Caitlin Blackwood

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Caitlin Blackwood
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Blackwood in 2012
Born (2000-06-23) 23 June 2000 (age 23)
Antrim, Northern Ireland
OccupationActress
Years active2010–present
Relatives Karen Gillan (cousin)

Caitlin Blackwood (born 23 June 2000) [1] is a British actress best known for playing the young Amy Pond in the BBC One TV programme Doctor Who . [2]

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Biography

Blackwood was born in Antrim, Northern Ireland, in 2000. [1] She moved with her family to Inverness in Scotland when she was six years old and has lived there ever since. [1]

Blackwood played Alexis in the 2015 episode "Preparing the Weapon" of the crowdfunded [3] TV series Cops and Monsters. [4] In 2018 she appeared in a short film called Sundown directed by Ryan Hendrick. [5]

She played the young Amelia Pond in several Doctor Who episodes; "The Eleventh Hour", "The Big Bang", "Let's Kill Hitler", and "The God Complex", with footage of her briefly reused in "The Angels Take Manhattan". She is the cousin of Karen Gillan, who portrayed the adult Amy Pond, although they had never met before Blackwood was cast. [6] Resemblance to Gillan was a factor in her casting. [7] [8] In 2018, she starred in Sundown, an award-winning short film by Scottish writer and director Ryan Hendrick. In 2020, she played Amy Pond in the Doctor Who short: "The Raggedy Doctor by Amelia Pond". [9]

In 2020, she appeared in the romantic comedy film Lost At Christmas , [10] [11] which also featured Doctor Who actors Sylvester McCoy and Frazer Hines.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)
2018SundownAbi [12]
2019 Get Duked! Schoolgirl [13]
2020 Lost at Christmas Clara [10] [11]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)
2010–2011 Doctor Who Amelia Pond 4 episodes (1 special) [14] [15]
2015Cops and MonstersAlexisEpisode: "Preparing the Weapon" [4]

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