Gemma Whelan

Gemma Elizabeth Whelan was born on the 23rd of April 1981in Leeds and grew up in the Midlands. Gemma attended a girl’s school – The King’s High School in Warwick and London Studio Centre in England. Even though Gemma took stand-up comedy very seriously, she featured as Yara Greyjoy in the HBO fantasy-drama TV series Game of Thrones. Also, she starred in the following comedy season series: Upstart Crow, Detective Eunice Noon in the first season of The End Click to look into! >> Read More... of the Fucking World, and Geraldine in season three of Killing Eve.

In 2010, Gemma won the Funny Women Variety Award as a stand-up Comedian. In 2013, she performed in the Chastity Butterworth and The Spanish Hamster shows at Edinburgh Fringe, England. The following year, Gemma recorded a pilot chat show with her character as Chastity Butterworth for BBC Radio 4. In the same year Gemma won the Funny Women Variety Award, she played a supporting role in several films and TV shows, including in the films Gulliver Travel and The Wolfman Click to look into! >> Read More... . She played Kate in the BBC Two comedy series (appearing in all 18 main episodes, including three Christmas specials) Upstart.

She featured in all the series of The End of the Fucking World. She also played significant roles in comedy films such as Uncle and The Agency. Gemma portrayed Karen Matthews in the 2017 two-part TV drama The Moorside. Also, in 2019, the British actress appeared as Marian Lister in the BBC TV drama Gentleman Jack This historical drama co-produced by BBC One and H >> Read More... . She featured in the adaptation of Upstart Crow, three years later, at the Gielgud Theatre in London. In 2022, Whelan played the role of Kate in the West End stage play at the Apollo Theatre in England.