Gemma Whelan

Acting

Gemma Whelan

Born

1981-04-23 (45)

Place of birth

Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK

Known for

Acting

Credits

53 titles

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 poster
8.5

Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.

Game of Thrones

2011

The Graham Norton Show poster
7.2

Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.

The Graham Norton Show

2007

The Crown poster
8.2

The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.

The Crown

2016

Star vs. the Forces of Evil poster
8.4

Intergalactic warrior Star Butterfly arrives on Earth to live with the Diaz family. She continues to battle villains throughout the universe and high school, mainly to protect her extremely powerful wand, an object that still confuses her.

Star vs. the Forces of Evil

2015

Killing Eve poster
7.9

A security consultant hunts for a ruthless assassin. Equally obsessed with each other, they go head to head in an epic game of cat-and-mouse.

Killing Eve

2018

Inside No. 9 poster
8.1

An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.

Inside No. 9

2014

Film credits

2020s · 7 titles

Emma. poster
7.0

In 1800s England, a well-meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.

Emma.

2020

Spiked poster
8.0

Holly is a young, courageous hedgehog, but woefully sheltered by her overprotective Dad. Walter is an overworked, exhausted rabbit with a few dozen kids of his own, who just wants a change in his predictable routine. When this unlikely duo crashes into each other’s lives, things take a drastic turn. After a bump to the head Walter now believes that he is Sir Balderdash the Great – a hero, a warrior, a legend. While Holly, who is just thrilled to be out of the house, gets swept up in Walter's concussion fuelled fantasy.

Spiked

2025

National Theatre Live: Underdog: The Other Other Brontë poster
8.0

Reader, I think you know who is most quotable. Charlotte Brontë has a confession about how one sister became an idol, and the other became known as the third sister. You know the one. No, not that one. The other, other one… Anne. This is not a story about well-behaved women. This is a story about the power of words. It’s about sisters and sisterhood, love and jealousy, support and competition. Directed by Northern Stage Artistic Director Natalie Ibu (The White Card), Sarah Gordon’s (The Edit) new play is an irreverent retelling of the life and legend of the Brontë sisters, and the story of the sibling power dynamics that shaped their uneven rise to fame. A co-production from National Theatre and Northern Stage

National Theatre Live: Underdog: The Other Other Brontë

2024

Recall Me Maybe poster
NR

Stephen Fry and Gemma Whelan star in 'Recall Me Maybe' a new FT drama written by David Baddiel, exploring AI, memory and truth. Fry plays a grandfather with dementia who uses AI to fill in gaps in his memory. While reviewing the archive of his life his family makes a shocking discovery. Which memories are really true? And how AI is defining who we are?

Recall Me Maybe

2025

7 Miles Out poster
NR

After her father's suicide in 1977, 11-year-old Ann struggles with grief, alcoholism, and promiscuity. Exploring her sexuality and self-destruction, she finds solace in art, overcomes family secrets, and achieves acclaim as a filmmaker.

7 Miles Out

2026

Game Over poster
NR

A routine patrol for two soldiers becomes a cat-and-mouse, life-or-death ordeal, with a difference.

Game Over

2021

G.S.W. poster
NR

A man is dying from a gunshot wound when the paramedic treating him discovers he's the perpetrator of a school shooting at her child's primary school, which puts her in an impossible situation.

G.S.W.

2025

2010s · 7 titles

The Wolfman poster
5.9

Lawrence Talbot, an American man on a visit to Victorian London to make amends with his estranged father, gets bitten by a werewolf and, after a moonlight transformation, leaves him with a savage hunger for flesh.

The Wolfman

2010

Gulliver's Travels poster
5.2

Travel writer Lemuel Gulliver takes an assignment in Bermuda, but ends up on the island of Liliput, where he towers over its tiny citizens.

Gulliver's Travels

2010

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch poster
7.0

For a year, acclaimed British filmmaker Jeanie Finlay was embedded on the set of the hit HBO series “Game of Thrones,” chronicling the creation of the show’s most ambitious and complicated season. Debuting one week after the series 8 finale, GAME OF THRONES: THE LAST WATCH delves deep into the mud and blood to reveal the tears and triumphs involved in the challenge of bringing the fantasy world of Westeros to life in the very real studios, fields and car-parks of Northern Ireland. Made with unprecedented access, GAME OF THRONES: THE LAST WATCH is an up-close and personal portrait from the trenches of production, following the crew and the cast as they contend with extreme weather, punishing deadlines and an ever-excited fandom hungry for spoilers. Much more than a “making of” documentary, this is a funny, heartbreaking story, told with wit and intimacy, about the bittersweet pleasures of what it means to create a world – and then have to say goodbye to it.

