Karen Gillan Biography

In a nutshell

She was plucked from obscurity to star as Amy Pond, the latest flame-haired assistant to Matt Smith's Doctor Who and now has the status of 'geek goddess' to legions of Tardis fans everywhere.
Before she landed the role that most jobbing actresses would give their right arm for, Inverness-born Karen toyed for a while for a career in music before realising singing was not her forte.
Pop's loss was TV's gain though, as she had barely started attending London's Italia Conti school before she quit to star in an episode of Rebus.
However acting is an unpredictable affair, and after this Karen soon found herself out of work with the less than glamourous job of pulling pints down her local pub (the ultimate in-between career for thespians).
Lady luck shone on Karen yet again and she was then talent-spotted as a model (she even sashayed up the catwalk at 2007's London Fashion). She was determined to get back into acting though and plugged away eventually getting an ongoing role as an ensemble cast member in comedy sketch series The Kevin Bishop Show.
Famously Karen admitted to not exactly being a diehard 'Whovian' before turning up at the audition (although she'd appeared in a previous episode The Fires of Pompeii in a minor role as a Soothsayer) to beat off dozens of hopefuls and land the role of Amy Pond.
The role of the Doctor's assistant is widely seen as one of the most sought-after in TV because of its popularity and platform to bigger exposure. Good thing she's set to appear in the 2011 series then. Karen Gillan - Biography from (http://www.talktalk.co.uk/celebrity/biography/person/karen-gillan/262)

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