Karen Gillan

Gillan in 2011, photo by PrPhotos

Birth Name: Karen Sheila Gillan

Place of Birth: Inverness, Scotland

Date of Birth: 28 November, 1987

Ethnicity: Scottish

Karen Gillan is a Scottish actress, model, director, and screenwriter. She is known for portraying Amy Pond on the British science fiction series Doctor Who, Nebula in the Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers films, and Ruby in the film Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and its 2019 follow-up.

Karen was born and raised in Inverness, Scotland, the only child of Marie (Paterson) and John Gillan, a singer/recording artist. She is married to Nick Kocher, of internet sketch comedy duo BriTANicK.