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List Of Shameless (U.S. TV Series) Characters
A variety of fictional characters appear in the American comedy-drama television series '' Shameless'', created by Paul Abbott. First broadcast on Showtime on January 9, 2011, it is based on the British series of the same name, and features many of its characters. ''Shameless'' is set in Chicago's South Side and tells the story of an alcoholic father, Frank Gallagher, and his six children who take care of each other and create better lives despite Frank's poor influence. Abbott grew up in a family in the United Kingdom much like that portrayed in the UK series. Cast overview Main Recurring Guest * Credited as "Special Guest Star" in the opening title. * Credited only in the episodes he/she appears. * Portrayed by Jane Levy in season 1 and Emma Greenwell in seasons 2 through 6. * Portrayed by twins Brennan Kane and Blake Alexander Johnson during seasons 1 to 2, by twins Brandon and Brenden Sims from season 2 to season 7, and by Christian Isaiah since season 8. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy-drama
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical hour-long legal or medical drama, but exhibit far fewer jokes-per-minute as in a typical half-hour sitcom. In the United States Examples from United States television include: ''M*A*S*H'', ''Moonlighting'', '' The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd'', '' Northern Exposure'', '' Ally McBeal'', '' Sex and the City'', '' Desperate Housewives'' and '' Scrubs''. The term "dramedy" was coined to describe the late 1980s wave of shows, including '' The Wonder Years'', ''Hooperman'', '' Doogie Howser, M.D.'' and '' Frank's Place''. See also * List of comedy drama television series *Black comedy * Dramatic structure * Melodrama * Seriousness * Tragicomedy * Psychological drama References Comedy drama Drama Drama is the specific mode of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shameless (season 11)
The eleventh and final season of '' Shameless'', an American comedy-drama television series based on the British series of the same name by Paul Abbott, premiered on Showtime on December 6, 2020. Showtime announced the series' final season renewal on January 13, 2020. Plot After a decade of chaos, the South Side's favorite clan is going with a boom as big questions about their futures emerge when Lip decides to sell the house as gentrification starts to affect Chicago due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ian and Mickey adjust to life as a newly married couple. Carl is now part of the corrupt world of Chicago PD. Debbie tries her best to keep the house from selling which causes tension with Lip. Tami and Lip make big decisions as money is tight during the pandemic. Veronica and Kevin decide to start anew in Kentucky. Liam fears he will be left behind. Frank's wild lifestyle finally catches up to him. Although their final journey will be dangerous, forthcoming changes wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noel Fisher
Noel Roeim Fisher (born March 13, 1984) is a Canadian actor. He is known for his portrayal of Mickey Milkovich on the Showtime series '' Shameless'', as well as his portrayal of Cael Malloy on the FX series '' The Riches''. He played Ellison "Cotton Top" Mounts in the Emmy Award-winning miniseries '' Hatfields & McCoys'' as well as Vladimir, a 1,500-year-old vampire in '' The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2'', and Michelangelo in ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' and its sequel '' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows'' and X-Men: Evolution where he voiced the character Todd “Toad” Tolansky. He also has had roles in shows such as '' Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior'', ''Lie to Me'', '' Bones'', and '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''. Early life Fisher was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He began his acting career at the age of 14 in the television movie ''The Sheldon Kennedy Story''. During his time as a young actor in Vancouver, he was encourage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Cusack
Joan Mary Cusack (; born October 11, 1962) is an American actress. She received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in the comedy-drama '' Working Girl'' (1988) and the romantic comedy '' In & Out'' (1997). Her other starring roles include those in '' Addams Family Values'' (1993), '' Runaway Bride'' (1999), ''School of Rock'' (2003), and '' Confessions of a Shopaholic'' (2009). She has also provided the voice of Jessie in the ''Toy Story'' franchise (1999–present) and Abby Mallard in '' Chicken Little'' (2005). Cusack was a cast member on the comedy sketch show ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1985 to 1986. She starred on the Showtime hit drama/comedy series '' Shameless'' (2011–2021) as Sheila Jackson, a role for which she received five consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning for the first time in 2015. She is the sister of actress Ann Cusack and actor John Cusack. Early life Cusack was born on October 11, 1962, in New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Slade Wiggins
Laura Slade Weishaar (née Wiggins) (born August 8, 1988) is an American actress, singer and musician. She is most known for her roles in '' Shameless'', ''The Tomorrow People'', '' Starving in Suburbia'' and ''Rings''. Early life Wiggins was born in Athens, Georgia, the daughter of Kathy Wiggins and prominent Athens attorney Mark Wiggins. She has one brother. Career She has guest starred in various shows including ''Eleventh Hour'', and in an episode of ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' titled " World's End". She also played a pregnant teenager in an episode of the fourth season of ''Private Practice'' called "The Hardest Part". She had a recurring role in the 2013 series ''The Tomorrow People.'' Wiggins joined the Showtime dramedy '' Shameless'', as Karen Jackson, a series regular. In 2014, Wiggins appeared in the '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' episode "Comic Perversion" as Carly Rydell. Wiggins played the main character "Hannah Warner" in ''Starving in Suburbia'' w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameron Monaghan
