---
name: "Gemma Whelan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gemma-whelan"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 April 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T17:36:38.556668+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Gemma Whelan

Actor. Born 23 April 1981 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 April 1981, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 2016–2019
- **Also known as:** Gemma Elizabeth Whelan
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 77 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemma_Whelan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1501158, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2247629/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1475127

## Coming up

- *7 Miles Out* (2026-10-17), as Bryn Westbourne

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Gentleman Jack*](https://film.one/tv/gentleman-jack.md) (82)
- **Apple TV:** [*Killing Eve*](https://film.one/tv/killing-eve.md) (82)

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## Biography

Gemma Elizabeth Whelan is an English actress and comedian. She was born in Leeds in 1981 and attended The King's High School for Girls in Warwick and the London Studio Centre. She began her career as a stand-up comedian, winning the Funny Women Variety Award in 2010.

Whelan is known for playing Yara Greyjoy in the HBO series *Game of Thrones* (2012–2019). She has appeared as Marian Lister in the BBC drama *Gentleman Jack* (2019–2022), Geraldine in the third series of *Killing Eve* (2020), Kate in *Upstart Crow* (2016–2018), and Detective Eunice Noon in *The End of the F***ing World* (2017). Other credits include roles in *The Crown* (2016) and the film *Emma.* (2020).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, bbc.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Gentleman Jack* (2019), Fi1m 82, as Marian Lister — [page](https://film.one/tv/gentleman-jack.md)
- *Killing Eve* (2018), Fi1m 82, as Geraldine — [page](https://film.one/tv/killing-eve.md)
- *The Crown* (2016), Fi1m 78, as Patricia Campbell — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *7 Miles Out* (2026), as Bryn Westbourne
- *Dexter Procter* (2025), series, as Mrs Procter
- *Recall Me Maybe* (2025), as Cass
- *G.S.W.* (2025), as Dispatcher
- *Spiked* (2025), as Twinkles (voice)
- *National Theatre Live: Underdog: The Other Other Brontë* (2024), as Charlotte Brontë
- *Cristóbal Balenciaga* (2024), series, as Prudence Glynn
- *The Famous Five* (2023), series, as Gertrude Drachmann
- *DI Ray* (2022), series, as DCI Kerry Henderson
- *The Tower* (2021), series, as DS Sarah Collins, DI Sarah Collins
- *The Cleaner* (2021), series, as Lara
- *Game Over* (2021), as Mother
- *Emma.* (2020), as Miss Taylor / Mrs. Weston
- *White House Farm* (2020), series, as Ann Eaton
- *Frayed* (2019), series, as Hannah
- *Gentleman Jack* (2019), series, as Marian Lister — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/gentleman-jack.md)
- *Surviving Christmas with the Relatives* (2018), as Miranda
- *The Blue Door* (2018), as Clare
- *Killing Eve* (2018), series, as Geraldine — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/killing-eve.md)
- *The End of the F***ing World* (2017), series, as DC Eunice Noon
- *Sump* (2017), as Kate
- *Queers.* (2017), series, as Bobby
- *Decline and Fall* (2017), series, as Diane Fagan
- *Prevenge* (2017), as Len
- *The Moorside* (2017), series, as Karen Matthews
- *The Crown* (2016), series, as Patricia Campbell — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)
- *Upstart Crow* (2016), series, as Kate
- *Not Safe for Work* (2015), series, as Davina
- *Hetty Feather* (2015), series, as Ida Battersea
- *Star vs. the Forces of Evil* (2015), series, as Solaria Butterfly (voice)
- *Mapp and Lucia* (2014), series, as Irene Coles
- *Siblings* (2014), series, as Ruth
- *Almost Royal* (2014), series, as Narrator
- *Inside No. 9* (2014), series, as Columbina, a Maid — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/inside-no-9.md)
- *The Day They Came to Suck Out Our Brains!* (2013), series, Acting
- *Comedy Blaps* (2011), series, as Lost Woman in the Park, Bar Waitress
- *Game of Thrones* (2011), series, as Yara Greyjoy — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md)
- *Gulliver's Travels* (2010), as Lilliputian Rose
- *The Wolfman* (2010), as Gwen's Maid
- *The Persuasionists* (2010), series, as Josephine
- *10 Minute Tales* (2009), series, as Pretty Nurse
- *Horrible Histories* (2009), series, Writer
- *The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde*, Acting
- *Thanatos*, Acting

## Gallery

- ![Game of Thrones: Gemma Whelan, Luke Barnes, Mark Stanley (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/458851/gallery-716327a92e5e.jpg) Game of Thrones: Gemma Whelan, Luke Barnes, Mark Stanley (2014) — PPL Projects, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Gemma_Whelan.jpg/1280px-Gemma_Whelan.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Gemma Whelan](https://film.one/media/person/458851/gallery-2a3d433c1426.jpg) Gemma Whelan — PPL Projects - www.pplphotography.nl, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Gemma_Whelan_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Gemma_Whelan_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Gemma Whelan in Tollard Royal, UK (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/458851/gallery-c7b6570dccdf.jpg) Gemma Whelan in Tollard Royal, UK (2013) — Isabelle, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Gemma_Whelan_2.jpg/1280px-Gemma_Whelan_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Game of Thrones panel at the 2019 German Comic Con Dortmund (2020)](https://film.one/media/person/458851/gallery-6bbfd29ba953.jpg) Game of Thrones panel at the 2019 German Comic Con Dortmund (2020) — German Comic Con, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Got_panel_gcc_2019.jpg/1280px-Got_panel_gcc_2019.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Gemma Whelan](https://film.one/media/person/458851/gallery-5c3109dd6a50.jpg) Gemma Whelan — Image via TMDB
- ![Gemma Whelan](https://film.one/media/person/458851/gallery-8ad0062ad664.jpg) Gemma Whelan — Image via TMDB
- ![Gemma Whelan](https://film.one/media/person/458851/gallery-0eea014c1d5c.jpg) Gemma Whelan — Image via TMDB
- ![Game of Thrones panel at the 2019 German Comic Con Dortmund (2020)](https://film.one/media/person/458851/gallery-d652a54a9cff.jpg) Game of Thrones panel at the 2019 German Comic Con Dortmund (2020) — German Comic Con, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Got_panel_gcc_2019_2.jpg/1280px-Got_panel_gcc_2019_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Funny Women 2010: Funny Women (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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