Gemma was born November 18, 1957 to Nate and Rose and is a native of Charming, California; her maiden name is Madock. According to Sheriff Wayne Unser, she left Charming when she was sixteen and returned "ten years later with a baby and a motorcycle club". She married John Teller, a Vietnam War veteran and founder of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, with whom she had two children: Jackson in 1978 and Thomas in 1984.Gemma has a scar on her chest which is explained when her grandson Abel has surgery. Gemma has a genetic heart disorder from her mother's side which she passed on to her children - Thomas died in 1990 from complications of the disorder, and Abel nearly died from heart complications after his premature birth. After John was hit by a semi-truck and died in 1993, she quickly married John's friend Clay Morrow.
Appearances
Sons of Anarchy
Main cast, played by Katey Sagal
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Sep 3, 2008)
- Episode 1x02: Seeds (Sep 10, 2008)
- Episode 1x03: Fun Town (Sep 17, 2008)
- Episode 1x04: Patch Over (Sep 24, 2008)
- Episode 1x05: Giving Back (Oct 1, 2008)
- Episode 1x06: AK-51 (Oct 8, 2008)
- Episode 1x07: Old Bones (Oct 15, 2008)
- Episode 1x08: The Pull (Oct 22, 2008)
- Episode 1x09: Hell Followed (Oct 29, 2008)
- Episode 1x10: Better Half (Nov 5, 2008)
- Episode 1x11: Capybara (Nov 12, 2008)
- Episode 1x12: The Sleep of Babies (Nov 19, 2008)
- Episode 1x13: The Revelator (Nov 26, 2008)
- Episode 2x01: Albification (Sep 8, 2009)
- Episode 2x02: Small Tears (Sep 15, 2009)
- Episode 2x03: Fix (Sep 22, 2009)
- Episode 2x04: Eureka (Sep 29, 2009)
- Episode 2x05: Smite (Oct 6, 2009)
- Episode 2x06: Falx Cerebri (Oct 13, 2009)
- Episode 2x07: Gilead (Oct 20, 2009)
- Episode 2x08: Potlatch (Oct 27, 2009)
- Episode 2x09: Fa Guan (Nov 3, 2009)
- Episode 2x10: Balm (Nov 10, 2009)
- Episode 2x11: Service (Nov 17, 2009)
- Episode 2x12: The Culling (Nov 24, 2009)
- Episode 2x13: Na Trioblóidi (Dec 1, 2009)
- Episode 3x01: SO (Sep 7, 2010)
- Episode 3x02: Oiled (Sep 14, 2010)
- Episode 3x03: Caregiver (Sep 21, 2010)
- Episode 3x04: Home (Sep 28, 2010)
- Episode 3x05: Turning and Turning (Oct 5, 2010)
- Episode 3x06: The Push (Oct 12, 2010)
- Episode 3x07: Widening Gyre (Oct 19, 2010)
- Episode 3x08: Lochan Mor (Oct 26, 2010)
- Episode 3x09: Turas (Nov 2, 2010)
- Episode 3x10: Firinne (Nov 9, 2010)
- Episode 3x11: Bainne (Nov 16, 2010)
- Episode 3x12: June Wedding (Nov 23, 2010)
- Episode 3x13: NS (Nov 30, 2010)
- Episode 4x01: Out (Sep 6, 2011)
- Episode 4x02: Booster (Sep 13, 2011)
- Episode 4x03: Dorylus (Sep 20, 2011)
- Episode 4x04: Una Venta (Sep 27, 2011)
- Episode 4x05: Brick (Oct 4, 2011)
- Episode 4x06: With an X (Oct 11, 2011)
- Episode 4x07: Fruit for the Crows (Oct 18, 2011)
- Episode 4x08: Family Recipe (Oct 25, 2011)
- Episode 4x09: Kiss (Nov 1, 2011)
- Episode 4x10: Hands (Nov 8, 2011)
- Episode 4x11: Call of Duty (Nov 15, 2011)
- Episode 4x12: Burnt and Purged Away (Nov 22, 2011)
- Episode 4x13: To Be, Act 1 (Nov 29, 2011)
- Episode 4x14: To Be, Act 2 (Dec 6, 2011)
- Episode 5x01: Sovereign (Sep 11, 2012)
- Episode 5x02: Authority Vested (Sep 18, 2012)
- Episode 5x03: Laying Pipe (Sep 25, 2012)
- Episode 5x04: Stolen Huffy (Oct 2, 2012)
- Episode 5x05: Orca Shrugged (Oct 9, 2012)
- Episode 5x06: Small World (Oct 16, 2012)
- Episode 5x07: Toad's Wild Ride (Oct 23, 2012)
- Episode 5x08: Ablation (Oct 30, 2012)
- Episode 5x09: Andare Pescare (Nov 6, 2012)
- Episode 5x10: Crucifixed (Nov 13, 2012)
- Episode 5x11: To Thine Own Self (Nov 20, 2012)
- Episode 5x12: Darthy (Nov 27, 2012)
- Episode 5x13: J'ai Obtenu Cette (Dec 4, 2012)
- Episode 6x01: Straw (Sep 10, 2013)
- Episode 6x02: One One Six (Sep 17, 2013)
- Episode 6x03: Poenitentia (Sep 24, 2013)
- Episode 6x04: Wolfsangel (Oct 1, 2013)
- Episode 6x05: The Mad King (Oct 8, 2013)
- Episode 6x06: Salvage (Oct 15, 2013)
- Episode 6x07: Sweet and Vaded (Oct 22, 2013)
- Episode 6x08: Los Fantasmas (Oct 29, 2013)
- Episode 6x09: John 8:32 (Nov 5, 2013)
- Episode 6x10: Huang Wu (Nov 12, 2013)
- Episode 6x11: Aon Rud Persanta (Nov 19, 2013)
- Episode 6x12: You Are My Sunshine (Dec 3, 2013)
- Episode 6x13: A Mother's Work (Dec 10, 2013)
- Episode 7x01: Black Widower (Sep 9, 2014)
- Episode 7x02: Toil and Till (Sep 16, 2014)
- Episode 7x03: Playing with Monsters (Sep 23, 2014)
- Episode 7x04: Poor Little Lambs (Sep 30, 2014)
- Episode 7x05: Some Strange Eruption (Oct 7, 2014)
- Episode 7x06: Smoke 'em If You Got 'em (Oct 14, 2014)
- Episode 7x07: Greensleeves (Oct 21, 2014)
- Episode 7x08: The Separation of Crows (Oct 28, 2014)
- Episode 7x09: What a Piece of Work is Man (Nov 4, 2014)
- Episode 7x10: Faith and Despondency (Nov 11, 2014)
- Episode 7x11: Suits of Woe (Nov 18, 2014)
- Episode 7x12: Red Rose (Dec 2, 2014)
- Episode 7x13: Papa's Goods (Dec 9, 2014)