Gemma Whelan
Acting1981Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Biography
Gemma Elizabeth Whelan (born 23 April 1981) is an English actress and comedian known for portraying Yara Greyjoy in the HBO fantasy-drama series Game of Thrones. She also plays Kate in all seasons of the comedy Upstart Crow, Detective Eunice Noon on the first season of The End of the F***ing World on Channel 4, and Geraldine on the third season of Killing Eve.
Known For
Acting History
2025
2024
National Theatre Live: Underdog: The Other Other Brontë
as Charlotte Brontë
The Tower
TVas DI Sarah Collins• 4 eps
The Cleaner
TVas Lara• 1 eps
Cristóbal Balenciaga
TVas Prudence Glynn
2023
The Famous Five
TVas Gertrude Drachmann
2022
DI Ray
TVas DCI Kerry Henderson
2021
Game Over
as Mother
Inside No. 9
TVas Columbina, a Maid• 1 eps
2020
Emma.
as Miss Taylor / Mrs. Weston
White House Farm
TVas Ann Eaton• 6 eps
Killing Eve
TVas Geraldine• 8 eps
Between the Covers
TVas Self
2019
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
TVas Solaria Butterfly (voice)• 1 eps
Gentleman Jack
TVas Marian Lister• 16 eps
Frayed
TVas Hannah
2018
Surviving Christmas with the Relatives
as Miranda
The Blue Door
as Clare
2017
Prevenge
as Len
Sump
as Kate
The Crown
TVas Patricia Campbell• 1 eps
The End of the F***ing World
TVas DC Eunice Noon• 5 eps
Decline and Fall
TVas Diane Fagan
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
Queers.
TVas Bobby
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Moorside
TVas Karen Matthews
2016
Upstart Crow
TVas Kate
2015
Hetty Feather
TVas Ida Battersea
2014
Almost Royal
TVas Narrator
Mapp and Lucia
TVas Irene Coles
2013
Sweat the Small Stuff
TVas Self - Panelist
2012
Game of Thrones
TVas Yara Greyjoy• 14 eps
2011
Comedy Blaps
TVas Bar Waitress / Lost Woman in the Park
2010
Gulliver's Travels
as Lilliputian Rose
The Wolfman
as Gwen's Maid
2009
10 Minute Tales
TVas Pretty Nurse
Horrible Histories
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