Laura Slade Wiggins

Laura Slade Wiggins
Wiggins in 2010
Born	Athens, Georgia, U.S.
Occupations	Actress singer musician
Years active	2006–present
Spouse	Kyle Weishaar ​ (m. 2018)​
Children	2

Laura Slade Weishaar (born Wiggins) 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 is the daughter of Kathy Wiggins and prominent Athens attorney Mark Wiggins. ^[1] She has one brother. ^[2]

Career

She has guest starred in various shows including Eleventh Hour , ^[3] 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. ^[6] 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. ^{[9] [10]} In 2017, Wiggins appeared in the horror film Rings , the third installment of the Ring franchise. ^[11] In 2019, she played a supporting role in the Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase .

Personal life

Wiggins married stuntman Kyle Weishaar in Colbert, Georgia on June 23, 2018. ^[12] In 2021, the two had a daughter.^{[ citation needed ]} On February 21, 2024, her second daughter, Elizabeth, was born.^{[ citation needed ]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Dance of the Dead	BFF #1
2011	Day of the Living	Amy	Short film
2012	Hit List	13-yr old Charlotte
2014	The Ganzfeld Haunting	Molloy
	Hard Drive	Debs
2016	Take Flight	Grace
	20th Century Women	Lynette Winters
2017	Rings	Faith
	Cradle Swapping	Michelle
	Jax In Love	Daisy	Short film
2019	Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase	Helen Corning
	Stand!	Rebecca Almazoff
	Along Came the Devil 2	Jordan
2020	InstaPsycho	Maddie Reynolds

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Not Like Everyone Else	Kimberly	Television film
2007	Girl, Positive	Lindsey Carter	Television film
2008	Eleventh Hour	Belinda Shea	Episode: "Flesh"
2010–2014	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Zoe Tate / Singer #4	Episode: "Dead Rails" (as Zoe Tate), Episode: "World's End (as Singer #4)
2011	Private Practice	Lisa	Episode: "The Hardest Part"
	Cooper and Stone	Maya	Television film
2011–2013	Shameless	Karen Jackson	30 episodes
2012	The Finder	Claire	Episode: "Eye of the Storm"
	Blackbox TV	Monica Stratford	Episode: "Silverwood: Red Ink"
2013	Perception	Patti Walace	Episode: "Toxic"
	The Cheating Pact	Meredith Porter	Television film
2013–2014	The Tomorrow People	Irene Quinn	5 episodes
2014	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Carly Rydell	Episode: "Comic Perversion"
	Intelligence	Rebecca Strand	Episode: "Cain and Gabriel"
	Starving in Suburbia	Hannah Warner	Television film
2015	Comedy Sketch TV Time, Okay?	Siri	Episode: "Holographic iPhone Siri"
2017	Chicago P.D.	Juliana Parks	Episode: "Remember the Devil"

References

1. "Mark Wiggins". wnc-law.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
2. "My brother is the one with the Mohawk! He's the reason I #keepitreal #HappySiblingsDay". Twitter. April 10, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
3. "Laura Wiggins". TV.com. Archived from the original on October 24, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Baker, Cory (December 12, 2013). "The Tomorrow People Mid-season Finale Review: To the Other Side". TV.com. Archived from the original on November 6, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
7. Wagner, Curt (January 8, 2012). "Shameful 'Shameless' audition won Laura Wiggins her role". Red Eye Chicago. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
8. "Law and Order Special Victims Unit". TVGuide.com . Retrieved February 1, 2017.
9. "Laura Wiggins in "Starving in Suburbia". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on October 24, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
10. Neumyer, Scott (April 25, 2014). "Laura Slade Wiggins Talks Thinspiration, Starving in Suburbia & Shameless". Parade.com . Retrieved February 1, 2017.
11. McNary, Dave (September 22, 2016). "The Ring' Threequel Delayed for the Third Time by Paramount". Variety . Retrieved February 1, 2017.
12. Briese, Nicole (July 20, 2018). "Pics! 'Shameless' Star Laura Slade Wiggins Reveals Wedding Album". US Magazine . Retrieved April 21, 2019.

External links

• Laura Slade Wiggins at IMDb