Laura Wiggins

Actress
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Go On (2026)

Laura Slade Wiggins began acting in local community theater in Georgia and later took acting classes in Atlanta, where she was signed by a talent agent. After moving to Los Angeles, Wiggins gained wider recognition for her series regular role as the troubled teenager Karen Jackson on the Showtime comedy-drama Shameless (2011), appearing on the series from 2011 to 2013. Her television work also includes a guest appearance on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and a recurring role as Irene Quinn on the science fiction series The Tomorrow People (2013). In film, Wiggins has appeared in 20th Century Women (2016), Rings (2017), Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019), Stand! (2019), American Deadbolt (2025), and Go On (2026).

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Known for

Rings

4.5

Faith(as Laura Slade Wiggins)

2017

Shameless

8.5

TV Series

Karen Jackson(as Laura Slade Wiggins)

Starving in Suburbia

6.1

Hannah

2014

The Tomorrow People

7.1

TV Series

Irene Quinn

Credits

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Actress

Cape Fear
6.7
TV Series
- Heidi
- 2026
Go On
8.6
- Gigi
- 2026
American Deadbolt
5.2
- Jessica
- 2025
Bloody Bites
6.8
TV Series
- Grace (as Laura Slade Wiggins)
- 2020
The Trap Door at the Edge of the Universe
6.3
- Vanessa
- Alice
- 2020
InstaPsycho
4.7
- Maddie Reynolds (as Laura Slade Wiggins)
- 2020
Stand!
6.2
- Rebecca Almazoff
- 2019
Along Came the Devil 2
4.3
- Jordan
- 2019
Boo
6.6
Short
- Grace
- 2019
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
5.7
- Helen
- 2019
Jax in Love
8.6
Short
- Daisy (as Laura Slade Wiggins)
- 2017
Cradle Swapping
5.3
TV Movie
- Michelle (as Laura Slade Wiggins)
- 2017
Chicago P.D.
8.1
TV Series
- Juliana Parks (as Laura Slade Wiggins)
- 2017
Rings
4.5
- Faith (as Laura Slade Wiggins)
- 2017
Take Flight
Short
- Grace
- 2016

Soundtrack

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Personal details

Official site
- Instagram
Alternative names
- Laura Slade
Height
- 5′ 2″ (1.57 m)
Born
- August 8, 1988
- Athens, Georgia, USA
Spouse
- Kyle WeishaarJune 23, 2018 - present
Parents
Relatives
- Motie Wiggins(Sibling)

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Trivia
(June 23, 2018) Married her boyfriend of 10 years Kyle Weishaar at the Historic Smithonia Farm in Colbert, Georgia. The couple first met on the set of Taylor Swift's Sony TX7 commercial back in 2008.

Quotes
You should always care about what you're eating because it's your body, and you should always want to eat healthy foods, but dieting tactics in Los Angeles are really confusing. There are so many different weird diets out there.