Nationality British Name Gemma Whelan Height 5 ft 6 in (167 cm) | Years active 2005–present Occupation Actress, comedian Role Actress | |
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Full Name Gemma Elizabeth Whelan Movies and TV shows Game of Thrones, The Wolfman, Gulliver's Travels Similar People Finn Jones, Jessica Henwick, D B Weiss, Natalia Tena, David Benioff | ||
Game of thrones yara greyjoy gemma whelan thronecast interview
Gemma Elizabeth Whelan (born 23 April 1981) is an English actress and comedian, known for playing Yara Greyjoy in the HBO fantasy-drama series Game of Thrones.
Contents
- Game of thrones yara greyjoy gemma whelan thronecast interview
- Gemma Whelans Embarrassing Game Of Thrones Moment The Graham Norton Show
- Biography
- Career
- Filmography
- References
Gemma Whelan's Embarrassing Game Of Thrones Moment | The Graham Norton Show
Biography
In addition to being an actress and comedian, Whelan is also a professional dancer specialising in the tap and jazz dance styles. She is a member of the dance troupe the Beaux Belles, based in London. She is also trained in musical theatre and has a mezzo-soprano singing voice. Whelan can speak conversational Spanish. She lives in London. In July 2017, she announced she is expecting her first child with husband Gerry.
Career
As a comedian, Whelan won the Funny Women Variety Award for stand-up comedy in 2010. She often performs stand-up in character as Chastity Butterworth and in 2014 she recorded a pilot chat show for BBC Radio 4 called The Chastity Butterworth Show.
On screen, she has played supporting roles in several films and TV shows, including in the 2010 films Gulliver's Travels and The Wolfman. She has had roles in comedies including Upstart Crow, Uncle and The Agency.
In August 2011, she was cast as Yara Greyjoy in the HBO fantasy-drama television series Game of Thrones, and appeared as a recurring cast member from the second season onward.
Filmography
Actress
-
Squadron 42 (Video Game) (announced) as
Becca Farneway
2023
Balenciaga (TV Series) (post-production) as
Prudence Glynn
- Episode #1.6 (2023) - Prudence Glynn
- Episode #1.5 (2023) - Prudence Glynn
- Episode #1.3 (2023) - Prudence Glynn
- Episode #1.4 (2023) - Prudence Glynn
- Episode #1.2 (2023) - Prudence Glynn
- Episode #1.1 (2023) - Prudence Glynn
-
Untitled Pajama Men Project (TV Movie) (completed) as
Glenda
2022
DI Ray (TV Series) as
DCI Kerry Henderson
- Episode #2.3 (2023) - DCI Kerry Henderson
- Episode #2.2 (2023) - DCI Kerry Henderson
- Episode #2.1 (2023) - DCI Kerry Henderson
- Part Three (2022) - DCI Kerry Henderson
- Part Two (2022) - DCI Kerry Henderson
- Part Four (2022) - DCI Kerry Henderson
- Part One (2022) - DCI Kerry Henderson
- Episode #2.5 - DCI Kerry Henderson
- Episode #2.4 - DCI Kerry Henderson
- Episode #2.6 - DCI Kerry Henderson
2021
The Tower (TV Series) as
DS Sarah Collins
- Episode #2.4 (2023) - DS Sarah Collins
- Episode #2.3 (2023) - DS Sarah Collins
- Episode #2.2 (2023) - DS Sarah Collins
- Episode #2.1 (2023) - DS Sarah Collins
- Episode #1.3 (2021) - DS Sarah Collins
- Episode #1.2 (2021) - DS Sarah Collins
- Episode #1.1 (2021) - DS Sarah Collins
2017
Horrible Histories (TV Series) as
Various
- Big BBC Birthday Bonanza (2022)
- Moon Mayhem (2019) - Various
- Bizzare Beasts (2019) - Various
- Atrocious Artists (2017) - Various
- Ridiculous Romantics (2017) - Various
