Karen Gillan

Q: Has Karen Gillan won any awards?

Karen Gillan has received several nominations and wins, including a Best Female Newcomer nomination at the 2011 BAFTA Awards for her role in 'Doctor Who'.

Q: What was Karen Gillan's first film?

Karen Gillan's first film role was in 'Oor Wullie's Movie' in 2010, where she played the character of a schoolgirl.

Q: What is Karen Gillan's estimated net worth?

Karen Gillan's estimated net worth is around $8 million, attributed to her successful acting career in film and television.

Q: What other projects has Karen Gillan directed?

In addition to 'The Party's Just Beginning', Karen Gillan has shown interest in directing and is involved in various projects in development.

Q: What genres does Karen Gillan typically work in?

Karen Gillan often works in science fiction, fantasy, and action genres, showcasing her range in both comedic and dramatic roles.

Q: How did Karen Gillan start her acting career?

Karen Gillan began her acting career in television, landing a role in 'Doctor Who' in 2010, which significantly raised her profile.

Q: What is the latest movie featuring Karen Gillan?

The latest movie featuring Karen Gillan is 'The Dual', which is set to be released in 2024, showcasing her evolving talent in a leading role.

Known for

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

IMDb 8.0 / 10

2014 / Action, Adventure / 121 min

Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted...

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)

IMDb 6.9 / 10

2017 / Action, Adventure / 119 min

The tables are turned as four teenagers are sucked into Jumanji's world - pitted against rhinos, black mambas and an endless variety of jungle...

Name

Karen Gillan

Height

5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)

