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

Yara Greyjoy

Horrible Histories

The Crown

Patricia Campbell

Star vs. the Forces of Evil

Solaria Butterfly (voice)

The Graham Norton Show

Self

Inside No. 9

Columbina, a Maid

Killing Eve

Geraldine

The End of the F***ing World

DC Eunice Noon

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	Spiked	(voice)
2024	National Theatre Live: Underdog: The Other Other Brontë	Charlotte Brontë
2021	Game Over	Mother
2020	Emma.	Miss Taylor / Mrs. Weston
2019	Game of Thrones: The Last Watch	Self
2018	Surviving Christmas with the Relatives	Miranda
2018	The Blue Door	Clare
2017	Prevenge	Len
2017	Sump	Kate
2010	Gulliver's Travels	Lilliputian Rose
2010	The Wolfman	Gwen's Maid
	The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde

Year	TV Show	Role
2024	Cristóbal Balenciaga	Prudence Glynn
2022	DI Ray	DCI Kerry Henderson
2021	The Tower	DS Sarah Collins
2021	The Cleaner	Lara
2020	White House Farm	Ann Eaton
2020	Between the Covers	Self
2019	Frayed	Hannah
2019	Gentleman Jack	Marian Lister
2018	Killing Eve	Geraldine
2017	The Moorside	Karen Matthews
2017	Queers.	Bobby
2017	The End of the F***ing World	DC Eunice Noon
2017	Decline and Fall	Diane Fagan
2017	Queers.
2016	Upstart Crow	Kate
2016	The Crown	Patricia Campbell
2015	Hetty Feather	Ida Battersea
2015	Star vs. the Forces of Evil	Solaria Butterfly (voice)
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
2009	Horrible Histories
2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self