Laura Slade Wiggins Last updated January 07, 2026 American actress, singer and musician
Laura Slade Wiggins
Wiggins in 2010
Occupations Years active 2006–present Spouse Children 2 [ 1]
Laura Slade Wiggins is an American actress and singer. Wiggins began her career with guest appearances on television series such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2010) and Private Practice (2011) before her breakthrough role as the self-destructive teenager Karen Jackson on the television series Shameless from 2011 to 2013, appearing as a part of the main cast in seasons one and two , and a recurring role in season three .
Following Shameless , Wiggins notably had a recurring role on the science fiction television series The Tomorrow People (2013). In film, Wiggins has appeared in Starving in Suburbia (2014), 20th Century Women (2016), Rings (2017), Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019), and Stand! (2019). As a singer, Wiggins made her debut with the EP Clementine (2012).
Early life Wiggins is the daughter of Kathy Wiggins and prominent Athens attorney Mark Wiggins. [ 2] She has one brother. [ 3]
Career She has guest starred in various shows including Eleventh Hour , and in an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation titled "World's End ". [ 4] She also played a pregnant teenager in an episode of the fourth season of Private Practice called "The Hardest Part". [ 5] She had a recurring role in the 2013 series The Tomorrow People . From 2011 to 2013, Wiggins appeared in her first significant role as a series regular in the Showtime black comedy series Shameless as the troubled promiscuous teenager Karen Jackson , the daughter to agoraphobic Sheila (Joan Cusack ) and a love interest to Lip Gallagher (Jeremy Allen White ). Wiggins was a part of the main cast in seasons one and two , and had a recurring role in season three . [ 6] Following Shameless , Wiggins had a leading role as a girl struggling with an eating disorder in the Lifetime television film Starving in Suburbia (2014). [ 7] [ 8]
In 2014, Wiggins appeared in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Comic Perversion" as Carly Rydell. [ 9] In 2017, Wiggins appeared in the horror film Rings , the third installment of the Ring franchise [ 10] In 2019, she played a supporting role in the Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase .
Wiggins had a leading role as Rebecca Almazoff in the Canadian musical film Stand! (2019), a film adaptation of the stage musical Strike! (2005). [ 11] On the film’s themes, Wiggins stated, "The story is very much needed in the States right now because we’re really having a hard time understanding that we were all immigrants once. We have this immigrant-phobia now. This story is about how all people should be treated the way you would want to be treated." [ 11] Neil Weisensel of The Globe and Mail praised Wiggins' performance in a "complex ingenue role." [ 12]
Personal life Wiggins married stuntman Kyle Weishaar in Colbert, Georgia on June 23, 2018. [ 13]
References ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/DNgLlR2gJeu/ ↑ "Mark Wiggins" . wnc-law.com . Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2017 . ↑ "My brother is the one with the Mohawk! He's the reason I #keepitreal #HappySiblingsDay" . Twitter . April 10, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2019 . ↑ Dudak, Cory (February 25, 2015). "We're 'Shameless' With Our Love for Laura Wiggins" . CraveOnline.com . Archived from the original on March 12, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2017 . ↑ Star Scoop, The (February 27, 2011). "Laura Wiggins Interview: Everybody was kind of terrified of Shameless!" . The Star Scoop . Archived from the original on October 24, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2017 . ↑ Wagner, Curt (January 8, 2012). "Shameful 'Shameless' audition won Laura Wiggins her role" . Red Eye Chicago . Retrieved February 1, 2017 . ↑ "Laura Wiggins in "Starving in Suburbia" . Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on October 24, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2017 . ↑ Neumyer, Scott (April 25, 2014). "Laura Slade Wiggins Talks Thinspiration, Starving in Suburbia & Shameless" . Parade.com . Retrieved February 1, 2017 . ↑ "Law and Order Special Victims Unit" . TVGuide.com . Retrieved February 1, 2017 . ↑ McNary, Dave (September 22, 2016). "The Ring' Threequel Delayed for the Third Time by Paramount" . Variety . Retrieved February 1, 2017 . 1 2 King, Randall (September 25, 2019). "Stand! kicks off with gala event in city" . Winnipeg Free Press . Retrieved January 6, 2026 . ↑ Weisensel, Neil (November 27, 2019). "Winnipeg General Strike musical Stand! delivers a meaningful story and Broadway-worthy tunes" . The Globe and Mail . Retrieved January 6, 2026 . ↑ Briese, Nicole (July 20, 2018). "Pics! 'Shameless' Star Laura Slade Wiggins Reveals Wedding Album" . US Magazine . Retrieved April 21, 2019 . This page is based on this
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