Born in Leeds in 1981, actor Gemma Whelan studied performing arts at Middlesex University. A winner of a 2010 Funny Women Variety award, she performed as her comic character Chastity Butterworth for many years, before gaining critical acclaim for screen portrayals of Karen Matthews in The Moorside, Yara Greyjoy in Game of Thrones, and Kate in BBC Two’s Upstart Crow. Whelan lives in London with her husband and two children. She stars in series three of The Tower, on ITV1 and ITVX now.
The Sara Lee chocolate gateau – a staple of any 90s party. I have no idea whose birthday it was, but I do remember doing that pose and my mum going, “Oh my God, it’s hilarious. Do it again!”
