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