She has two known grandchildren, an unnamed child from Fiona when she left in Series 2, and Lip's daughter, Katie Maguire. Finally, Karen has to be restrained by medics and is placed in a psychiatric unit. Select Page. Ultimately, Joe makes Jimmy disappear, Jimmy's sister clears Carl and Chesney, and the Maguires convince Jimmy's gang to leave the Gallaghers and Chesney alone. In the finale of series 4, she makes her first appearance, opposing of her mother's plan to move the Karib family to Windsor Gardens. Bruce admits he lied but says Maxine did the same, revealing that Ian was never a doctor, as Maxine had told everyone in the family. Kev also took boxing lessons from his late father during childhood; a skill he attempts to pass onto his foster child, Eric, in the second series. In series 3, she found out that Lillian had an affair with her husband Malcolm in the 1970s, resulting in a catfight in The Jockey. After a confrontation with Karen Maguire (Rebecca Atkinson) in Series 9, Gloria begins a secret affair with Karen's husband Jamie Maguire (Aaron McCusker); a secret which is almost revealed when Jamie goes missing during a robbery with Shane Maguire (Nicky Evans), Ruby Hepburn (Kari Corbett), Frank Gallagher (David Threlfall) and Aidan Croker (Robbie Conway). Debbie learned of this development on New Year's Day 2006 when meeting with Liam's headteacher and a local parish priest. Avril Powell[24] is a newcomer to the Chatsworth Estate and appears from Series 8 Episode 1. However, he must also endure the endless put-downs from Libby's disabled mother, Patty (Valerie Lilley). US. Frank soon takes them back to the Gallagher household, walking into Fiona and Monica fighting over the upbringing of the two children. Kelly turned him down several times, even ending their relationship, because she could not marry him while living a lie. Micky is the most idealistic of his family, and the most loyal to his parents. It is revealed in Series 5 that Debbie has been in a secret relationship with police officer Tom O'Leary (Michael Legge), despite the fact that she is only 15 years old. Ian sees Sean Bennett at their biological father's funeral and later tells the truth to Sean, who wants to keep seeing Ian, but eventually agrees that they can not ignore their familial relationship. From Series 9, Frank is the only original member of the Gallagher family left after Carl leaves to join the police. Jamie used his power of attorney while Karen was ill to put The Jockey solely in his name, and at first he is very cold towards her after her return, ignoring her suggestions and making it clear that the pub was no longer hers, but his and run with Mimi, leaving Karen feeling very left out. However, he refused to take it as she sees that he couldn't live without his family and is pleased to see this side. Libby is furious when she finds out, but Liam assures her that he didn't have sex. He appears in only one episode in Series 2, with a minor role. After Lip confronted Shane over the matter, Shane agreed to call off the family hunt for Carl. Micky told Ian that he'd felt like a freak before he'd had Ian to look up to, and now Ian had taken that away. She is a hard-nosed businesswoman who is not averse to breaking the law to make a bit of extra profit. It is not stated whether it is because he is leaving Maxine or if it is to avoid retribution by Roscoe's gang. She can also be seen to forge strong relationships with other characters, notably Marty Fisher and Mandy Maguire. Kash Karib (Chris Bisson) was his only long-term boyfriend, though he has a brief relationship with Sean Bennett, and an ongoing friendship, sometimes sexual, with Micky Maguire (Ciarn Griffiths). She can also be seen to forge strong relationships with other characters, notably Marty Fisher (Jack Deam) and Mandy Maguire (Samantha Siddall), she also tends to come up with numerous money-making schemes to provide income. She is the mother of Lip Gallagher's (Jody Latham) daughter, Katie. It is also stated that his father did not always treat Frank kindly when Frank was growing up. When Frank goes missing after his stag night, Monica demands custody of Liam and Stella. He convinces her to give Ian another chance, as he says that he can be her mate, but Ian is her soulmate. Sheila appeared in 28 episodes in total. She isn't seen again until the final episode of the fourth series when Yvonne is nearly mugged by Carl Gallagher (Elliott Tittensor). Fiona also once claimed to be proud that she was the only girl in her year-group during secondary school not to fall pregnant before taking her GCSEs. Throughout the last few episodes, Debbie was desperately trying to sabotage Lip's plan to sell their home, so now that the offer has fallen . After Karen's release from hospital, they fall behind on household bills, and Jamie is finding it difficult to cope with his wife's mental illness. Norma was previously Monica Gallagher's (Annabelle Apsion) lesbian lover after her split from Frank Gallagher (David Threlfall). Mimi is as hard as nails, and she can hold her own with men and women. The following is a list of fictional characters from the English comedy-drama Shameless, created by Paul Abbott, which was on Channel 4 between 2004 and 2013. On Frank's escape, the pair stay unmarried and he eventually loses Libby in Episode 13 after cheating on her with Letitia Powell's (Kira Martin) headmistress (Annie Wallace). His cherished wife is Mimi (Tina Malone), and he has an identical twin brother called Noel (Sean Gilder), who is gay. The unit contained an assortment of clothing. A local tough named Jimmy kills a boy who took advantage of his sister, and he frames Carl and Chesney Karib (Qasim Akhtar) for the crime, forcing them to flee Chatsworth. Craig Garland is the ex-boyfriend of Fiona Gallagher (Anne-Marie Duff) and the father of her baby. Shane was left to look on Liam as a son.