Cameron Riley Monaghan (born ) is an American actor and model. He is known for his role as Ian Gallagher on the Showtime comedy-drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ... series '' Shameless'' and as twins Jerome and Jeremiah Valeska, who serve as origins for the Joker (character), Joker, on the DC Comics-based TV series ''Gotham (TV series), Gotham.'' He also portrayed Cal Kestis in the action-adventure, action-adventure game ''Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order''. Monaghan began his career as a child model at the age of three and as a child actor at the age of seven. Early life Monaghan was born in Santa Monica, California, the only child of Diane Monaghan, an insurance claims specialist and single mother. He and his mother relocated to Boca Raton, Florida, shortly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Allen White
Jeremy Allen White (born February 17, 1991) is an American actor. He is best known for his long-running role as Phillip "Lip" Gallagher on the Showtime dramedy series '' Shameless'' (2011–2021). He has also appeared in the first season of the thriller series ''Homecoming'' (2018) and in several films including '' Afterschool'', '' Twelve'', ''After Everything'', and '' The Rental''. Since 2022, he has starred in the Hulu drama series '' The Bear'', for which he received critical acclaim and won a Critics' Choice Television Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Early life Prior to meeting each other, White's parents had both moved to New York City to pursue careers in acting. His mother Eloise is from North Carolina and has a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. After meeting, performing on stage together for several years, and marrying, the couple ended their acting careers and obtained jobs that would help them support their new family. White gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Kenney
Emma Rose Kenney (born September 14, 1999) is an American actress. She has portrayed Deborah "Debbie" Gallagher on '' Shameless'', a role she played from 2011 to 2021, and Harris Conner-Healy in the tenth season of the family sitcom ''Roseanne'', and its spin-off continuation ''The Conners''. Early life Kenney was born on September 14, 1999, in New York City. Her parents are Gillian Kenney, a criminal defense lawyer, and Kevin Kenney, a sports writer who formerly wrote for the ''New York Post'' and now works for Fox Sports. Career Kenney made several appearances in short and made-for-television films. In 2009, at nine years old, she was the youngest filmmaker to be a finalist at the New Jersey International Film Festival at Rutgers University. Kenney appeared as Debbie Gallagher, the on-air daughter of William H. Macy in the comedic drama ''Shameless''. Kenney won the role at 10 years old, while attending Park Middle School in Scotch Plains, New Jersey. In September 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Howey (actor)
Steven Michael Robert Howey (born July 12, 1977) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his roles as Van Montgomery on The WB/ CW television series '' Reba'', and Kevin Ball on the Showtime series '' Shameless.'' Howey has also appeared in the films ''Supercross'', '' DOA: Dead or Alive'', '' Bride Wars'', ''Game Over, Man!'', and ''Something Borrowed''. Early life and education Howey was born in San Antonio, Texas. He has Scottish ancestry. He graduated from Crescenta Valley High School in La Crescenta-Montrose and attended Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, Colorado, for two years on a basketball scholarship. He later attended his father’s acting workshop where he decided he wanted to become an actor. Career Howey has guest-starred on various TV shows including '' ER'' (1994) and ''The Drew Carey Show''.He also starred in and produced the independent film ''Class'' (1998), which was written and directed by his father and was accepted into the Den ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanola Hampton
Shanola Hampton (born May 27, 1977) is an American actress best known for her role as Veronica Fisher on Showtime dramedy '' Shameless'' and as the face model of Rochelle in the video game ''Left 4 Dead 2''. Acting career 2000–2010: Early career Hampton played a part in "The Gift", a musical at Tiffany Theater in Hollywood in 2000. Hampton appeared in several television series, such as '' Shameless,'' '' Reba,'' ''Popular,'' '' Scrubs,'' ''Criminal Minds'', '' Related'', and ''Miami Medical''. She has also had roles in the movies: '' The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green'', ''The Hanged Man'',Callum-Penso, Lillia (June 19, 2006). "Actress happy to be back in home state". ''The Greenville News'' (Greenville, South Carolina). p. D1. Christmas in the City, and ''You Again''. She was the face model for Rochelle in the video game ''Left 4 Dead 2''. Hampton graduated from Winthrop University with a degree in theater. While studying acting at the University of Illin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethan Cutkosky
Ethan Francis Cutkosky (born August 19, 1999) is an American actor and singer, best known for his roles as Carl Gallagher on the Showtime series '' Shameless'', and Barto in '' The Unborn''. Early life Ethan Francis Cutkosky was born on August 19, 1999, in Campton Hills, Illinois, the only child of Yvonne Cabrera Cutkosky, a teacher, and David Cutkosky, a computer software engineer. Cutkosky's mother is of Mexican descent. Cutkosky attended Bell Graham Elementary School, located in Campton Hills, Illinois and Thompson Middle School, located in St. Charles, Illinois. He attended St. Charles East High School in St. Charles, Illinois. Acting career Cutkosky began doing photo ads when he was four years old as a way for his mother and him to spend time together. After a few ads he was asked to audition for commercials and then movies. He landed his first film role playing Carl with Vince Vaughn in the Christmas comedy ''Fred Claus'' (2007) when he was seven years old. At the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Chatwin
Justin Chatwin (born October 31, 1982) is a Canadian actor. He began his career in 2001 with a brief appearance in the musical comedy ''Josie and the Pussycats''. Following his breakthrough role as Robbie Ferrier in the blockbuster ''War of the Worlds'' (2005), Chatwin headlined studio films such as '' The Invisible'' (2007) and ''Dragonball Evolution'' (2009), an action-adventure feature based on the Japanese manga '' Dragon Ball''. In the 2010s, Chatwin acted mostly in small independent films. He starred as rock star idol Bobby Shore in the surreal sci-fi musical ''Bang Bang Baby'' (2014), which earned him a Canadian Screen Awards nomination for Best Supporting Actor, and appeared in the romantic comedy ''Unleashed'' (2016), and drama '' Summer Night'' (2019). Throughout the 2000s, Chatwin made guest appearances in several television series including '' Weeds'' and ''Lost'', later being cast in his first regular role on the Showtime comedy-drama '' Shameless'', portraying J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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