- Exceptional Explorers (2017) - Various
- Monstrous Musicians (2017) - Various
2019
Gentleman Jack (TV Series) as
Marian Lister
- It's not Illegal (2022) - Marian Lister
- What's All That Got to Do with Jesus Though? (2022) - Marian Lister
- I Can Be as a Meteor in Your Life (2022) - Marian Lister
- A Lucky and Narrow Escape (2022) - Marian Lister
- I'm Not the Other Woman, She Is (2022) - Marian Lister
- Tripe All Over the Place, Presumably (2022) - Marian Lister
- Two Jacks Don't Suit (2022) - Marian Lister
- Faith Is All (2022) - Marian Lister
- Are You Still Talking? (2019) - Marian Lister
- Why've You Brought That? (2019) - Marian Lister
- Do Ladies Do That? (2019) - Marian Lister
- Let's Have Another Look at Your Past Perfect (2019) - Marian Lister
- Most Women Are Dull and Stupid (2019) - Marian Lister
- Oh Is That What You Call It? (2019) - Marian Lister
- I Just Went There to Study Anatomy (2019) - Marian Lister
- I Was Just Passing (2019) - Marian Lister
2022
Elden Ring (Video Game) as
Tanith (voice)
2021
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker (Video Game) as
Ameliance / Galene (voice)
2021
Frayed (TV Series) as
Hannah
- Episode #2.3 (2021) - Hannah
- Episode #2.1 (2021) - Hannah
2021
Hireth (Short) as
Eve (voice)
2021
Inside No. 9 (TV Series) as
Columbina, a Maid
- Wuthering Heist (2021) - Columbina, a Maid
2016
Upstart Crow (TV Series) as
Kate
- Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow: A Lockdown Christmas 1603 (2020) - Kate
- A Crow Christmas Carol (2018) - Kate
- Go On and I Will Follow (2018) - Kate
- The Most Unkindest Cut of All (2018) - Kate
- Sigh No More (2018) - Kate
- If You Prick Us, Do We Not Bleed? (2018) - Kate
- Wild Laughter in the Throat of Death (2018) - Kate
- Lord, What Fools These Mortals Be! (2018) - Kate
- A Christmas Crow (2017) - Kate
- Sweet Sorrow (2017) - Kate
- Beware My Sting! (2017) - Kate
- Food of Love (2017) - Kate
- I Did Adore a Twinkling Star (2017) - Kate
- I Know Thee Not, Old Man (2017) - Kate
- The Green-Eyed Monster (2017) - Kate
- The Quality of Mercy (2016) - Kate
- What Bloody Man Is That? (2016) - Kate
- Love Is Not Love (2016) - Kate
- The Apparel Proclaims the Man (2016) - Kate
- The Play's the Thing (2016) - Kate
- Star Crossed Lovers (2016) - Kate
2020
Sheltered (Podcast Series) as
Veronica
- The Empress (2020) - Veronica
- The Cube (2020) - Veronica
- The Tale of the Crystal (2020) - Veronica
- The Psychiatrist (2020) - Veronica
- The Farm (2020) - Veronica
- Guinea Pigs (2020) - Veronica
2020
Killing Eve (TV Series) as
Geraldine
- Are You Leading or Am I? (2020) - Geraldine
- Beautiful Monster (2020) - Geraldine
- End of Game (2020) - Geraldine
- Still Got It (2020) - Geraldine
- Meetings Have Biscuits (2020) - Geraldine
- Management Sucks (2020) - Geraldine
2020
Emma. as
Miss Taylor / Mrs. Weston
2020
The Murders at White House Farm (TV Mini Series) as
Ann Eaton
- Episode #1.6 (2020) - Ann Eaton
- Episode #1.5 (2020) - Ann Eaton
- Episode #1.4 (2020) - Ann Eaton
- Episode #1.3 (2020) - Ann Eaton
- Episode #1.2 (2020) - Ann Eaton
- Episode #1.1 (2020) - Ann Eaton
2012
Game of Thrones (TV Series) as
Yara Greyjoy
- The Iron Throne (2019) - Yara Greyjoy
- Winterfell (2019) - Yara Greyjoy
- The Queen's Justice (2017) - Yara Greyjoy
- Stormborn (2017) - Yara Greyjoy
- The Winds of Winter (2016) - Yara Greyjoy
- Battle of the Bastards (2016) - Yara Greyjoy
- The Broken Man (2016) - Yara Greyjoy
