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Acting

Gemma Whelan

Career

Active from 2009 to 2026, busiest in 2017 and 2025 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
13
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for The End of the F***ing world
The End of the F***ing world
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 29 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Gemma Whelan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.5, average 4.8
  • Nostalgia
    2.8, average 3.8
  • Uncanny
    1.5, average 2.5
  • Wonder
    2.4, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Realism 2
  • Strong Female Lead 2
  • Character-Driven Mystery 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Police Procedural 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • True Crime Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

44
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
The End of the F***ing World
The End of the F***ing World

as Eunice

2020s

14 titles · average score 70
7 Miles Out
7 Miles Out (2026)

as Bryn Westbourne

Spiked
Spiked (2025)

as Twinkles (voice)

Dexter Procter
Dexter Procter (2025)

TV show · as Mrs Procter

Cristóbal Balenciaga
Cristóbal Balenciaga (2024)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Prudence Glynn

National Theatre Live: Underdog: The Other Other Brontë
National Theatre Live: Underdog: The Other Other Brontë (2024)

as Charlotte Brontë

The Famous Five
The Famous Five (2023)
GoodWatch score 55

TV show · as Gertrude Drachmann

DI Ray
DI Ray (2022)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as DCI Kerry Henderson

The Tower
The Tower (2021)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as DS Sarah Collins / DI Sarah Collins

The Cleaner
The Cleaner (2021)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Lara

Game Over
Game Over (2021)

as Mother

White House Farm
White House Farm (2020)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Ann Eaton

Emma.
Emma. (2020)
GoodWatch score 73

as Miss Taylor / Mrs. Weston

2010s

27 titles · average score 70
Gentleman Jack
Gentleman Jack (2019)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Marian Lister

Surviving Christmas with the Relatives
Surviving Christmas with the Relatives (2018)
GoodWatch score 17

as Miranda

The Blue Door
The Blue Door (2018)
GoodWatch score 63

as Clare

The Moorside
The Moorside (2017)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Karen Matthews

Queers.
Queers. (2017)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Bobby

Prevenge
Prevenge (2017)
GoodWatch score 68

as Len

The Crown
The Crown (2016)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Patricia Campbell

Star vs. the Forces of Evil
Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2015)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Solaria Butterfly (voice)

Hetty Feather
Hetty Feather (2015)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Ida Battersea

Almost Royal
Almost Royal (2014)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Narrator

Mapp and Lucia
Mapp and Lucia (2014)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Irene Coles

Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones (2011)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show · as Yara Greyjoy

2000s

2 titles · average score 83
Horrible Histories
Horrible Histories (2009)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · Writer

10 Minute Tales
10 Minute Tales (2009)

TV show · as Pretty Nurse