Laura Slade Wiggins

Personal context

Summary

Laura Slade Wiggins is an actor and musician known for playing Karen Jackson on Shameless and Irene Quinn on The Tomorrow People, as well as appearing in 20th Century Women and Rings. She has described Shameless’s portrayal of women as challenging a double standard around women’s sexuality. Wiggins also said she was inspired by girls who reported rape and took part in Drawing Hope’s support for young survivors of rape and sexual abuse. No public statements on DEI, party politics, or broader identity activism are on record.