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Inside the life of The Tower's Gemma Whelan: From training as a yoga teacher to battling an eating disorder as she reprises her role as DS Sarah Collins
From training as a yoga teacher to battling an eating disorder and welcoming two children with her husband Gerry Howell. Here MailOnline takes a look at her life.
The actress was born in Leeds, growing up in the Midland's where she went on to train as a yoga teacher ‘because my mum said I’d need something to fall back on – all the faith!’ she told The Daily Mail's You Magazine last year. As a graduate she would sit down every Monday with an industry printout of small acting roles and send letters and photographs to every one: ‘From my little flat in Greenwich, where I lived in the lounge – me and two boys were sharing it and we couldn’t afford a three-bed,' she told You Magazine. Gemma eventually went on to star as Marian, sister of Anne Lister, in the 19th-century drama Gentleman Jack, and Kate in Upstart Crow, the BBC2 sitcom about Shakespeare, after being cast in Game Of Thrones in 2011.
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