Shameless

Sue Vincent (Actor) .. Derilee

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.

Nikita Brownlee (Actor) .. Stella Gallagher

Isy Suttie (Actor) .. Esther Blanco

Jade Kilduff (Actor) .. Thalia 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.

Rebecca Atkinson (Actor) .. Karen Maguire

Sarah Totty (Actor) .. Sherilee

Robbie Conway (Actor) .. Aidan Croker

Michael Taylor (Actor) .. Billy Tutton

Karen Bryson (Actor) .. Avril Powell

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.

Alice Barry (Actor) .. Lillian Tyler

Aaron McCusker (Actor) .. Jamie Maguire

Nicky Evans (Actor) .. Shane Maguire

Born: April 20, 1979 in Bradford

Rhys Cadman (Actor) .. Tam Blanco

Lewis Hardaker (Actor) .. Saul Blanco

Qasim Akhtar (Actor) .. Chesney Karib

Moya Brady (Actor) .. Remona

Annabelle Apsion (Actor) .. Monica Gallagher

Adelle Leonce (Actor) .. Mary Mae St Rose

Kira Martin (Actor) .. Letitia Powell

Ron Donachie (Actor) .. Biddy

Bronagh Gallagher (Actor) .. Ronnie

Born: April 26, 1972 in Derry, Northern Ireland

Best Known For: Playing Mrs Nickleby in The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby.

Early-life: Born on April 26, 1972 in Derry, Northern Ireland. Bronagh got involved in drama and music school activities as a teenager and joined amateur dramatics group the Oakgrove Theatre Company. She was a backing singer in a local band called The Listener for a while.

Career: Gallagher got her big break in acting when she played Bernie in The Commitments (1991). She then went on to land parts in Pulp Fiction (1994) and Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). Since then, she has appeared in such films as Tristan & Isolde (2006), Last Chance Harvey (2008) and Sherlock Holmes (2009). She released her first album, Precious Soul, in 2004. Gallagher has had a number of TV roles, including in BBC Three comedy series Pramface, BBC drama The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby and comedy You, Me and the Apocalypse. She has also made some high profile stage appearances, including in the National Theatre production of War Horse and in a Theatre de Complicite touring production of The Street of Crocodiles.

Quote: 'I was lucky to have attended schools that took music and drama very seriously and the teachers were just brilliant.'

Trivia: She collaborated with Brian Eno on her first album and also wrote most of the music herself, played the drums and sang lead vocals.

Celyn Jones (Actor) .. Joss

Harriet Webb (Actor) .. Receptionist

Caroline Woodruff (Actor) .. Teacher

Loren McLaughlan (Writer)

Amy Roberts (Writer)

Tim Whitby (Producer)

Jean Holdsworth (Series producer)

9:55 pm - 10:55 pm, Friday, June 12 on That's TV (56)

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