Background
Gemma Elizabeth Whelan was born on April 23, 1981, in Leeds to a British family.
Gemma Elizabeth Whelan was born on April 23, 1981, in Leeds to a British family.
Whelan attended The King's High School for Girls in Warwick. Whelan is a trained dancer. Her specialties are in tap dance and jazz dance. When she was young, she almost joined the Royal Ballet School. But finding herself attracted to more dramatic roles, she pursued acting instead.
The actress is also trained in musical theatre and has a mezzo-soprano singing voice. She was also involved with the Beaux Belles dance troupe.
Whelan has had roles in films including The Wolfman (2010), Gulliver's Travels (2010), Prevenge (2010). Among TV series, she has portrayed roles in The Persuasionists (2010), Threesome (2011), Game of Thrones (2012-2019), Live at the Electric (2014), Almost Royal (2014-2016), Uncle and The Agency.
Since 2014, Gemma Whelan is seen in Upstart Crow (2016- 2018), Horrible Histories (2016-present), among others. She is also a theatre actress and has worked in Newsrevue (2005), Red Death Lates (2008), One Man, Two Guvnors (2013), Dark Vanilla Jungle (2014), Surviving Christmas With The Relatives (2018).
The actress has also lent her voice to video games such as Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward (2015), Mass Effect: Andromeda (2017), Squadron 42.
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.
Gemma Whelan is one of the renowned faces of the HBO television series. She is an actor, comedian, and dancer who is best known for playing the role of Yara Greyjoy, in the HBO fantasy television series named Game of Thrones.
Over the years, Gemma Whelan has had several nominations and wins. She has won WFTV Awards for The MAC Best Performance in 2017, Funny Women Awards for Best Variety in 2010 while being nominated for 2016’s Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.
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2016
Quotations:
"I can't always say that justice is always done in 'Game of Thrones.' It is not."
"I'm more frightened than interested by artificial intelligence - in fact, perhaps fright and interest are not far away from one another. Things can become real in your mind, you can be tricked, and you believe things you wouldn't ordinarily. A world run by automatons doesn't seem completely unrealistic any more. It's a bit chilling."
"There's something really wonderful about making people laugh, and if you can find the laughs within a dramatic piece, it's also very rewarding. "
"Brilliant documentaries are about so much more than their subject."
"We're losing touch with ourselves in the technological world, and it is increasingly important to take time out."
She is a member of the dance troupe The Beaux Belles, who are based in London.
Whelan can speak conversational Spanish.
She is vegetarian but had eaten meat on the sets of Game of Thrones.
Physical Characteristics:
She is a lefty.
Height - 5 ft 5½ in (166 cm)
Weight - 60 kg (132 lbs)
Hair color - light brown (natural)
Eye color - blue
Distinctive features - pointed chin, wide smile
In July 2017, she was expecting her first child with husband Gerry. She gave birth to their daughter a few months later.
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