Gemma Whelan

Acting

Gemma Whelan

Born April 23, 1981 · Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK (age 45)

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

The WolfmanThe Wolfman · 2010
The Wolfman
5.92010
MovieHorror
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.
Emma.Emma. · 2020
Emma.
7.02020
MovieComedyRomance
In 1800s England, a well-meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.
Gulliver's TravelsGulliver's Travels · 2010
Gulliver's Travels
5.22010
MovieFamilyComedy
Travel writer Lemuel Gulliver takes an assignment in Bermuda, but ends up on the island of Liliput, where he towers over its tiny citizens.
SpikedSpiked · 2025
Spiked
8.02025
MovieAnimationFamily
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.
The Blue DoorThe Blue Door · 2018
The Blue Door
5.92018
MovieHorrorFantasy
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.
PrevengePrevenge · 2017
Prevenge
5.52017
MovieHorrorComedy
A pregnant widow, believing herself to be guided by her unborn child, embarks on a homicidal rampage.
National Theatre Live: Underdog: The Other Other BrontëNational Theatre Live: Underdog: The Other Other Brontë · 2024
National Theatre Live: Underdog: The Other Other Brontë
8.02024
Movie
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
Surviving Christmas with the RelativesSurviving Christmas with the Relatives · 2018
Surviving Christmas with the Relatives
5.12018
MovieComedy
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.

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National Theatre Live: Underdog: The Other Other BrontëNational Theatre Live: Underdog: The Other Other Brontë · 2024
National Theatre Live: Underdog: The Other Other Brontë
8.02024
Movie
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

Charlotte Brontë