Shameless

Cast & Crew

Angeline Ball (Actor) .. Gloria Meak

Stephen Lord (Actor) .. Dominic Meak

Aaron McCusker (Actor) .. Jamie Maguire

David Threlfall (Actor) .. Frank Gallagher

James Dreyfus (Actor) .. Edward Clayhill

Sarah Totty (Actor) .. Sherilee

Sue Vincent (Actor) .. Derilee

Tina Malone (Actor) .. Mimi Tutton

Rebecca Atkinson (Actor) .. Karen Maguire

Jalaal Hartley (Actor) .. Kassi Blanco

Nicky Evans (Actor) .. Shane Maguire

Adelle Leonce (Actor) .. Mary Mae

Qasim Akhtar (Actor) .. Chesney Karib

Rhys Cadman (Actor) .. Tam Blanco

Alice Barry (Actor) .. Lillian Tyler

Karen Bryson (Actor) .. Avril Powell

Michael Taylor (Actor) .. Billy Tutton

Robbie Conway (Actor) .. Aidan Croker

Clive Mantle (Actor) .. Mr Banbury

Ryan Wilkinson (Actor) .. Adam

Andrew Sykes (Actor) .. Teacher

Roma Christensen (Actor) .. Little girl

Jack Lothian (Writer)

Dominic Leclerc (Director)

Tim Whitby (Producer)

Jean Holdsworth (Series producer)

Did You Know..

Angeline Ball (Actor) .. Gloria Meak

Stephen Lord (Actor) .. Dominic Meak

Aaron McCusker (Actor) .. Jamie Maguire

David Threlfall (Actor) .. Frank Gallagher

Born: October 12, 1953 in Manchester

Best Known For: Playing foul-mouthed Frank Gallagher in Shameless.

Early-life: Born in Manchester on October 12, 1953. He has a brother; their father was a plumber. David never wanted to be an actor, his first love was football, but thanks to a little encouragement from teachers, he trod the boards in a school production of The Crucible. After a short stint at art college in Sheffield, and a few months labouring, he became a student at Manchester Polytechnic School of Drama. His breakthrough role came in the gritty 1977 drama Scum.

Career: Aside from a lean period at the back end of the 1990s, Threlfall has rarely been out of work. His small-screen work includes roles in Mike Leigh's Kiss of Death, a 1984 staging of King Lear (opposite Laurence Olivier), Conspiracy and The Queen's Sister. His most famous on-screen character is that of chain-smoking patriarch Frank Gallagher, a role he held in Channel 4 drama Shameless between 2004 and 2013. Other projects include The Russia House, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Housewife 49, Hot Fuzz, Nowhere Boy and The Ark. He was also made a surprisingly good Tommy Cooper in the ITV biopic Not Like That, Like This.

Quote: On acting: 'I just like getting up and pretending. It's the game of pretending you're other people, that's the liberating thing.'

Trivia: He supports Manchester City. He received an honorary doctorate from Manchester Metropolitan University in 2013.

James Dreyfus (Actor) .. Edward Clayhill

Born: January 01, 1964 in London

Best Known For: Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, and Hell's Kitchen.

Early-life: Born January 1, 1964, in London but moved to Devon following his parents' divorce. He has a brother and several half-siblings. He attended Harrow boarding school, but hated it and played truant continually, preferring to spend his time at the cinema. At the age of 16, he left the school following a disagreement with the headmaster. After that, he divided his time between his mother, a former Christian Dior model raised in Egypt, and his father, who was married five times. He also had a stint at Rada.

Career: Dreyfus made his TV debut in Love Hurts in 1993, appeared in two episodes of Absolutely Fabulous in 1995, and was in the movies Richard III and Thin Ice before his big break came in sitcom The Thin Blue Line. Gimme, Gimme, Gimme followed, while Notting Hill introduced him to US casting directors who gave him a lucrative salary to appear in Bette Midler's sitcom, Bette. Unfortunately, it was axed after just one series. He's also appeared in several stage plays, Hell's Kitchen and Midsomer Murders. More recently, he has been playing the Reverend Roger in Sky1 drama Mount Pleasant.

Quote: 'I don't want to jump around making people laugh all the time. My strength is versatility. I'm very happy for people to see the serious side of me.'

Trivia: He received an Olivier Award in 1998 for his role in Lady in the Dark.

Sarah Totty (Actor) .. Sherilee

Sue Vincent (Actor) .. Derilee

Tina Malone (Actor) .. Mimi Tutton

Born: January 30, 1963 in Liverpool

Best Known For: Shameless.

Early-life: Tina Malone was born in Liverpool on January 30, 1963. She attended Liverpool Institute High School for Girls and showed a passion for acting. After some minor TV roles, she landed parts in Brookside and Blonde Fist, as well as appearing in Victoria Wood's dinnerladies, before landing a part as the terrifying Mimi Maguire in Shameless in 2005.

Career: Malone has been praised for her acting but her own personality came to the fore when she was a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother in 2009, where she was one of the more popular housemates. Since then, she has also received recognition for her extraordinary weight loss - having a gastric balloon fitted to help her lose four stone in weight. She has been outspoken about her bipolar disorder and health problems. She also runs a theatre school in Liverpool.

Quote: 'You can go on forever about ‘my metabolism slower than yours.' The point is: you need to exercise to speed up your metabolism and then you can eat anything you want in life. But just have a bite, not the whole box which is what I've done for 15 years.'

Trivia: In December 2013, at the age of 50, she gave birth to a daughter.