- The Door (2016) - Yara Greyjoy
- Book of the Stranger (2016) - Yara Greyjoy
- Home (2016) - Yara Greyjoy
- The Laws of Gods and Men (2014) - Yara Greyjoy
- Mhysa (2013) - Yara Greyjoy
- The Prince of Winterfell (2012) - Yara Greyjoy
- The Ghost of Harrenhal (2012) - Yara Greyjoy
- What Is Dead May Never Die (2012) - Yara Greyjoy
- The Night Lands (2012) - Yara Greyjoy
2019
Star vs. the Forces of Evil (TV Series) as
Additional Voices
- Pizza Party/The Tavern at the End of the Multiverse (2019) - Additional Voices (voice)
2018
Happy new year as
Miranda
2018
Danger Mouse (TV Series) as
Ego
- For Your Insides Only (2018) - Ego (voice)
2016
Hetty Feather (TV Series) as
Ida Battersea
- Family (2018) - Ida Battersea (voice)
- The Past Returns (2017) - Ida Battersea
- Dangerous Game (2017) - Ida Battersea
- News from Nowhere (2017) - Ida Battersea
- Discoveries (2016) - Ida Battersea
- Plans (2016) - Ida Battersea
- Letters (2016) - Ida Battersea
- Dreams (2016) - Ida Battersea
- Remember Me (2016) - Ida Battersea
- Blanche (2016) - Ida Battersea
- Changes (2016) - Ida Battersea
- Family (2016) - Ida Battersea
- The Haunting (2016) - Ida Battersea
- Foundling Day (2016) - Ida Battersea
2017
The Crown (TV Series) as
Patricia Campbell
- Marionettes (2017) - Patricia Campbell
2017
The End of the F***ing World (TV Series) as
DC Eunice Noon
- Episode #1.8 (2017) - DC Eunice Noon
- Episode #1.6 (2017) - DC Eunice Noon
- Episode #1.5 (2017) - DC Eunice Noon
- Episode #1.7 (2017) - DC Eunice Noon
- Episode #1.4 (2017) - DC Eunice Noon
2017
Sump (Short) as
Kate
2017
Keyed Alike (Short) as
Coley
2017
Queers (TV Mini Series) as
Bobby
- The Perfect Gentleman (2017) - Bobby
2017
Tad, the Lost Explorer, and the Secret of King Midas as
Tiffany / Henchwoman (English version, voice)
2017
The Blue Door (Short)
2017
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III (Video Game) as
Eldar (voice)
2017
Decline and Fall (TV Mini Series) as
Diane Fagan
- Episode #1.2 (2017) - Diane Fagan
- Episode #1.1 (2017) - Diane Fagan
2017
Mass Effect: Andromeda (Video Game) as
Pathfinder Raeka (voice)
2017
The Moorside (TV Mini Series) as
Karen Matthews
- Episode #1.2 (2017) - Karen Matthews
- Episode #1.1 (2017) - Karen Matthews
2015
Uncle (TV Series) as
Veronica
- The Last Assembly (2017) - Veronica
- Rivals (2017) - Veronica
- Episode #2.6 (2015) - Veronica
- Episode #2.5 (2015) - Veronica
- Episode #2.2 (2015) - Veronica
2016
The Agency (TV Series) as
Kat Cassidy
- Episode #1.7 (2016) - Kat Cassidy
- Episode #1.6 (2016) - Kat Cassidy
- Episode #1.5 (2016) - Kat Cassidy
- Episode #1.4 (2016) - Kat Cassidy
- Episode #1.3 (2016) - Kat Cassidy
- Episode #1.2 (2016) - Kat Cassidy
- Episode #1.1 (2016) - Kat Cassidy
2016
Wise Girl (Short) as
Noodles
2016
Prevenge as
Len
2016
Comedy Playhouse (TV Series) as
Chloe
- Broken Biscuits (2016) - Chloe
2014
Almost Royal (TV Series) as
Narrator
- Holidays (2016) - Narrator (voice)
- Work (2016) - Narrator (voice)
- Law and Order (2016) - Narrator (voice)
- Future (2016) - Narrator (voice)
- Romance (2016) - Narrator (voice)
- Sports (2016) - Narrator (voice)
- The Great Outdoors (2016) - Narrator (voice)
- Beauty (2016) - Narrator (voice)
- Nashville (2014) - Narrator (voice)
- D.C. (2014) - Narrator (voice)
- Detroit (2014) - Narrator (voice)
- Boston (2014) - Narrator (voice)
- Los Angeles (2014) - Narrator (voice)
2015