Born

28 November 1987, Inverness, Scotland, UK

Children

None

Parents

Marie Gillan, John Gillan

Estimated Net Worth

$8 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	Movie Jumanji: Open World Our heroes have escaped the ever-changing jungles of Jumanji before, but this time the game comes to us - as...	Ruby Roundhouse	Not rated
2025	Movie The Life of Chuck In this extraordinary story of an ordinary man, Charles 'Chuck' Krantz experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss,...	Felicia Gordon	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2024	Movie Doctor Who at the Proms Doctor Who fan favourite Catherine Tate presents a concert of music, monsters and mayhem featuring soundtracks from the iconic series,...	Amy Pond (archive footage)	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2024	TV Douglas Is Cancelled The career of respected news presenter Douglas is threatened after he makes an ill-advised joke. With her 2 million social...	Madeline	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2024	Movie Late Bloomers Louise, an aimless, 28 year-old Brooklynite, recently single, sort of a musician, depressed without admitting to it, drunkenly falls while...	Louise	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2024	Movie Sleeping Dogs Roy Freeman, an ex-homicide detective with a fractured memory, is forced to revisit a case he can't remember. As a...	Laura Baines / Elizabeth Westlake	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2023	Movie Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Join visionary director James Gunn and superstars such as Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldaña as they recount how “Guardians of...	Self - 'Nebula'	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2023	Movie Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along...	Nebula	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2022	Movie The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special On a mission to make Christmas unforgettable for Quill, the Guardians head to Earth in search of the perfect present.	Nebula	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2022	Movie Next Exit A research scientist who makes national news proving she can track people into the afterlife - Rose sees a way...	Dr. Stevensen	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2022	Movie Thor: Love and Thunder After his retirement is interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, a galactic killer who seeks the extinction of the gods,...	Nebula	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2022	Movie The Bubble Sneaking out. Hooking up. Melting down. The cast and crew of a blockbuster action franchise attempt to shoot a sequel...	Carol Cobb	TMDB 4.6 / 10
2022	Movie Dual A terminally ill woman opts for a cloning procedure to ease her loss on her friends and family. When she...	Sarah	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2022	Movie X In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their...	Radio Steak Seller (voice) (uncredited)	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2022	Movie How Did We Get Here? Seán McLoughlin was a lonely kid in rural Ireland. Now, he’s Jacksepticeye, one of the world’s biggest YouTube stars. When...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2021	TV What If...? Taking inspiration from the comic books of the same name, each episode of this animated anthology series questions, revisits and...	Nebula (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2021	Movie Gunpowder Milkshake To protect an 8-year-old girl, a dangerous assassin reunites with her mother and her lethal associates to take down a...	Sam	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2021	TV Calls Interconnected phone conversations chronicle the mysterious story of a group of strangers whose lives are thrown into disarray in the...	Sara (voice)	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2021	TV Marvel Studios Legends Revisit the epic heroes, villains and moments from across the MCU in preparation for the stories still to come. Each...	Nebula (archive footage) (uncredited)	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2020	Movie The Hoarding When Mary starts her first job as a cleaner inside a hoarder's home she finds much more than she bargained...	Hope	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2020	Movie The Call of the Wild Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his...	Mercedes	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2019	Movie Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee Filmed in part in front of a live audience at The New Amsterdam Theater in New York City, this Stan...	Self	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2019	Movie Jumanji: The Next Level As the gang return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is as they expect....	Ruby Roundhouse	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2019	Movie Spies in Disguise Super spy Lance Sterling and scientist Walter Beckett are almost exact opposites. Lance is smooth, suave and debonair. Walter is…...	Eyes (voice)	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2019	TV A Little Late with Lilly Singh The comedian, actress, social media sensation, producer and author of "How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life,"...	Self	TMDB 3.4 / 10
2019	TV The Kelly Clarkson Show Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and...	Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2019	Movie Stuber After crashing his car, a cop who's recovering from eye surgery recruits an Uber driver to help him catch a...	Sara Morris	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2019	Movie All Creatures Here Below The story of a desperate young couple on the run, who seek refuge in Kansas City.	Ruby	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2019	Movie Eureka! A lazy, uninspired woman is visited by an otherworldly being responsible for giving humanity all its great ideas.	Chloe	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2019	Movie Avengers: Endgame After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad...	Nebula	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2018	Movie The Party's Just Beginning In a bleak Inverness midwinter, Luisaidh is careening off the rails after the suicide of her best friend. She medicates...	Luisaidh	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2018	Movie Alex & the List Alex, a lovable, unassuming dog trainer is in love with a great woman - Katherine - smart, talented, from a...	Lily	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2018	Movie Avengers: Infinity War As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero...	Nebula	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2017	Movie Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Four teenagers in detention discover an old video game console with a game they’ve never heard of. When they decide...	Ruby Roundhouse	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2017	Movie The Circle A young tech worker takes a job at a powerful Internet corporation, quickly rises up the company's ranks, and soon...	