Caitlin Blackwood

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

Caitlin Blackwood
Blackwood in 2012
Born	(2000-06-23) 23 June 2000 (age 24) Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2010–present
Relatives	Karen Gillan (cousin)

Biography

Blackwood was born in Antrim in 2000.^[1] She moved with her family to Inverness, 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 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

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2018	Sundown	Abi		[12]
2019	Get Duked!	Schoolgirl		[13]
2020	Lost at Christmas	Clara		[10][11]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2010–2011	Doctor Who	Amelia Pond	4 episodes (1 special)	[14][15]
2015	Cops and Monsters	Alexis	Episode: "Preparing the Weapon"	[4]