Karen Gillan: 5 Of Her Most Overlooked Roles

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Sometimes, when an actor gets involved with a massive franchise (or indeed several) it overshadows a ton of their other great performances. While it may be the massive project that makes them a star, it can also make discussion of the rest of their career less robust and less interesting.

Karen Gillan attained massive popularity early in her career, securing the role of Amy Pond, one of the most beloved characters in the pop-culture empire that is Doctor Who. Already a massive hit amongst the nerd audience, Gillan joined the ever-growing Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy as Nebula. She continues to appear in these massive blockbusters while also starring in huge titles like Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, but her career has gone far weirder and more interesting places over the years.

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Navot Papushado co-wrote and directed this colorful shoot 'em up action film, which mixes a John Wick feature and the modern answer to an old-school Jackie Chan vehicle. Gillan takes the lead here, playing a skilled assassin who finds herself protecting a young girl from an army of trained killers. To survive, she must recruit her estranged mother and her former coworkers to take on the impossible odds.

Sam comes across as the effortlessly cool contract killer around 10% of the time. The excellent aspect of Gillan's performance is the degree to which she still seems human. Sam is trying extremely hard to maintain that John Wick air, and when things go wrong, she's a stellar comedic presence on top of the well-produced action. Gunpowder Milkshake was a mixed bag, but the cast was the only aspect of the film that received near-universal praise. Gillan is an