Laura Slade Wiggins
{{Short description|American actress, singer and musician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Laura Slade Wiggins
| image = Laura Slade Wiggins 2010 September 12 at Silverlake Lounge.jpg
| caption = Wiggins in 2010
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Athens, Georgia, U.S.
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress||singer|musician}}
| years_active = 2006–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Kyle Weishaar|2018}}
| children = 2
}}
Laura Slade Weishaar (née Wiggins) is an American actress, singer, musician, and realtor. 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.wnc-law.com/mark-wiggins|title=Mark Wiggins|website=wnc-law.com|access-date=May 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107002803/https://www.wnc-law.com/mark-wiggins|archive-date=November 7, 2017|url-status=dead}} She has one brother.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/lauraslade11/status/719288065190010880?lang=en|title=My brother is the one with the Mohawk! He's the reason I #keepitreal #HappySiblingsDay|website=Twitter|date=April 10, 2016|access-date=January 5, 2019}}
Career
She has guest starred in various shows including Eleventh Hour,{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/people/laura-wiggins/|title=Laura Wiggins|website=TV.com|access-date=February 1, 2017|archive-date=October 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024152522/http://www.tv.com/people/laura-wiggins/|url-status=dead}} and in an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation titled "World's End".{{cite web|url=http://www.craveonline.com/girls/1057327-were-shameless-with-our-love-for-laura-wiggins|title=We're 'Shameless' With Our Love for Laura Wiggins|website=CraveOnline.com|first=Cory|last=Dudak|date=February 25, 2015|access-date=February 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312133020/http://www.craveonline.com/girls/1057327-were-shameless-with-our-love-for-laura-wiggins|archive-date=March 12, 2018|url-status=dead}} She also played a pregnant teenager in an episode of the fourth season of Private Practice called "The Hardest Part".{{cite web|url=http://www.thestarscoop.com/interviews/laura-wiggins-interview/|title=Laura Wiggins Interview: Everybody was kind of terrified of Shameless!|website=The Star Scoop|first=The|last=Star Scoop|date=February 27, 2011|access-date=February 1, 2017|archive-date=October 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024195104/http://www.thestarscoop.com/interviews/laura-wiggins-interview/|url-status=usurped}} She had a recurring role in the 2013 series The Tomorrow People.{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/the-tomorrow-people-2013/community/post/the-tomorrow-people-deaths-door-review-season-1-episode-9-138681813634/|title=The Tomorrow People Mid-season Finale Review: To the Other Side|website=TV.com|first=Cory|last=Baker|date=December 12, 2013|access-date=February 1, 2017|archive-date=November 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106230743/http://www.tv.com/shows/the-tomorrow-people-2013/community/post/the-tomorrow-people-deaths-door-review-season-1-episode-9-138681813634/|url-status=dead}} Wiggins joined the Showtime dramedy Shameless, as Karen Jackson, a series regular.{{cite web|url=http://articles.redeyechicago.com/2012-01-08/entertainment/30605356_1_audition-swine-flu-lip|title=Shameful 'Shameless' audition won Laura Wiggins her role|website=Red Eye Chicago|first=Curt|last=Wagner|date=January 8, 2012|access-date=February 1, 2017}}
In 2014, Wiggins appeared in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode "Comic Perversion" as Carly Rydell.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/law-order-special-victims-unit/cast/100257/|title=Law and Order Special Victims Unit|website=TVGuide.com|access-date=February 1, 2017}} Wiggins played the main character "Hannah Warner" in Starving in Suburbia which aired on Lifetime on April 26, 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st--20140425-001-photo.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024152631/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st--20140425-001-photo.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 24, 2018|title=Laura Wiggins in "Starving in Suburbia|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=February 1, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://parade.com/284164/scottneumyer/laura-slade-wiggins-talks-thinspiration-starving-in-suburbia-shameless/|title=Laura Slade Wiggins Talks Thinspiration, Starving in Suburbia & Shameless|website=Parade.com|first=Scott|last=Neumyer|date=April 25, 2014|access-date=February 1, 2017}} In 2017, Wiggins appeared in the horror film Rings, the third installment of the Ring franchise.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/rings-pushed-back-paramount-1201868484/|title=The Ring' Threequel Delayed for the Third Time by Paramount|website=Variety|first=Dave|last=McNary|date=September 22, 2016|access-date=February 1, 2017}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/shameless-actress-laura-slade-wiggins-wedding-photos-finally-revealed/sweet-sentiment/|website=US Magazine|first=Nicole|last=Briese|date=July 20, 2018|access-date=April 21, 2019|title=Pics! 'Shameless' Star Laura Slade Wiggins Reveals Wedding Album}} In 2021, the two had a daughter.{{cn|date=May 2024}} On February 21, 2024, her second daughter, Elizabeth, was born.{{cn|date=May 2024}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| 2008
| BFF #1 | |
| 2011
| Day of the Living | Amy | Short film |
| 2012
| Hit List | 13-yr old Charlotte | |
| rowspan="2"|2014
| The Ganzfeld Haunting | Molloy | |
| Hard Drive
| Debs | |
| rowspan="2"|2016
| Take Flight | Grace | |
| 20th Century Women
| Lynette Winters | |
| rowspan="3"|2017
| Rings | Faith | |
| Cradle Swapping
| Michelle | |
| Jax In Love
| Daisy | Short film |
| rowspan="3"|2019
| Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase | Helen Corning | |
| Stand!
| Rebecca Almazoff | |
| Along Came the Devil 2
| Jordan | |
| 2020
| InstaPsycho | Maddie Reynolds | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| 2006
| Kimberly | Television film |
| 2007
| Lindsey Carter | Television film |
| 2008
| Belinda Shea | Episode: "Flesh" |
| 2010–2014
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Zoe Tate / Singer #4 | Episode: "Dead Rails" (as Zoe Tate), |
| rowspan="2"|2011
| Lisa | Episode: "The Hardest Part" |
| Cooper and Stone
| Maya | Television film |
| 2011–2013
| Karen Jackson | 30 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2012
| Claire | Episode: "Eye of the Storm" |
| Blackbox TV
| Monica Stratford | Episode: "Silverwood: Red Ink" |
| rowspan="2"|2013
| Patti Walace | Episode: "Toxic" |
| The Cheating Pact
| Meredith Porter | Television film |
| 2013–2014
| Irene Quinn | 5 episodes |
| rowspan="3"|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
| Juliana Parks | Episode: "Remember the Devil" |
References
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External links
{{commons category|Laura Slade Wiggins}}
- {{IMDb name|2270016|Laura Slade Wiggins}}
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Category:Actresses from Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:American child actresses
Category:American film actresses
Category:American women singer-songwriters
Category:American television actresses
Category:Musicians from Athens, Georgia
Category:Musicians from Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:21st-century American singer-songwriters
Category:21st-century American women singers