Game of Thrones: The Last Watch

2019

Surviving Christmas with the Relatives poster
5.1

Two sisters come together to spend Christmas with their families in their recently deceased parents’ falling down country house, with hilariously chaotic consequences, as ancient sibling rivalries flare up again to sabotage the hoped for season of good will.

Surviving Christmas with the Relatives

2018

Prevenge poster
5.5

A pregnant widow, believing herself to be guided by her unborn child, embarks on a homicidal rampage.

Prevenge

2017

The Blue Door poster
5.9

A district nurse is assigned a new patient living alone in a dilapidated bungalow. The nurse soon discovers that her dying patient and the home she inhabits are hiding a dark secret.

The Blue Door

2018

Sump poster
1.0

When Sally's husband is trapped in an underground cave during a diving accident she finds herself trapped in the company of a talkative constable and an unwelcome guest.

Sump

2017

Series credits

Game of Thrones poster
8.5

Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.

Game of Thrones

2011

The Graham Norton Show poster
7.2

Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.

The Graham Norton Show

2007

The Crown poster
8.2

The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.

The Crown

2016

Star vs. the Forces of Evil poster
8.4

Intergalactic warrior Star Butterfly arrives on Earth to live with the Diaz family. She continues to battle villains throughout the universe and high school, mainly to protect her extremely powerful wand, an object that still confuses her.

Star vs. the Forces of Evil

2015

Killing Eve poster
7.9

A security consultant hunts for a ruthless assassin. Equally obsessed with each other, they go head to head in an epic game of cat-and-mouse.

Killing Eve

2018

Inside No. 9 poster
8.1

An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.

Inside No. 9

2014

Horrible Histories poster
8.0

Based on the best-selling children's books and liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo, a group of British comedians offer an anarchic and unconventional take on some of history's most gruesome and funny moments, with topics including the Stone Age, the Middle Ages, the Egyptians and the Romans, among others.

Horrible Histories

2009

The Cleaner poster
6.9

After CSI have done their stuff, the cleaner mops up the grisly remains. For Wicky, a bloodbath and the pub is all in a day's work.

The Cleaner

2021

The Tower poster
6.8

A veteran beat cop and teenage girl fall to their deaths from a tower block in south-east London, leaving a five-year-old boy and rookie police officer Lizzie Griffiths on the roof, only for them to go missing. Detective Sergeant Sarah Collins is drafted in to investigate, working to find Lizzie before she comes to serious harm, but also to uncover the truth behind the grisly tower block deaths.

The Tower

2021

The Tower poster
6.8

A veteran beat cop and teenage girl fall to their deaths from a tower block in south-east London, leaving a five-year-old boy and rookie police officer Lizzie Griffiths on the roof, only for them to go missing. Detective Sergeant Sarah Collins is drafted in to investigate, working to find Lizzie before she comes to serious harm, but also to uncover the truth behind the grisly tower block deaths.

The Tower

2021

The End of the F***ing World poster
8.0

James is 17 and is pretty sure he is a psychopath. Alyssa, also 17, is the cool and moody new girl at school. The pair make a connection and she persuades him to embark on a darkly comedic road trip in search of her real father.

The End of the F***ing World

2017

No artwork available
NR

Comedy Blaps is Channel 4's vehicle for piloting comedy online. Some pilots consist of a single short, whereas others consist of a few shorts.

Comedy Blaps

2011

No artwork available
NR

Comedy Blaps is Channel 4's vehicle for piloting comedy online. Some pilots consist of a single short, whereas others consist of a few shorts.

Comedy Blaps

2011

No artwork available
NR

Comedy Blaps is Channel 4's vehicle for piloting comedy online. Some pilots consist of a single short, whereas others consist of a few shorts.

Comedy Blaps

2011

Upstart Crow poster
7.3

Comedy about the life and times of William Shakespeare as he starts to make a name for himself in London, whilst also trying to balance life as a husband and father for his family in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Upstart Crow

2016

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled poster
7.1

One of Britain’s favourite comedians doing what he does best – being funny. But Alan Davies isn’t on a stage, or behind his QI desk sparring with Stephen Fry, or even wearing his Jonathan Creek duffle coat… instead, Alan is at his most relaxed and most natural – sitting around chatting with some of his best comedian friends.

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

2014

Gentleman Jack poster
7.9

Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, 1832. Anne Lister attempts to revitalize her inherited home, Shibden Hall. Most notably for the time period, a part of her plan is to help the fate of her own family - by taking a wife.

Gentleman Jack

2019

DI Ray poster
6.9

DI Ray is set in Birmingham and follows Leicester-born Rachita Ray, a police officer who takes on a case that forces her to confront a lifelong personal conflict between her British identity and her South Asian heritage.