Annie Allerton	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2017	Movie Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage.	Nebula	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2017	TV Talking with Chris Hardwick The popularity of AMC's "The Walking Dead" aftershow "Talking Dead" -- and specifically of host Chris Hardwick's conversationalist ability to...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2017	Movie Heroes Manufactured A documentary following Canadian artists and their ability to break into the comic book industry while dealing with fandom and...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2016	Movie In a Valley of Violence The story of a drifter named Paul who arrives in a small town seeking revenge on the thugs who murdered...	Ellen	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2015	Movie The Big Short The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.	Evie	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2015	Movie Fun Size Horror: Volume Two A collection of gut-twisting and nerve-shredding tales, all Frankstein’d together to form a feature-length monster of the best and bloodiest...	Rachel Milligan (segment 'Conventional')	TMDB 3.9 / 10
2015	Movie Conventional A horror film actress deals with her fall from stardom.	Rachel Milligan	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2015	Movie 7 Days in Hell A fictional documentary-style expose on the rivalry between two tennis stars who battled it out in a 1999 match that...	Lily Allsworth	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2015	Movie Warning Labels Two workers for the Center For Disease Control meet for drinks, only to discover that love is the most hazardous...	Mindy	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2014	TV Selfie After being the subject of an embarrassing viral video, a self-involved 20-something enlists the help of a marketing expert to...	Eliza Dooley	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2014	Movie Bound for Greatness Darren, who lives with Aspergers, has gone throughout his life not truly connecting with anyone. Seeking the comforting sounds of...	Maeve MacDonough	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2014	Movie Guardians of the Galaxy Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after...	Nebula	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2014	TV The Real History of Science Fiction The series heads to the very frontiers of space and science to produce the definitive television history of science fiction,...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2014	Movie Oculus A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.	Kaylie Russell	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2013	Movie Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor Orbiting a quiet backwater planet, the massed forces of the universe's deadliest species gather, drawn to a mysterious message that...	Amy Pond	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2013	Movie Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith Bid the eleventh Doctor, Matt Smith, a fond farewell in this retrospective documentary special about Doctor Who Series five, six...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2013	Movie Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty Zoe Ball and Rick Edwards get the party started for the celebration of 50 years of Doctor Who, with Doctors...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2013	Movie Doctor Who Explained A BBC America documentary explores the mysterious and two-hearted alien who is the Doctor with exclusive interviews with cast members...	Self	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2013	Movie Not Another Happy Ending When a struggling publisher discovers his only successful author is blocked, he knows he has to unblock her or he's...	Jane Lockhart	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2013	Movie Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS While sleeping over, the TARDIS decides to play a prank on Clara, much to her displeasure.	Amy Pond (archive footage)	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2013	Movie Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor Zoe Ball hosts a live celebration in which the next actor to land Doctor Who's lead role is revealed, in...	Amy Pond (archive footage)	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2013	TV Emo Dad It's the story of a father and a son who become Emo, but when the Emo guys were about to...	Jessica	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2012	Movie Doctor Who - Night and the Doctor: Bad Night When Amy is woken in the middle of the night by the TARDIS telephone, she learns the Doctor carries on...	Amy Pond	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2012	Movie Doctor Who - Night and the Doctor: Good Night When Amy wakes to find the Doctor carrying a euphonium guiltily, she uses the opportunity to ask a question that...	Amy Pond	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2012	TV Pond Life Pond Life follows the life of the Doctor, and Amy Pond and Rory Williams.	Amy Pond	TMDB 8.7 / 10
2012	Movie Doctor Who: Pond Life A series of five minisodes show Amy and Rory's life at home, while The Doctor has adventures of his own.	Amy Pond	TMDB 8.4 / 10
2012	TV A Touch of Cloth Hannah plays DI Jack Cloth, who is called in to investigate an apparent series of serial killings alongside his new...	Kerry Newblood	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2012	TV Comedy Bang! Bang! Based on Scott Aukerman’s popular podcast of the same name, COMEDY BANG! BANG! cleverly riffs on the well-known format of...	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2012	Movie Doctor Who: Good as Gold The Doctor and Amy land in the 2012 Olympic Games and encounter a Weeping Angel.	Amy Pond	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2012	Movie We'll Take Manhattan We’ll Take Manhattan explores the explosive love affair between sixties supermodel Jean Shrimpton and photographer David Bailey. Focusing on a...	Jean Shrimpton	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2011	Movie Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe It's Christmas Eve, 1938, when Madge Arwell comes to the aid of an injured Spaceman Angel as she cycles home....	Amy Pond	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2011	Movie Doctor Who: Let’s Kill Hitler Prequel Amy leaves a message on the TARDIS' answering machine. She speaks about her baby and what to do when he...	Amy Pond	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2011	TV NTSF:SD:SUV:: NTSF:SD:SUV:: – meaning National Terrorism Strike Force: San Diego: Sport Utility Vehicle:: – is a quarter-hour format American television comedy...	Daisy	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2010	Movie Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol Amy Pond and Rory Williams are trapped on a crashing space liner, and the only way the Eleventh Doctor can...	Amy Pond	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2010	Movie Outcast When Mary and her teenage son, Fergal, move to yet another new home, it soon becomes clear they live their...	Ally	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2010	Movie Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2 Amy tries to flirt with The Doctor but he tries to ignore her advances.	Amy Pond	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2010	Movie Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 1 After Amy enters the TARDIS, Amy is awestruck when she sees what lies inside.	Amy Pond	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2010	Movie Doctor Who at the Proms For the second time since its revival, Doctor Who's music will be enjoyed by numerous fans since the previous Proms...	Self - Host	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2009	TV The Well The Well is the story of four teenagers; Beth, Luis, Coll and Ivan who accidentally uncover a cursed Celtic well...	Coll	Not rated
