| Intro | American actress and musician |
| A.K.A. | Laura Wiggins |
| Is |
Actor Musician Film actor Television actor Diver |
| From | United States of America |
| Type |
Film, TV, Stage & Radio Music Sports |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 8 August 1988, Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, U.S.A. |
| Age: | 31 years |
Laura Slade Wiggins (born August 8, 1988) is an American actress, singer and musician. She is most known for her roles in Stand, Shameless, The Tomorrow People, Starving in Suburbia and Rings.
Life and career
Wiggins was born in Athens, Georgia, the daughter of Kathy Wiggins and prominent Athens attorney, Mark Wiggins. She has one brother. 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 which aired on Lifetime on April 26, 2014. In 2017, Wiggins appeared in the horror film Rings, the third installment of The Ring franchise.
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 | |
| 2014 | Hard Drive | Debs | |
| 2016 | Take Flight | Grace | |
| 2016 | 20th Century Women | Lynette Winters | |
| 2017 | Rings | Faith | |
| 2017 | Cradle Swapping | Michelle | |
| 2017 | Jax In Love | Daisy | Short film |
| 2019 | Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase | Helen Corning | direct-to-video |
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” |
| 2011-2013 | Shameless | Karen Jackson | 30 episodes |
| 2011 | Private Practice | Lisa | Episode: “The Hardest Part” |
| 2011 | Cooper and Stone | Maya | Television film |
| 2012 | The Finder | Claire | Episode: “Eye of the Storm” |
| 2012 | Blackbox TV | Monica Stratford | Episode: “Silverwood: Red Ink” |
| 2013 | Perception | Patti Walace | Episode: “Toxic |
| 2013 | 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” |
| 2014 | Intelligence | Rebecca Strand | Episode: “Cain and Gabriel” |
| 2014 | Starving in Suburbia | Hannah Warner | Television film |
| 2010-2014 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Zoe Tate / Singer #4 | Episode: “Dead Rails” (as Zoe Tate), Episode: “World’s End (as Singer #4) |
| 2015 | Comedy Sketch TV Time, Okay? | Siri | Episode: “Holographic iPhone Siri” |
| 2017 | Chicago P.D. | Juliana | Episode: “Remember the Devil” |