THEY performed a number of the wildest characters on TV – however the forged of Shameless have come a great distance from the Chatsworth Property since.
From actual life romances (and splits), to main TV and film roles, millionaire existence and even a scandal over a infamous little one killer, they’ve undergone main life transformations in recent times.
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Now Jody Latham, who performed Philip ‘Lip’ Gallagher within the Channel 4 collection, has claimed he’s presiding over a cosmetics empire worth £18million.
The 38-year-old actor says he received into the wonder enterprise when he met an additional who was doing Botox injections and determined to affix the trade himself.
Nonetheless he insists it hasn’t gone to his head, and informed the Mirror: “I dwell in a two-bed flat and drive a modest automotive. I’m pumping every little thing again into the corporate.”
In addition to showing in Shameless, Jody additionally had roles in EastEnders as evil pimp Rob Grayson and in Waterloo Highway as Steve-O Malone. He is stayed loyal to Manchester too – the place Shameless is about.
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However he is not the one member of the forged to have overhauled their life since… This is a take a look at a number of the fundamental stars and what they have been as much as…
David Threlfall (Frank Gallagher)
Because the Gallagher household patriarch, Frank Gallagher was well-known for his outbursts and consuming habits – however actor David Threlfall could not be farther from the person he portrayed on display.
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The 67-year-old star has loved main roles in Shakespeare performs and wider theatre, taking over components together with Oedipus, McBeth, and Don Quixote.
On movie, his credit embody Sizzling Fuzz, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Grasp and Commander and Alien Post-mortem. In 2016 he additionally starred as Abel Croker in Ripper Avenue.
He has been married to Bosnian-British actress Brana Bajic since 1995, and the pair have two youngsters.
Tina Malone (Mimi Tutton)
Tina Malone – who performed foul-mouthed Mimi within the collection – has had a really turbulent previous few years and underwent a significant transformation after her time on the present.
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The 57-year-old actress had a reported £50,000 makeover, together with a tummy tuck and a face raise, after dropping a whopping 12 stone when she had a gastric band fitted.
She appeared in Superstar Large Brother in 2009, earlier than marrying her husband Paul Chase, who is nineteen years her junior, in 2010. They’ve daughter Flame collectively, whereas Tina additionally has a daughter, Danielle, from a earlier relationship.
She briefly break up from Paul final yr, earlier than they reconciled in February.
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In December 2018, Tina was sacked from a manufacturing of Sleeping Magnificence simply days earlier than Christmas after admitting to possession of cocaine. However in an emotional interview, she insisted she was arrange.
She as soon as once more had a brush with the regulation in the beginning of final yr when she retweeted an obvious image of James Bulger’s killer, Jon Venables, whose id and that of his confederate are protected by regulation.
She confronted a potential two-year jail sentence, however ultimately obtained an eight month suspended jail sentence after admitting to breaching the injunction.
She was additionally ordered to pay £10,000 in court docket prices.
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The entire scandal left her penniless and Tina later admitted to The Mirror that she borrowed cash from her priest at one level.
“I felt like a lowlife. I borrowed cash from everybody I knew. I cleaned my mom out,” she added.
She later informed This Morning that the entire court docket case “ruined her life”. She blamed the stress of a psychological breakdown and monetary issues for breaching the injunction.
Rebecca Ryan (Debbie Gallagher)
Actress Rebecca Ryan, now 29, performed younger Debbie Gallagher on Shameless from the age of 12.
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Debbie ultimately left to affix the military, however actress Rebecca went down a distinct route fully – becoming a member of BBC collection Waterloo Highway as Vicki MacDonald from 2009 to 2011, and Gemma Dean in Casualty from 2017 to 2019.
She’s additionally undergone a really glam makeover and appears unrecognisable now, together with her Instagram web page crammed with summery outfits, gorgeous photoshoots and days out together with her buddies.
Anne-Marie Duff (Fiona Gallagher)
London TV and stage actress Anne-Marie Duff, now 50, performed reluctant matriarch Fiona within the collection.
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Co-star James McAvoy performed her love curiosity Steve on the present, earlier than they departed collectively – and began a relationship off-camera as effectively.
The 2 married in a quiet ceremony in 2006 and have one little one Brendan collectively, who was born in 2010. They divorced in late 2016.
Her profession went from power to power after Shameless, together with her starring as Elizabeth in BBC’s The Virgin Queen in 2006 – incomes her a BAFTA nomination for Finest Actress.
She additionally starred because the mom of Intercourse Schooling’s central character Maeve and her movie work contains 2009 biographical movie Nowhere Boy about John Lennon’s adolescence with Anne-Marie starring as Julia Lennon.
Earlier this yr she starred in BBC drama Salisbury Poisonings.
James McAvoy (Steve McBride)
Maybe some of the profitable stars from the present is James McAvoy, 41, who starred as Fiona’s love curiosity Steve McBride.
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Whereas the pair break up in actual life in 2016, Anne-Marie insists they’re nonetheless good pals and informed The Telegraph: “There’s lots of goodwill between us. And we do nonetheless giggle on a regular basis.
