Karen Gillan's Biography
Karen Gillan's father John was a care worker at the Corbett Centre. He lives with Karen's mother Marie in Kinmylies in Scotland.
Karen, who was born in 1987, grew up in Inverness and as a youngster joined several youth theatre groups.
Karen Gillan went to the Charleston Academy and then studied acting at Edinburgh's Telford College, before gaining a place at the Italia Conti stage school in London.
During her first year at the Italia Conti, Karen Gillan was cast in 2006 in an episode of Rebus.
Her other TV credits include regular appearances on The Kevin Bishop Show, as well as being cast in the ITV medical drama Harley Street.
Significantly, Karen Gillan was cast in 2008 as a soothsayer in the Doctor Who episode, The Fires Of Pompeii.
In May 2009 the BBC announced that in the next series of Doctor Who Karen Gillan, aged 21, would be the Doctor's assistant and will star alongside Matt Smith in Doctor Who from spring 2010.
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