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

April 17, 2011

The End of the F***ing World

Star vs. the Forces of Evil

January 18, 2015

Killing Eve

April 8, 2018

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch

May 26, 2019

The Graham Norton Show

February 22, 2007

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
—	The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde
—	Underdog: The Other Other Brontë - National Theatre at Home	Charlotte Brontë
2024	Cristóbal Balenciaga	Prudence Glynn
2022	DI Ray	DCI Kerry Henderson
2021	The Tower	DS Sarah Collins
2021	The Cleaner	Lara
2021	Game Over	Mother
2020	Emma.	Miss Taylor / Mrs. Weston
2020	White House Farm	Ann Eaton
2019	Game of Thrones: The Last Watch	Self
2019	Gentleman Jack	Marian Lister
2019	Frayed	Hannah
2018	Killing Eve	Geraldine
2018	Surviving Christmas with the Relatives	Miranda
2018	The Blue Door	Clare
2017	The End of the F***ing World	DC Eunice Noon
2017	Prevenge	Len
2017	The Moorside	Karen Matthews
2017	Decline and Fall	Diane Fagan
2017	Queers.	Bobby
2017	Queers.
2017	Sump	Kate
2016	The Crown	Patricia Campbell
2016	Upstart Crow	Kate
2015	Star vs. the Forces of Evil	Solaria Butterfly (voice)
2015	Hetty Feather	Ida Battersea
2014	Inside No. 9	Columbina, a Maid
2014	Almost Royal	Narrator
2014	Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled	Self
2014	Mapp and Lucia	Irene Coles
2013	Sweat the Small Stuff	Self - Panelist
2011	Game of Thrones	Yara Greyjoy
2010	Gulliver's Travels	Lilliputian Rose
2010	The Wolfman	Gwen's Maid
2009	Horrible Histories
2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2009	Horrible Histories	Writer