Guitar Hero Live (Video Game)(voice)
2015
Dragon Age: Inquisition - Trespasser (Video Game) as
Maryden (voice)
2015
Not Safe for Work (TV Mini Series) as
Davina
- Episode #1.5 (2015) - Davina
2015
Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward (Video Game) as
Igeyorhm / Vidofnir (voice)
2015
Murder in Successville (TV Series) as
Nurse Adele
- Dr Death (2015) - Nurse Adele
2015
The Art of Foley (TV Mini Series) as
Pippa
- Crow (2015) - Pippa
- Velcro (2015) - Pippa
- Earrings (2015) - Pippa
2015
Asylum (TV Mini Series) as
Journalist
- Strange Bedfellows (2015) - Journalist
2014
Mapp & Lucia (TV Mini Series) as
Irene Coles
- Episode #1.3 (2014) - Irene Coles
- Episode #1.2 (2014) - Irene Coles
- Episode #1.1 (2014) - Irene Coles
2014
Santageddon (Short) as
Gemma
2014
Dragon Age: Inquisition (Video Game) as
Threnn / Maryden / Winterwatch Tower Cultist / ... (voice)
2014
Siblings (TV Series) as
Ruth
- Vet Drugs (2014) - Ruth
2014
Badults (TV Series) as
Juliet
- Neighbours (2014) - Juliet
2013
Claudia O'Doherty Comedy Blaps (TV Series) as
Sarah
- What Is Time? (2013) - Sarah
- What Is Jack the Ripper? (2013) - Sarah
- What Is England? (2013) - Sarah
2013
The Day They Came to Suck Out Our Brains! (TV Mini Series)
- The Wrath of Ken (2013)
2013
Soul Sacrifice (Video Game) as
Terrwyn (voice)
2012
Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul (TV Series) as
Various
- Episode #4.5 (2012) - Various
2012
Comedy Blaps (TV Series short) as
Bar Waitress / Lost Woman in Park / Girlfriend
- Dr. Brown: Episode 2 - More Dr. Browning (2012) - Bar Waitress (as Gemma Whelans)
- Dr. Brown: Episode 1 - The First Outing (2012) - Lost Woman in Park / Girlfriend (as Gemma Whelans)
2011
Threesome (TV Series) as
Wendy
- It's Not Cheating (2011) - Wendy
2010
Gulliver's Travels as
Lilliputian Rose
2010
The Persuasionists (TV Series) as
Josephine
- Diet Stuff (2010) - Josephine
- Cockney Cheese (2010) - Josephine
2010
The Wolfman as
Gwen's Maid
2009
10 Minute Tales (TV Series) as
Pretty Nurse
- Ding Dong (2009) - Pretty Nurse
2008
Frites (Short) as
Marie-Anne
Self
2022
The Big Fat Quiz of Everything (TV Special) as
Self
2019
Sunday Brunch (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode #8.16 (2019) - Self - Guest
2019
Game of Thrones: The Last Watch (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2018
Good Morning Britain (TV Series) as
Self / Self - Actress
- Episode dated 15 April 2019 (2019) - Self
- Episode dated 22 November 2018 (2018) - Self - Actress (uncredited)
2017
Pointless Celebrities (TV Series) as
Self - Contestant
- Sci-Fi and Fantasy (2017) - Self - Contestant
2017
Saturday Kitchen (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #14.19 (2017) - Self
2017
The Graham Norton Show (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Michael Caine/Morgan Freeman/Jack Whitehall/Gemma Whelan/Take That (2017) - Self - Guest
2014
Sweat the Small Stuff (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #3.4 (2014) - Self
2013
Game of Thrones: Season 2 - Character Profiles (Video documentary short) as
Yara Greyjoy / Self
2012
Thronecast (TV Series) as
Self
- The Ghost of Harrenhal (2012) - Self
2011
Game of Thrones: Season 2 - In Production, Belfast (Video documentary short) as
Yara Greyjoy
Archive Footage
2017
Uncle (TV Series) as
Veronica
- 2:27 (2017) - Veronica
References
Gemma Whelan Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA