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May 11, 2024 · Shameless, the American dramedy known for its unflinchingly raw portrayal of dysfunctional family life, is full of compelling characters, and Karen Jackson, played by Laura Slade Wiggins, stands out among them.
Wiggins joined the Showtime dramedy Shameless, as Karen Jackson, a series regular. [7] In 2014, Wiggins appeared in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Comic Perversion" as Carly Rydell. [8] Wiggins played the main character "Hannah Warner" in Starving in Suburbia which aired on Lifetime on April 26, 2014.
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Laura Slade Wiggins was born on August 8, 1988, in Athens, Georgia. She is a musician and actress known for playing Karen Jackson in the US version of Shameless.
She has appeared in the production Dance of the Dead, Eleventh Hour, and in an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation titled World's End. Laura played a pregnant teenager in the episode of the fourth season of Private Practice called The Hardest Part which aired on March 31, 2011. She appeared in the 2011 film Hit List. In 2014 Laura appeared in...
Laura married stuntman Kyle Weishaar on Saturday, June 23, 2018 at the Historic Smithsonia Farm in Colbert, Georgia.
- Emmy Rossum (Fiona Gallagher) As Fiona Gallagher, the oldest sibling who took on most of the responsibilities in the multi-child house, Emmy Rossum played her most well-known role to date in Shameless, and it was certainly the one she played the longest too.
- Joan Cusack (Sheila Jackson) In her Emmy-winning role as Sheila Jackson, Joan Cusack played a memorable part in Shameless as the kind and caring (if somewhat absent-minded) mother of Karen.
- Justin Chatwin (Steve Wilton/Jimmy Lishman/Jack) Playing Jimmy Lishman, who also went by the names Steve Wilton and "Jack," Justin Chatwin played a prominent part in Shameless Seasons 1-3.
- Laura Slade Wiggins (Karen Jackson) Throughout the first two seasons of Shameless, Laura Slade Wiggins played the recurring role of Karen Jackson, Lip's friend-with-benefits who found herself suffering frontal-lobe brain damage during the end of her time on the show.
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- William H. Macy (Frank Gallagher) While most people try to make their mark in the world, Frank Gallagher leaves a stain. He can hold down his liquor but not a job, and though he's the patriarch of the family, he puts the "issues" in daddy issues.
- Emmy Rossum (Fiona Gallagher) Fiona is like the glue of the Gallaghers: She holds things together and can sometimes get you high. As the eldest sibling with an estranged mother and a selfish deadbeat father, Emmy Rossum's character is tasked with raising the family while also raising hell and battling her own personal demons.
- Jeremy Allen White (Phillip "Lip" Gallagher) The second eldest sibling — and arguably the smartest — Lip is not immune from the Gallagher gene of being self-destructive.
- Joan Cusack (Sheila Jackson) Joan Cusack's Emmy award-winning portrayal of Sheila, the agoraphobic dominatrix with disability checks, almost never came to be.
Jan 8, 2012 · “Shameless” was early in production on its second season when we spoke, meaning that I couldn’t ask specific questions about where things were heading, but Wiggins’ Karen had a plenty...
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