Gemma Whelan
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
7 Miles Out
2026
as Bryn Westbourne
Spiked
2025
as Twinkles (voice)
G.S.W.
2025
as Dispatcher
Recall Me Maybe
2025
as Cass
Dexter Procter
2025
as Mrs Procter
National Theatre Live: Underdog: The Other Other Brontë
2024
as Charlotte Brontë
Cristóbal Balenciaga
2024
as Prudence Glynn
The Famous Five
2023
as Gertrude Drachmann
DI Ray
2022
as DCI Kerry Henderson
Game Over
2021
as Mother
The Tower
2021
as DS Sarah Collins
The Cleaner
2021
as Lara
The Tower
2021
as DI Sarah Collins
Emma.
2020
as Miss Taylor / Mrs. Weston
White House Farm
2020
as Ann Eaton
Between the Covers
2020
as Self
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch
2019
as Self
Frayed
2019
as Hannah
Gentleman Jack
2019
as Marian Lister
Surviving Christmas with the Relatives
2018
as Miranda
The Blue Door
2018
as Clare
Killing Eve
2018
as Geraldine
Prevenge
2017
as Len
Sump
2017
as Kate
The Moorside
2017
as Karen Matthews
Queers.
2017
as Bobby
The End of the F***ing World
2017
as DC Eunice Noon
Queers.
2017
Decline and Fall
2017
as Diane Fagan
Upstart Crow
2016
as Kate
The Crown
2016
as Patricia Campbell
Hetty Feather
2015
as Ida Battersea
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
2015
as Solaria Butterfly (voice)
Not Safe for Work
2015
as Davina
Inside No. 9
2014
as Columbina, a Maid
Almost Royal
2014
as Narrator
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014
as Self
Mapp and Lucia
2014
as Irene Coles
Siblings
2014
as Ruth
Sweat the Small Stuff
2013
as Self - Panelist
The Day They Came to Suck Out Our Brains!
2013
Game of Thrones
2011
as Yara Greyjoy
Comedy Blaps
2011
as Lost Woman in the Park
Comedy Blaps
2011
as Bar Waitress
Comedy Blaps
2011
Gulliver's Travels
2010
as Lilliputian Rose
The Wolfman
2010
as Gwen's Maid
The Persuasionists
2010
as Josephine
Horrible Histories
2009
10 Minute Tales
2009
as Pretty Nurse
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self