Millie Gibson

For the American nurse, see Millie E. Hale.

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.

Millie Gibson
Gibson on the set of Doctor Who in 2023
Born	Amelia Eve Gibson (2004-06-19) 19 June 2004 (age 20) Tameside, Greater Manchester, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2017–present
Known for	Coronation Street (2019–2022) Doctor Who (2023–present)
Height	5 ft 2 in (157 cm)

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

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 Performer 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

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2017–2018	Jamie Johnson	Indira Cave	Main role	[7]
2017	Love, Lies and Records	Mia	Episode #1.3	[9]
2018	Butterfly	Lily Duffy	Main 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	Irene	Filming	[25]

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Ref.
2015	Eyam	Joy Foster	Oldham Coliseum Theatre	[26]
	Comfort and Joy	Grace	Oldham Theatre Workshop	[26]
2019	Prom! The Musical	Lisette	Oldham Coliseum Theatre	[27]

Radio

Year	Title	Role	Production	Notes	Ref.
2018	Me Myself I	Esme	BBC Radio 4		[28]
2019	Stone	Alice Stone		5 episodes	[29]

Audio

Year	Title	Role	Production	Notes	Ref.
2024	Ruby Red	Narrator	BBC Sounds	Doctor Who

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2022	The British Soap Awards	Best Young Performer	Coronation Street	Won	[30]
	National Television Awards	Serial Drama Performance		Longlisted	[31]
	Inside Soap Awards	Best Actress		Nominated	[18]
	I Talk Telly Awards	Best Soap Performance		Nominated	[32]