Gemma Whelan

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.

Career Overview

Gemma Whelan has 30 screen credits in a career dating back to 2007. Signature works include The Tower, Spiked, Recall Me Maybe. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

female

Known Credits

30

Birth Date

1981-04-23 00:00:00

Birth Place

Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK

Known For

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  The Tower
• 

  Spiked
• 

  Recall Me Maybe
• 

  National Theatre Live: Underdog: The Other Other Brontë
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  Surviving Christmas with the Relatives
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  The Blue Door

Frequent Collaborators

• Tahirah Sharif (1 collaborations)
• Jimmy Akingbola (1 collaborations)
• Emmett J. Scanlan (1 collaborations)
• Bobby Lockwood (1 collaborations)
• Ella Smith (1 collaborations)
• Karl Davies (1 collaborations)
• Michael Karim (1 collaborations)
• Daniel Adegboyega (1 collaborations)
• Laurie Delaney (1 collaborations)
• Lamar Waves (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (29 credits)

  • The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • 7 Miles Out

    Bryn Westbourne

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Thanatos

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • Dexter Procter

    Mrs Procter

    actor

    actors

    - Episode 1 (2025) ... Mrs Procter actor actors
    2025
  • Recall Me Maybe

    Cass

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • G.S.W.

    Dispatcher

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • Spiked

    Twinkles (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • National Theatre Live: Underdog: The Other Other Brontë

    Charlotte Brontë

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • The Famous Five

    - Big Trouble on Billycock Hill (2025) ... Gertrude Drachmann actor actors
    2023
  • The Tower

    DI Sarah Collins

    actor

    actors

    - Episode 4 (2024) ... DI Sarah Collins actor actors

    - Episode 3 (2024) ... DI Sarah Collins actor actors

    - Episode 2 (2024) ... DI Sarah Collins actor actors

    - Episode 1 (2024) ... DI Sarah Collins actor actors

    - Episode 4 (2023) ... DI Sarah Collins actor actors
    2021
  • Game Over

    Mother

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • The Cleaner

    - The Baby (2024) ... Lara actor actors
    2021
  • Emma.

    Miss Taylor / Mrs. Weston

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Game of Thrones: The Last Watch

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Surviving Christmas with the Relatives

    Miranda

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • The Blue Door

    Clare

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Killing Eve

    - Are You Leading or Am I? (2020) ... Geraldine actor actors

    - Beautiful Monster (2020) ... Geraldine actor actors

    - End of Game (2020) ... Geraldine actor actors

    - Are You from Pinner? (2020) ... Geraldine actor actors

    - Still Got It (2020) ... Geraldine actor actors
    2018
  • Sump

    Kate

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Prevenge

    Len

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • The End of the F***ing World

    - Episode 8 (2017) ... DC Eunice Noon actor actors

    - Episode 7 (2017) ... DC Eunice Noon actor actors

    - Episode 6 (2017) ... DC Eunice Noon actor actors

    - Episode 5 (2017) ... DC Eunice Noon actor actors

    - Episode 4 (2017) ... DC Eunice Noon actor actors
    2017
  • Upstart Crow

    Kate

    actor

    actors

    - Go On and I Will Follow (2018) ... Kate actor actors

    - The Most Unkindest Cut of All (2018) ... Kate actor actors

    - Sigh No More (2018) ... Kate actor actors

    - If You Prick Us, Do We Not Bleed? (2018) ... Kate actor actors

    - Wild Laughter in the Throat of Death (2018) ... Kate actor actors
    2016
  • The Crown

    - Marionettes (2017) ... Patricia Campbell actor actors
    2016
  • Star vs. the Forces of Evil

    - Pizza Party (2019) ... Solaria Butterfly (voice) actor actors
    2015
  • Inside No. 9

    - Wuthering Heist (2021) ... Columbina, a Maid actor actors
    2014
  • Game of Thrones

    - The Iron Throne (2019) ... Yara Greyjoy actor actors

    - Winterfell (2019) ... Yara Greyjoy actor actors

    - The Winds of Winter (2016) ... Yara Greyjoy actor actors

    - Battle of the Bastards (2016) ... Yara Greyjoy actor actors

    - The Broken Man (2016) ... Yara Greyjoy actor actors
    2011
  • Gulliver's Travels

    Lilliputian Rose

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • The Wolfman

    Gwen's Maid

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Horrible Histories

    - Terrible Tudors (2018) ... actor actors

    - Awesome Ancient Civilisations (2018) ... actor actors

    - Savage Songs (2018) ... actor actors

    - Deadly Dynasties (2018) ... actor actors

    - Formidable Florence Nightingale (2017) ... actor actors
    2009
  • The Graham Norton Show

    - Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Jack Whitehall, Gemma Whelan (2017) ... Self actor actors
    2007

• writing (1 credits)

  • Horrible Histories

    - Ingenious Inventors (2017) ... writer writing
    2009