“I can’t think about a time in my life when he doesn’t make me stomach giggle. We love being mother and father and he’s somebody I’ll respect, at all times.”
McAvoy has gone on to begin relationship Lisa Liberati, who he spent lockdown with.
He has starred in every little thing from X-Males to Cut up, Atonement and His Darkish Supplies since leaving Shameless.
Gerard Kearns (Ian Gallagher)
Actor Gerard Kearns, 36, is finest identified for his portrayal of Ian Gallagher within the collection.
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Ian famously had an affair, whereas underage, with married nook store proprietor Kash Karib, earlier than his character left the present all of the sudden after unintentionally killing Joe Pritchard.
He, like his co-stars, appeared in some racy scenes throughout his time on set and he informed the Daily Record after leaving: “They’re awkward, these scenes. It is onerous after I do a scene with Ciaran. We usually go and have a number of beers, and attempt to giggle about it. However you possibly can’t actually eliminate the awkwardness.”
He went on to star in every little thing from The Mark of Cain to crime drama Trespass Towards Us, alongside Michael Fassbender, and the second collection of the BBC 1 daytime present Shifting On.
He has been married to Sarah Kearns since 2017. Collectively they’ve two sons, Aidan Kearns and James Kearns.
Dean Lennox Kelly (Kev Ball)
He shot to fame as barman Kev on Shameless, however Dean Lennox Kelly has additionally starred in Jamestown and as William Shakespeare in Physician Who.
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He was well-known for stripping off for raunchy intercourse scenes throughout his time on the present, and informed The Mirror after he left: “There was hundreds in Shameless. If I used to be an actress folks would most likely discuss what number of occasions I’ve taken my garments off for the digital camera. However while you’re a bloke no person appears to care.
“Now the older I get the extra I am making an attempt to restrict the love scenes, in order that ultimately there will be no flesh seen in any respect. Simply my ft.”
He now shares two children with spouse Eugenie, and he is beforehand spoken about his blissful house life.
He informed The Sunday Post: “I’ve a blessed life. My spouse Eugenie is a full-time mom so I can exit and work, however I attempt to be round as a lot as potential.”
Maxine Peake (Veronica Fisher)
Kev’s on-screen love curiosity Veronica was performed by actress Maxine Peake, 46.
The pair struggled to conceive on display, portraying a heartbreaking battle many mother and father face.
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Life cruelly imitated artwork when she and her artwork director associate Pawlo Wintoniuk additionally struggled to have youngsters off display, undergoing IVF and tragically having two miscarriages.
She informed Pink Journal she had chosen to not be a spokeswoman for girls who haven’t got youngsters, however slammed the scrutiny many ladies undergo if they do not have children.
“I get offended about the best way ladies are pressured and bullied into what the male ultimate is,” she added. “Males don’t get quizzed about their private lives in the identical method.
“Nobody says to a person, you’re 38 and also you haven’t received youngsters – why?”
Maxine has landed some very hard-hitting roles since Shameless.
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In 2006, she performed Myra Hindley at the hours of darkness retelling of the real-life Moors Murders. She additionally performed sexual well being employee Sara Rowbotham in Three Ladies – a drama concerning the Rochdale little one intercourse abuse scandal.
Maxine additionally appeared within the Stephen Hawking biopic The Idea of All the things, as Elaine Mason.
The actress lives in Salford, Manchester with Pawlo. In an interview with The Guardian she referred to him as her “soulmate”.
Rebecca Atkinson (Karen Maguire)
Rebecca Atkinson, 37, performed rebellious Karen Maguire on Shameless from 2004 to 2013, with high storylines together with an affair with Frank and taking up The Jockey together with her new husband, Jamie Maguire.
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Staying firmly in performing as soon as she left, she joined the forged of BBC Scotland cleaning soap opera, River Metropolis, in 2016 as Belinda Roberts.
She’s additionally starred in Life on Mars, Holby Metropolis, Coronation Avenue and Docs.
And like her co-stars, Rebecca loved an actual life romance with a colleague, as she’s nonetheless fortunately married to Ben Batt, who performed Joe Pritchard. They’ve a son collectively.
Elliott Tittensor (Carl Gallagher)
He performed Carl within the well-known Channel 4 collection, however Elliott Tittensor has modified dramatically since – and had a really turbulent few years.
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The actor has taken up tattoo artistry and Jiu-Jitsu since leaving Shameless and breaking apart together with his longtime associate and Skins star Kaya Scodelario.
Elliott hit the headlines in 2010 when he was arrested following a surprising automotive accident which left an adolescent, Oliver Flint, brain-damaged and blind in a single eye following a row.
Flint was thrown from the bonnet of the actor’s BMW exterior a McDonald’s restaurant.
Elliott claimed he acted in self-defence after Mr Flint had climbed up and bashed on his automotive windscreen.
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In 2015, two years after their split, Kaya spoke as a character witness for Elliott in court via a video link from Australia, where she was filming Pirates of the Caribbean 5.
He was ordered to pay substantial damages to Mr Flint as he was driving an uninsured car at the time.
Mr Justice Edis said: “The decision to which I have come is that Mr Flint
succeeds in his claim against Mr Tittensor for battery.”
