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Caitlin Blackwood Height, Weight, Age, Body Statistics

Caitlin Blackwood Quick Info
Height 5 ft
Weight 48 kg
Date of Birth June 23, 2000
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Eye Color Blue

Caitlin Blackwood is a British actress who shot to fame playing the role of the young Amelia Pond in several episodes such as The Eleventh Hour (2010) and The God Complex (2011) of the BBC One TV show Doctor Who.

Born Name

Caitlin Blackwood

Nick Name

Caitlin

Caitlin Blackwood at the 2012 New York Comic Con
Caitlin Blackwood at the 2012 New York Comic Con (Luigi Novi / Wikimedia / CC BY-3.0)

Sun Sign

Cancer

Born Place

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Residence

Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom

Nationality

British

 

Education

She attended St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School in Inverness, Scotland. She then went to the Italia Conti Academy in London after finishing her GCSEs. After that, she enrolled in a college based in Edinburgh with acting as her subject.

Occupation

Actress

Family

  • Mother – Linda Blackwood
  • OthersKaren Gillan (Older Cousin) (Actress, Filmmaker)

Manager

She is represented by Hunwick Hughes.

Build

Slim

Height

5 ft or 152.5 cm

Weight

48 kg or 106 lbs

Caitlin Blackwood in an Instagram selife as seen in September 2016
Caitlin Blackwood in an Instagram selife as seen in September 2016 (Caitlin Blackwood / Instagram)

Race / Ethnicity

White

She is of Scottish descent.

Hair Color

Auburn

She often tends to dye her hair in different shades.

Eye Color

Blue

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Caitlin Blackwood in a selfie in September 2017
Caitlin Blackwood in a selfie in September 2017 (Caitlin Blackwood / Instagram)

Distinctive Features

  • Petite stature
  • Babyface

Caitlin Blackwood Favorite Things

  • Snack – Fish fingers and custard
  • Destination – America
  • Pastime – Spending time with her family and friends in her home in the Highlands of Scotland
  • Passion – Social service for her local community, Serving as a member of the Air Cadets

Source – CaitlinBlackwood.com, YouTube

Caitlin Blackwood in an Instagram post as seen in April 2018
Caitlin Blackwood in an Instagram post as seen in April 2018 (Caitlin Blackwood / Instagram)

Caitlin Blackwood Facts

  1. She moved with her family to Inverness in Scotland at the age of 6 and settled there permanently.
  2. She is the cousin of Karen Gillan who has played the adult Amy Pond.
  3. Caitlin and Karen met for the first time on set.
  4. She got the role of the young Amy Pond mainly because of her physical similarity with her cousin. It has not been a surprise that she grew up also to closely resemble her.
  5. It was Karen who convinced producers to cast Caitlin as the younger version of herself. However, Caitlin had to go through rigorous auditions.
  6. When she came to know that she had landed the role of Amelia Pond, she got extremely excited and kept pinching herself to see if she was dreaming.
  7. She made history when she was cast in Amelia’s role as that was the first companion on the show to be introduced as a child to both the audience as well as the Doctor played by Matt Smith. She was only 9 years old at the time of filming.
  8. The headteacher Christine Cameron of her school, St Joseph’s, had affirmed that the whole school had been delighted and proud of their new star pupil. She had also stated that Caitlin had been a quiet and modest child, very talented but never boastful of her achievements.
  9. The weirdest gifts she has received from fans have been pictures of fish fingers and custard. She has sometimes got startled to be greeted by fans dressed up as the character Amelia Pond that she has played on screen as it has seemed to her that she is meeting herself and it has been a very strange feeling for her.

Featured Image by Luigi Novi / Wikimedia / CC BY-3.0

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