'Doctor Who' & 'Guardians of the Galaxy' actress Karen Gillan lands first US starring role in ABC's new series 'Selfie'

Karen Gillan won the hearts of many as the affable and confident Amy Pond on Doctor Who and is ready for movie success with 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy and Oculus. But the young actress isn't showing signs of getting comfortable and slowing down since she was just cast in the leading role of the new ABC series Selfie. This will be Karen's first U.S. television role.

The Independent reports:

The comedy, which stars Gillan as 20-something Eliza Dooley, sees her become obsessed with her perception on social media. After suffering a public and humiliating breakup, she becomes the subject of a viral video and has more social media followers than she ever imagined- but for all the wrong reasons. The viral video leads to her enlisting the help of a marketing expert to help repair the damage to her online public image.

Selfie comes from Suburgatory creator Emily Kapnek and has been ordered to pilot.

Meanwhile, Karen recently grabbed headlines for defending her Doctor Who writer Steven Moffat after he was criticized for writing women poorly. Considering she was the main woman he wrote for from 2008 to 2013, her opinion clearly matters.

"I just don't understand that," the 26-year-old actress said. "I feel like [with Amy Pond] I had a very rounded, interesting, flawed and layered character to play."

Gillan added: "I wore skirts but Steven Moffat had nothing to do with that. He doesn't care about costumes. So I don't really understand [the criticism] if I've got to be honest."