Gemma Whelan

Gemma Whelan Biography

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.

Biography

In addition to being an actress and comedian, Whelan is also a professional dancer and is highly skilled in the tap and jazz dance styles. She is a member of the dance troupe The Beaux Belles, who are based in London. She is also trained in musical theatre and has a mezzo-soprano singing voice. Whelan can speak conversational Spanish. She currently lives in London.

Career

As a comedian, Whelan won the Funny Women Variety Award for stand-up comedy in 2010.

On screen, she played supporting roles in several films and TV shows, including in the 2010 films Gulliver's Travels and The Wolfman.

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

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Madness of the Dance	Sister Grace	Short film
2007	Frites	Marie-Anne	Short film
2008	Shortbread and Tea	Mildred
2009	Ding Dong	Dr. Pretty	Short film
2010	The Wolfman	Gwen's Maid
2010	Gulliver's Travels	Lilliputian Rose

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	The Enforcers	Holly
2009	10 Minute Tales	Pretty Nurse	1 episode
2010	The Persuasionists	Josephine	2 episodes
2011	Threesome	Wendy	1 episode
	Living Doll	Moaning Mona
	For the Win	Various	Pilot
2012	Ruddy Hell! It's Harry & Paul	Daughter	1 episode
2012	Cardinal Burns	Claire
2012-2014, 2016 onwards	Game of Thrones	Yara Greyjoy	Recurring, 12 episodes
2013	The Day They Came to Suck Out Our Brains!	Unknown	Mini-series, 1 episode
	Nick Helm's Heavy Entertainment	Various
	Claudia O'Doherty Comedy Blaps	Sarah	Mini-series, 3 episodes
2014	Live at the Electric	Chastity Butterworth	Series 3, 3 episodes
	Siblings	Ruth
	Badults	Juliet	Series 2, 1 episode "Neighbours".
	Mapp and Lucia	Quaint Irene Coles
2014 onwards	Almost Royal	Narrator
2015	Uncle	Veronica	Series 2, 2 episodes
2016	Upstart Crow	Kate	6 Episodes
2016	Hetty Feather	Ida Battersea	(Unknown)
2016	Horrible Histories	Enid Blyton, among other roles	(Unknown)

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Newsrevue	Various	Edinburgh Festival
2006	Shakespeare for Breakfast	Petruchio	C Venues
2006	Celebrity Love Panto Island	Various	Canal Cafe Theatre
2008	Red Death Lates	Unknown	Gideon Reeling
2008	Improvathon	Bunny Valentine	The Sticking Place
2009	Infinite Variety	Various	Whoopee Productions New Players Theatre
2010	Stephen & the Sexy Partridgesaab 90	Chanel	Trafalgar Studios
2013	One Man, Two Guvnors	Rachel Crabbe	Royal National Theatre
	Dark Vanilla Jungle	Andrea	Supporting Wall & Pleasance Theatre
	Chastity Butterworth & the Spanish Hamster	Chastity Butterworth	Pajama Men Productions
2014	Dark Vanilla Jungle	Andrea	Supporting Wall
2015	Radiant Vermin	Jill and others

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Squadron 42	TBA	Voice / Motion Capture

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2010	Funny Women Awards	Best Variety	Herself

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