Millie Gibson

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Millie Gibson
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Gibson in May 2024
Born
Amelia Eve Gibson

(2004-06-19) 19 June 2004 (age 20)
Tameside, Greater Manchester, England
OccupationActor
Years active2017–present
Known for Coronation Street (2019–2022)
Doctor Who (2023–present)
Height5 ft 2 in (157 cm)

Amelia Eve Gibson (born 19 June 2004) [1] , known as Millie Gibson, is an English actor. She is best known for portraying Kelly Neelan in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from 2019 to 2022, and Ruby Sunday in the BBC-Disney+ co-production science-fiction series Doctor Who since 2023.

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Early life

Gibson was born on 19 June 2004 in Greater Manchester. She has a scar on her right eyebrow from falling downstairs as a baby. [2] From the Tameside village of Broadbottom, [3] she attended the Blue Coat School in Oldham. [4] [5] She took drama classes at Oldham Theatre Workshop, where she was spotted by Manchester Media City talent agency Scream Management, which began representing her. [5] [6]

Career

Early career (2017–2018)

Gibson made her acting debut as Indira Cave in the CBBC television series Jamie Johnson in 2017. [7] She went on to appear in the second and third series, appearing in a total of 17 episodes. [8]

Gibson in October 2022 Millie Gibson Oct 2022 (cropped).jpg
Gibson in October 2022

In November 2017, she appeared as Mia in the third episode of the BBC One drama series Love, Lies and Records . [9] [10]

In October 2018, she appeared in the three-part ITV drama series Butterfly as Lily Duffy. [11] [12]

Coronation Street (2019–2022)

In June 2019, Gibson joined the cast of the ITV soap opera Coronation Street as Kelly Neelan. [13] She originally appeared in five episodes [14] before returning as a regular character in April 2020. For her portrayal of Kelly, she won the award for Best Young Actor at the 2022 British Soap Awards. [15] [16] [17] She was also nominated for Best Actress at the Inside Soap Awards later that year. [18]

In August 2022, it was announced Gibson had decided to leave the soap and that she would depart later in the year. [19] [20] She made her final on-screen appearance as Kelly on 23 September 2022. [21]

Doctor Who (2023–present)

In November 2022, it was announced during the BBC's annual Children in Need telethon that Gibson would join the cast of Doctor Who in 2023 as Ruby Sunday, the companion of the Fifteenth Doctor, portrayed by Ncuti Gatwa. [22] She made her debut in the 2023 Christmas special, "The Church on Ruby Road", and is due to continue in the role for select appearances in the fifteenth series in 2025, [23] alongside Gatwa with Varada Sethu joining the cast as an additional companion. [24]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2017–2018 Jamie Johnson Indira CaveMain role [7]
2017 Love, Lies and Records MiaEpisode #1.3 [9]
2018 Butterfly Lily DuffyMain role [12]
2019–2022 Coronation Street Kelly Neelan Regular role; 215 episodes [13]
2023–present Doctor Who Ruby Sunday Main role; 10 episodes [22]
2024 Tales of the TARDIS Episode: "Pyramids of Mars"
TBA The Forsyte Saga IreneFilming [25]

Stage

YearTitleRoleVenueRef.
2015EyamJoy Foster Oldham Coliseum Theatre [26]
Comfort and JoyGrace Oldham Theatre Workshop [26]
2019Prom! The MusicalLisetteOldham Coliseum Theatre [27]

Radio

YearTitleRoleProductionNotesRef.
2018Me Myself IEsme BBC Radio 4 [28]
2019StoneAlice Stone5 episodes [29]

Audio

YearTitleRoleProductionNotesRef.
2024Ruby RedNarrator BBC Sounds Doctor Who

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2022 The British Soap Awards Best Young Performer Coronation Street Won [30]
National Television Awards Serial Drama PerformanceLonglisted [31]
Inside Soap Awards Best ActressNominated [18]
I Talk Telly AwardsBest Soap PerformanceNominated [32]

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  2. ↑ Coronation Street's Millie Gibson On Kelly's Verdict & The Secret Behind Her Eyebrow Gap | Lorraine , retrieved 21 November 2022
  3. ↑ "Broadbottom's Millie Gibson shines on Coronation Street debut". Tameside Radio . 11 July 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  4. ↑ Gibson, Millie (19 June 2022). "I mean, finally :)". Instagram . Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Corrie Cobbles success for Oldham star Millie". Oldham Evening Chronicle . 5 July 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "Millie Gibson - Scream Management". Scream Management. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
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