DI Ray

2022

Frayed poster
7.2

Fabulously wealthy London housewife Sammy, is forced to return to the town in Australia she grew up in. But in coming home, Sammy must revisit her past and the events that led her to flee as a teenager years ago.

Frayed

2019

Between the Covers poster
5.5

Sara Cox hosts this new book club bringing the nation together through sharing the pleasure of reading. Each edition features a celebrity panel discussing their favourite book and two review sections.

Between the Covers

2020

Hetty Feather poster
8.4

In Victorian London, feisty heroine Hetty Feather is trapped in the Foundling Hospital, the strict institution ruled over by the formidable Matron Bottomley. Aided by friends and thwarted by enemies, Hetty battles to win her freedom and finally find her real mother. Based on the book by Jacqueline Wilson.

Hetty Feather

2015

10 Minute Tales poster
7.5

The biggest names in writing, acting and directing come together in a series of shorts on Sky1 HD this festive period. Experience a novel Noel with these original, uplifting and highly creative slices of silent cinema that prove actions do speak louder than words. Starring Mackenzie Crook, Bill Nighy, Peter Capaldi, Ross Kemp, and a host of major stars, each of the 10 Minute Tales promises to be a unique and engaging look at life, loss, and love.

10 Minute Tales

2009

Not Safe for Work poster
6.8

Not Safe for Work is a 2015 British comedy-drama series created and written by D.C. Moore for Channel 4. A group of disillusioned Londoner civil servants are forced to relocate to Northampton after public sector cuts, focusing on their personal and professional struggles as they navigate a new, less glamourous office environment.

Not Safe for Work

2015

Sweat the Small Stuff poster
5.0

Nick Grimshaw hosts the panel show that makes a big deal about the little things in life.

Sweat the Small Stuff

2013

The Famous Five poster
6.2

There's adventure around every corner with The Famous Five! Join Julian, George, Dick, Anne and Timmy as they uncover mystery and excitement.

The Famous Five

2023

White House Farm poster
7.1

Factual drama based on the notorious White House Farm murders, and the ensuing police investigation and court case.

White House Farm

2020

Queers. poster
5.9

A series of eight monologues set in the same pub over many years of gay history in response to the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act.

Queers.

2017

Queers. poster
5.9

A series of eight monologues set in the same pub over many years of gay history in response to the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act.

Queers.

2017

Cristóbal Balenciaga poster
7.2

Cristóbal Balenciaga makes his debut as a designer in Paris, but the designs that set a trend in Spain don't work well in the sophisticated empire of fashion where Chanel, Dior, and Givenchy set the trends. Guided by his obsession with control in all aspects of his life, Balenciaga will define his style and end up becoming the greatest of all.

Cristóbal Balenciaga

2024

Almost Royal poster
7.0

Almost Royal is a tale of two young British aristocrats on their first trip around the United States, interacting with real-life Americans. Currently 50th and 51st in line to the throne, siblings George and Poppy Carlton are the latest Brits on the scene.

Almost Royal

2014

Decline and Fall poster
5.7

Paul Pennyfeather is an inoffensive divinity student at Oxford University in the 1920s who is wrongly dismissed for indecent exposure having been made the victim of a prank by The Bollinger Club.

Decline and Fall

2017

Siblings poster
6.1

Each week, through their own selfishness and idiocy, we see Hannah and Dan — the worst brother and sister in the world — spectacularly wreck the lives of those around them — old friends, love interests, family members, and the unlucky individuals who just happen to cross their paths.

Siblings

2014

The Persuasionists poster
5.0

A look at the lives of five overpaid and underworked employees at fictional advertising agency HHH&H.

The Persuasionists

2010

Mapp and Lucia poster
6.3

1930s comedy drama based on EF Benson's novels, about the rivalry between two women in a quaint village.

Mapp and Lucia

2014

No artwork available
NR

Planet Earth is under attack from an extraterrestrial menace intent on sucking out our brains - protect your brains. Always wear a hat. Warning: contains actual brain sucking.

The Day They Came to Suck Out Our Brains!

2013

Dexter Procter poster
NR

A 10-year-old prodigy works as a paediatrician, tackling bizarre medical cases while dealing with a resentful senior doctor who's determined to end his career.

Dexter Procter

2025

The Moorside poster
6.8

In February 2008, nine-year-old Shannon Matthews is reported missing. A frantic search quickly becomes a murder inquiry. Led by Julie Bushby, the community rallies around Shannon's grief-stricken mother Karen, determined to find her daughter and show that, although she's from a poor background, Shannon's life is as important as any other. As hope fades and doubts about Karen arise, Shannon is found — with a man her mother knows. Who is this man, and what is his connection to Karen?

The Moorside

2017