8.5
TV
Acting
Gemma Whelan
- Born
- (age 45)
- Birthplace
- Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Credits
- 49 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
8.5
TV
8.0
TV
The End of the F***ing World
5.2
Movie
Gulliver's Travels
8.2
TV
The Crown
5.9
Movie
The Wolfman
7.0
Movie
Emma.
7.9
TV
Killing Eve
8.4
TV
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
8.1
TV
Inside No. 9
5.5
Movie
Prevenge
7.9
TV
Gentleman Jack
7.1
TV
White House Farm
6.8
TV
The Tower
6.9
TV
The Cleaner
8.0
TV
Horrible Histories
7.3
TV
Upstart Crow
6.9
TV
DI Ray
5.1
Movie
Surviving Christmas with the Relatives
Acting credits 49
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde Film | |
| TBA | Thanatos Film | |
| 2026 | 7 Miles Out Film | Bryn Westbourne |
| 2025 | Dexter Procter TV | Mrs Procter (1 ep) |
| 2025 | Recall Me Maybe Film | Cass |
| 2025 | G.S.W. Film | Dispatcher |
| 2025 | Spiked Film | Twinkles (voice) |
| 2024 | National Theatre Live: Underdog: The Other Other Brontë Film | Charlotte Brontë |
| 2024 | Cristóbal Balenciaga TV | Prudence Glynn (6 ep) |
| 2023 | The Famous Five TV | Gertrude Drachmann (1 ep) |
| 2022 | DI Ray TV | DCI Kerry Henderson (10 ep) |
| 2021 | The Tower TV | DS Sarah Collins, DI Sarah Collins (7 ep) |
| 2021 | The Cleaner TV | Lara (1 ep) |
| 2021 | Game Over Film | Mother |
| 2020 | Between the Covers TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2020 | Emma. Film | Miss Taylor / Mrs. Weston |
| 2020 | White House Farm TV | Ann Eaton (6 ep) |
| 2019 | Frayed TV | Hannah (2 ep) |
| 2019 | Game of Thrones: The Last Watch Film | Self |
| 2019 | Gentleman Jack TV | Marian Lister (16 ep) |
| 2018 | Surviving Christmas with the Relatives Film | Miranda |
| 2018 | The Blue Door Film | Clare |
| 2018 | Killing Eve TV | Geraldine (8 ep) |
| 2017 | The End of the F***ing World TV | DC Eunice Noon (5 ep) |
| 2017 | Sump Film | Kate |
| 2017 | Queers. TV | Bobby (1 ep) |
| 2017 | Decline and Fall TV | Diane Fagan (2 ep) |
| 2017 | Prevenge Film | Len |
| 2017 | The Moorside TV | Karen Matthews (2 ep) |
| 2016 | The Crown TV | Patricia Campbell (1 ep) |
| 2016 | Upstart Crow TV | Kate (18 ep) |
| 2015 | Not Safe for Work TV | Davina (1 ep) |
| 2015 | Hetty Feather TV | Ida Battersea (62 ep) |
| 2015 | Star vs. the Forces of Evil TV | Solaria Butterfly (voice) (1 ep) |
| 2014 | Mapp and Lucia TV | Irene Coles (3 ep) |
| 2014 | Siblings TV | Ruth (1 ep) |
| 2014 | Almost Royal TV | Narrator (15 ep) |
| 2014 | Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2014 | Inside No. 9 TV | Columbina, a Maid (1 ep) |
| 2013 | Sweat the Small Stuff TV | Self - Panelist (1 ep) |
| 2013 | The Day They Came to Suck Out Our Brains! TV | (10 ep) |
| 2011 | Comedy Blaps TV | Lost Woman in the Park, Bar Waitress (1 ep) |
| 2011 | Game of Thrones TV | Yara Greyjoy (14 ep) |
| 2010 | Gulliver's Travels Film | Lilliputian Rose |
| 2010 | The Wolfman Film | Gwen's Maid |
| 2010 | The Persuasionists TV | Josephine (3 ep) |
| 2009 | 10 Minute Tales TV | Pretty Nurse (1 ep) |
| 2009 | Horrible Histories TV | (21 ep) |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show TV | Self (1 ep) |
Crew credits 1
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Horrible Histories TV | Writer (1 ep) |