Gemma Whelan

Gemma Whelan
Date of Birth	23 April 1981
Birthplace	Leeds, England
Role	Yara Greyjoy
First episode	"The Night Lands"
Last episode	"The Iron Throne"
External Links
IMDb Page
Twitter Page

Gemma Elizabeth Whelan (born 23 April 1981) is a British actress and comedian who has appeared in films such as Gulliver's Travels and The Wolfman. In 2010 she won the Funny Women Variety Act at the Leicester Square Theatre for her character of Chastity Butterworth.

On Game of Thrones Whelan is playing the role of Yara Greyjoy, renamed from Asha Greyjoy in the books. Rumors of her casting leaked on 7 July 2011 but were not officially confirmed by HBO until 2 August 2011. She joined the cast as a guest star in the second season and returned for the third, fourth, sixth, and seventh seasons.

Credits

Guest starring

Season Two credits
The North Remembers	The Night Lands	What Is Dead May Never Die	Garden of Bones	The Ghost of Harrenhal
The Old Gods and the New	A Man Without Honor	The Prince of Winterfell	Blackwater	Valar Morghulis

Season Three credits
Valar Dohaeris	Dark Wings, Dark Words	Walk of Punishment	And Now His Watch Is Ended	Kissed by Fire
The Climb	The Bear and the Maiden Fair	Second Sons	The Rains of Castamere	Mhysa

Season Four credits
Two Swords	The Lion and the Rose	Breaker of Chains	Oathkeeper	First of His Name
The Laws of Gods and Men	Mockingbird	The Mountain and the Viper	The Watchers on the Wall	The Children

Season Six credits
The Red Woman	Home	Oathbreaker	Book of the Stranger	The Door
Blood of My Blood	The Broken Man	No One	Battle of the Bastards	The Winds of Winter

Season Seven credits
Dragonstone			Stormborn			The Queen's Justice			The Spoils of War
Eastwatch				Beyond the Wall				The Dragon and the Wolf

Season Eight credits
Winterfell	A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms	The Long Night
The Last of the Starks	The Bells	The Iron Throne

See also

• Gemma Whelan on Wikipedia
• Gemma Whelan on IMDb
• Gemma Whelan on Twitter
• Gemma Whelan on Instagram
• Gemma Whelan's resume at Spotlight.