2009	TV Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2008	Movie New Town Killers Two private bankers, Alistair and Jamie, who have the world at their feet get their kicks from playing a 12...	Young Girl at Bus Station	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2008	TV The Kevin Bishop Show The Kevin Bishop Show was a sketch comedy written by and starring English comedian Kevin Bishop, part of the Star...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2008	TV Harley Street Harley Street is a British television medical drama shown on ITV in 2008. The series was made by Carnival Films...	Holly	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2008	TV Harley Street Harley Street is a British television medical drama shown on ITV in 2008. The series was made by Carnival Films...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2007	TV The Graham Norton Show Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2006	TV The One Show A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.	Self	TMDB 4.4 / 10
2005	TV Doctor Who The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who...	Amy Pond	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2005	TV Doctor Who The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who...	Soothsayer	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2005	TV Doctor Who Confidential Doctor Who Confidential is a documentary to complement the revival of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who....	Self	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2003	TV Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2000	TV Rebus Detective series set in and around Edinburgh, Scotland. Inspector John Rebus, whose methods earn him the wrath of his superiors,...	Terry Cotter	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1989	TV The Simpsons Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family;...	Maisie MacWeldon (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1989	TV The Simpsons Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family;...	Maisie (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
TBA	Movie Highlander A 16th-century Scottish warrior discovers that he is not human, but an ageless "immortal", and destined to fight with others...	Heather MacLeod	Not rated
TBA	Movie Fools In 1553, England’s first Queen, Mary I, takes the throne. The country is on the brink of chaos, and ambitious...	Mary Tudor	Not rated
TBA	TV Rhona Who Lives by the River Follows Rhona #3, the third-most-interesting Rhona in town, whose life is utterly dull. After an accident, she receives the ability...	Rhona #3	Not rated
TBA	Movie Blasphemous Two clerics – a rookie priest and his devout mentor must transport a possessed young woman to a secure location...	Unknown character	Not rated
TBA	Movie Let's Have Kids! Two best friends, Emma and Phoebe, decide to get pregnant simultaneously to navigate motherhood together, but their friendship is tested...	Emma	Not rated
TBA	Movie Gunpowder Milkshake 2 The sequel to the 2021 film.	Sam	Not rated
TBA	Movie Cinnamon & Gunpowder Adaptation of Eli Brown's novel of the same name.	Mad Hannah Mabbot	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2026	Movie Over Your Dead Body A dysfunctional couple head to a remote cabin to "reconnect", but each has secret intentions to kill the other.	Co-Producer Production	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2020	Movie The Hoarding When Mary starts her first job as a cleaner inside a hoarder's home she finds much more than she bargained...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2020	Movie The Hoarding When Mary starts her first job as a cleaner inside a hoarder's home she finds much more than she bargained...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2018	Movie The Party's Just Beginning In a bleak Inverness midwinter, Luisaidh is careening off the rails after the suicide of her best friend. She medicates...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2018	Movie The Party's Just Beginning In a bleak Inverness midwinter, Luisaidh is careening off the rails after the suicide of her best friend. She medicates...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2015	Movie Fun Size Horror: Volume Two A collection of gut-twisting and nerve-shredding tales, all Frankstein’d together to form a feature-length monster of the best and bloodiest...	Director Directing	TMDB 3.9 / 10
2015	Movie Fun Size Horror: Volume Two A collection of gut-twisting and nerve-shredding tales, all Frankstein’d together to form a feature-length monster of the best and bloodiest...	Writer Writing	TMDB 3.9 / 10
2015	Movie Conventional A horror film actress deals with her fall from stardom.	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2015	Movie Conventional A horror film actress deals with her fall from stardom.	Director Directing	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2015	Movie Coward Two people connect over the mutual experience of murder.	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 2.0 / 10
2015	Movie Coward Two people connect over the mutual experience of murder.	Director Directing	TMDB 2.0 / 10
2015	Movie Coward Two people connect over the mutual experience of murder.	Writer Writing	TMDB 2.0 / 10
TBA	TV Rhona Who Lives by the River Follows Rhona #3, the third-most-interesting Rhona in town, whose life is utterly dull. After an accident, she receives the ability...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
TBA	Movie Blasphemous Two clerics – a rookie priest and his devout mentor must transport a possessed young woman to a secure location...	Producer Production	Not rated

The Life of Chuck

2025 / TMDB 7.3

Doctor Who at the Proms

2024 / TMDB 7.2

Late Bloomers

2024 / TMDB 6.5

Sleeping Dogs

2024 / TMDB 7.0

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

2023 / TMDB 6.4

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

2023 / TMDB 7.9

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Karen Gillan is best known for her roles as Amy Pond in 'Doctor Who' and Nebula in the 'Guardians of the Galaxy' films. She has also starred in 'Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle' and 'The Dual'.

Has Karen Gillan won any awards?

What was Karen Gillan's first film?

What is Karen Gillan's estimated net worth?

What other projects has Karen Gillan directed?

What genres does Karen Gillan typically work in?

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