Shameless

Nicky Evans (Actor) .. Shane Maguire

Born: April 20, 1979 in Bradford

Thaila Zucchi (Actor) .. Randall

Rebecca Atkinson (Actor) .. Karen Maguire

Adelle Leonce (Actor) .. Mary Mae

Moya Brady (Actor) .. Remona

Qasim Akhtar (Actor) .. Chesney Karib

Alice Barry (Actor) .. Lillian Tyler

Jacqueline Boatswain (Actor) .. Patreesha St Rose

Born: June 22, 1962 in Bedford, England

Best Known For: Playing Simone Loveday in Hollyoaks.

Early-life: Born on June 22, 1962 in Bedford, England. As a child, Jacqueline showed a musical talent and joined a London ballet school at age 17. She sang and danced on the West End for 15 years before turning to acting.

Career: Boatswain's first acting role was in Doctors in 2001, although she had previously appeared in such TV series as Red Dwarf as a dancer. One of Boatswain's best known roles is that of Mrs Bassinger in Grange Hill, which she played between 2003 and 2005. After that, she had guest appearances in such TV series as Life on Mars, The Royal and Torchwood. She played Patreesha St Rose in Shameless in 2013 and also Victoria in Wolfblood from 2014 to 2016. In 2015, she joined the cast of Hollyoaks as Simone Loveday.

Quote: On changing from dancing to acting: 'In this country we don't see musical theatre as acting so I thought I had to retrain. That doesn't happen in the States as it's all one industry, but we do love a bit of inverted snobbery here!'

Trivia: She was nominated for Best Female Vocal Performance in a Video Game in a Supporting Role at the Behind the Voice Actors Awards 2016 for her performance in Bloodborne.

Karen Bryson (Actor) .. Avril Powell

Rhys Cadman (Actor) .. Tam Blanco

Isy Suttie (Actor) .. Esther Blanco

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.

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.

Sue Vincent (Actor) .. Derilee

Sarah Totty (Actor) .. Sherilee

Michael Taylor (Actor) .. Billy Tutton

Aaron McCusker (Actor) .. Jamie Maguire

Kira Martin (Actor) .. Letitia Powell

Robbie Conway (Actor) .. Aidan Croker

Nikita Brownlee (Actor) .. Stella Gallagher

Tracey Booth (Actor) .. Police officer

Marshall Griffin (Actor) .. Ken the Dog

Jason Orange (Actor) .. Himself

Born: July 10, 1970 in Crumpsall, Manchester

Best Known For: Being a member of Take That.

Early-life: Jason Thomas Orange was born on July 10, 1970, in Crumpsall, Manchester. He has five brothers (including his twin) and three half-sisters (his parents are divorced). Jason's family were Mormons before renouncing the faith when he was in his teens. After leaving school with no qualifications, he began an apprenticeship as a painter and director with the local council's repair and maintenance department. He also appeared on TV as a dancer on Pete Waterman's Hitman and Her show.

Career: In 1989 Orange successfully auditioned for Manchester-based manager Nigel Martin-Smith, who was hoping to put together a British boy band to rival the success of America's New Kids on the Block. Named Take That, the band sold nine million albums and 10 million singles between 1990 and 1996. After they split up, Orange decided against a solo music career. Instead, he had a short-lived stint as an actor, did some travelling and went back into education before Take That reformed in 2005. He left the group in 2014.

Quote: 'I've never been surprised with Take That's success. It's hard to say that without seeming arrogant, but I know that we work hard and there's talent.'

Trivia: In 2013, he made a cameo appearance in Shameless.

Jimmy Dowdall (Writer)

Tim Whitby (Producer)

Paul Norton Walker (Director)

Jean Holdsworth (Series producer)

9:55 pm - 10:55 pm, Saturday, June 6 on That's TV (56)

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Season 11, Episode 7

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