLady''.

* 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. [[note]] Smith had shaved his head for his role in the Ryan Gosling film ''Lost River''.[[/note]]