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Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series by Gary Keller, written by James Acaster, available to watch on YouTube Short film by ALTER, available to watch on YouTube Maryden/Winterwatch Tower Cultist/Redcliffe Soldier/Redcliffe Villager/Emerald Graves Civilian (voices) The Day They Came to Suck Out Our Brains!Ĭhastity Butterworth & the Spanish Hamster Whelan lives in London with her husband, the comedian and actor Gerry Howell and their two children. Whelan returned to the West End stage as Kate when the play was revived at the Apollo Theatre in 2022. In February 2020, a stage adaptation of Upstart Crow opened at the Gielgud Theatre, London, Whelan reprising the role of Kate. In 2019, she appeared as Marian Lister in the BBC drama Gentleman Jack.

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In 2017, she portrayed Karen Matthews in the two-part TV drama The Moorside, based on the 2008 disappearance of nine-year-old Shannon Matthews. In August 2011, she was cast as Yara Greyjoy, elder sister of Theon, of House Greyjoy of the Iron Islands, in the HBO fantasy-drama television series Game of Thrones, and appeared as a recurring cast member from the second season onward. She also played roles in other comedies, including Uncle and The Agency. She played Kate (appearing in all 18 main episodes, as well as three Christmas specials) in Ben Elton's BBC Two comedy Upstart Crow, and was a series regular on The End of the F***ing World. On screen, she has played supporting roles in several films and TV shows, including in the 2010 films Gulliver's Travels and The Wolfman. In 2014 she recorded a pilot chat show as her character Chastity Butterworth for BBC Radio 4. She performed at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe with her show Chastity Butterworth & The Spanish Hamster. Career Whelan at the End of the Road Festival, 2013Īs a stand-up comedian, Whelan won the 2010 Funny Women Variety Award. She attended The King's High School for Girls in Warwick and the London Studio Centre. Whelan was born in Leeds and grew up in the Midlands.

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. 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.