Actor profile

Gemma Whelan

23rd April 1981 Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK Acting

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.

15 Movies 33 TV Shows 48 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Recall Me Maybe poster

Recall Me Maybe 18th September 2025 as Cass

G.S.W. poster

G.S.W. 9th September 2025 as Dispatcher

Spiked poster

Spiked 3rd July 2025 as (voice)

National Theatre Live: Underdog: The Other Other Brontë poster

National Theatre Live: Underdog: The Other Other Brontë 9th August 2024 as Charlotte Brontë

Game Over poster

Game Over 1st January 2021 as Mother

Emma. poster

Emma. 13th February 2020 as Miss Taylor / Mrs. Weston

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch poster

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch 26th May 2019 as Self

Surviving Christmas with the Relatives poster

Surviving Christmas with the Relatives 30th November 2018 as Miranda

The Blue Door poster

The Blue Door 26th October 2018 as Clare

Sump poster

Sump 21st September 2017 as Kate

Prevenge poster

Prevenge 10th February 2017 as Len

Gulliver's Travels poster

Gulliver's Travels 23rd December 2010 as Lilliputian Rose

The Wolfman poster

The Wolfman 10th February 2010 as Gwen's Maid

Thanatos poster

Thanatos

The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde

Dexter Procter poster

Dexter Procter 1st December 2025 as Mrs Procter

Cristóbal Balenciaga poster

Cristóbal Balenciaga 19th January 2024 as Prudence Glynn

The Famous Five poster

The Famous Five 9th December 2023 as Gertrude Drachmann

DI Ray poster

DI Ray 2nd May 2022 as DCI Kerry Henderson

The Tower poster

The Tower 8th November 2021 as DI Sarah Collins

The Cleaner poster

The Cleaner 10th September 2021 as Lara

Between the Covers poster

Between the Covers 9th October 2020 as Self

White House Farm poster

White House Farm 8th January 2020 as Ann Eaton

Frayed poster

Frayed 26th September 2019 as Hannah

Gentleman Jack poster

Gentleman Jack 22nd April 2019 as Marian Lister

Killing Eve poster

Killing Eve 8th April 2018 as Geraldine

The End of the F***ing World poster

The End of the F***ing World 24th October 2017 as DC Eunice Noon

Queers. poster

Queers. 31st July 2017

Decline and Fall poster

Decline and Fall 31st March 2017 as Diane Fagan

The Moorside poster

The Moorside 7th February 2017 as Karen Matthews

The Crown poster

The Crown 4th November 2016 as Patricia Campbell

Upstart Crow poster

Upstart Crow 9th May 2016 as Kate

Not Safe for Work poster

Not Safe for Work 30th June 2015 as Davina

Hetty Feather poster

Hetty Feather 11th May 2015 as Ida Battersea

Star vs. the Forces of Evil poster

Star vs. the Forces of Evil 18th January 2015 as Solaria Butterfly (voice)

Mapp and Lucia poster

Mapp and Lucia 29th December 2014 as Irene Coles

Siblings poster

Siblings 7th August 2014 as Ruth

Almost Royal poster

Almost Royal 21st June 2014 as Narrator

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled poster

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled 16th June 2014 as Self

Inside No. 9 poster

Inside No. 9 5th February 2014 as Columbina, a Maid

Sweat the Small Stuff poster

Sweat the Small Stuff 30th April 2013 as Self - Panelist

The Day They Came to Suck Out Our Brains! 28th March 2013

Comedy Blaps 11th November 2011

Game of Thrones poster

Game of Thrones 17th April 2011 as Yara Greyjoy

The Persuasionists poster

The Persuasionists 13th January 2010 as Josephine

10 Minute Tales poster

10 Minute Tales 21st December 2009 as Pretty Nurse

Horrible Histories poster

Horrible Histories 16th April 2009

The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show 22nd February 2007 as Self