Television and film actor Laura Wiggins is best remembered for her portrayal of Karen Jackson in the American comedy-drama Shameless. Apart from television Wiggins has also appeared in movies and has movies such as Hit List, 20th Century Women, and Rings to her credit.

Early Life
Wiggins was born to Kathy and Mark Wiggins on the 8th of August, 1988 in Athens, Georgia, and she also has a brother called Motie Wiggins. Although she grew up in Georgia, she graduated from the Pasadena City College in California. While she was in Georgia, she was a part the community theater, Oconee Youth Playhouse, where performed in a number of plays as a child.

Personal Life
Wiggins met The Gates actor James Preston in 2011 and has been dating him since.

Television Career
After being a part of the community theater back in Georgia, Wiggins made her television debut with the 2006 TV movie Not Like Everyone Else, where she was seen playing the role of Kimberly. Next, in 2007, she was seen in yet another TV movie titled Girl, Positive, playing the role of a high school girl Lindsey Carter. Following two appearances in TV movies, she was cast in a single episode of the police procedural drama series Eleventh Hour.

It was only in 2011 that she bagged, what is considered to be one of her most prominent roles, the role of Karen Jackson in the American comedy-drama Shameless, where she was seen across three seasons. She then went on to feature in single episodes of shows such as Private Practice, The Finder, and Perception to name a few. After Shameless, her other notable performance was in the science fiction television series The Tomorrow People, playing the role of Irene Quinn, a 17-year-old geneticist.

Movie Career
Two years after her television debut, Wiggins was seen in a rather insignificant role in the 2008 zombie comedy Dance of the Dead. Playing the 13-year-old version of the lead role Charlotte, Wiggins was seen in the 2012 dark comedy Hit List. Cast alongside Taylor Cole, Rumer Willis, and Ryan Donowho, Wiggins was seen in the horror-thriller The Ganzfeld Haunting, which received mainly negative reviews andShe was then seen playing the lead role in the 2014 drama romance Hard Drive opposite Douglas Smith. She played the role of a young and seemingly troubled girl, Debs, in the movie, who develops a relationship with her new neighbor Ditch, whose mother sort of disapproves of their relationship. Following this, she was seen in Starving in Suburbia in 2014, portraying the role of Hannah, a 17-year-old girl who becomes obsessed with the idea of thinness. After she stumbles upon a website that promotes being thin, Hannah finds herself battling with anorexia. In 2017, the Hit List actor starred alongside Matilda Lutz, Alex Roe, Johnny Galecki, Vincent D'Onofrio, Aimee Teegarden, and Bonnie Morgan in the supernatural psychological horror film Rings. failed to appeal at the box office.

She was then seen playing the lead role in the 2014 drama romance Hard Drive opposite Douglas Smith. She played the role of a young and seemingly troubled girl, Debs, in the movie, who develops a relationship with her new neighbor Ditch, whose mother sort of disapproves of their relationship. Following this, she was seen in Starving in Suburbia in 2014, portraying the role of Hannah, a 17-year-old girl who becomes obsessed with the idea of thinness. After she stumbles upon a website that promotes being thin, Hannah finds herself battling with anorexia. In 2017, the Hit List actor starred alongside Matilda Lutz, Alex Roe, Johnny Galecki, Vincent D'Onofrio, Aimee Teegarden, and Bonnie Morgan in the supernatural psychological horror film Rings.