[8]. He is also openly gay, but has quickly gained the confidence of Mimi, after at first being thrown out after his father, Cameron (Joe Duttine), caught him smoking cannabis, and then only to arrive at Ian's house and lie to his sister that he was thrown out for being gay. In Series 7, Paddy Maguire (Sean Gilder) demands repayment of a loan he gave to Yvonne. Around the start of the fifth season, Debbie took advantage of an older friend named Matty because she was throwing a party and everyone drank Frank's "milk of the gods" which was a heavily alcoholic beer he made in Sheila's basement. It has not been mentioned what exactly the reasons were for his string of past convictions. On the day of the school visit, and when it was apparent that Frank was not going to help, Debbie had to take matters into her own hands. She is also a bully who often teases her brother Saul (Lewis Hardaker), and is often seen being spiteful to Stella Gallagher (Nikita Brownlee). Libby starts putting up posters because of his disappearance. At one point he burns Carol's house down when he finds her having sex in the shower with his best friend, as well as burning down the toilets of The Jockey when Veronica attempts to have him sent back to prison after he escaped to attend her wedding; incidents like this have landed him in prison several times. He is highly intelligent, takes 10 GCSEs, and eventually accepts an offer from Nottingham University in the last episode of Series 4. Maxine's brother Bruce (Philip Hill-Pearson) shows up in Chatsworth, sporting a black eye and saying their mother has left and that their father, Cameron (Joe Duttine), hit him and threw him out of the house for being gay. It soon became apparent that the death was a hoax set up by Monica and her civil partner, a psychiatric nurse called Mildred, who dresses up as an army officer and tells Libby that Debbie was killed in Afghanistan. Steve is from a family of doctors, referring to them as "the medical equivalent of a battery farm". Jamie is shown to go to extreme lengths to get revenge, sending one such message to Joe, after finding out about Karen's affair with him, by digging up his recently deceased father and leaving him slumped outside of the local shop. As she and Jamie argue over shared ownership of The Jockey and other problems, Karen finds herself drawn to her sister-in-law, Mandy's (Samantha Siddall), abusive boyfriend Joe Pritchard (Ben Batt), and has sex with him shortly after Jamie moves out. But there was no need, as the news turned out to be a cruel hoax by the returning Monica. He again accuses Maxine of wanting to be with Carl, to which she tells Ian she just doesn't want to be with him. Luckily, one of the guns Jamie was selling ended up in her bag, and she was able to shoot the customer and get away, leading to Jamie taking the gun back and soothing her in a hot shower. Although Monica wanted to be a good mother, and was shown doing some household chores, laziness and selfishness prevented her from being any real help. During her early appearances on the show, Kelly had a hostile relationship with her sister-in-law Veronica Fisher (Maxine Peake), who was the one that eventually discovered her addiction to heroin, and helped Kelly get clean by locking her in the bathroom against her will, she would later return to Chatsworth looking for a room to rent and Frank Gallagher (David Threlfall) used it as opportunity to collect cash from her, and allows her to live with him and Sheila Jackson (Maggie O'Neill) but little do they know that's she's a prostitute and kick her out because of it. She acted the same way with Frank's new partner, Libby Croker (Pauline McLynn), as she earlier did with Sheila. [10] Mickey leaves the show during Series 9 after helping a young lady give birth to a baby. In retaliation, Jamie digs up Joe's dead father, and confronts them outside the store, telling Karen it is her last chance to come home with him, and leaving the body at the side of the building. Things begin to go badly for Chesney a party thrown at his house takes an abrupt turn when a drunk girl is taken advantage of, and the boy that transpired the events gets battered to death by the girl's older brother. In episode 11 of series 7, Debbie sends the family a letter telling them she's being sent to Afghanistan. As Maureen disappeared to put the kettle on, Mandy followed to see what she was doing, and to her horror, found a broken gas pipe which Maureen had sabotaged. He services Michelle and other women, needing the money as well as some time away from Karen. Her brothers are the briefly seen Donny and Joey, secretly . Her brothers are Micky (Ciarn Griffiths), Shane (Nicky Evans) and Jamie (Aaron McCusker), as well as the late Fergal and the little-seen Donny (Clyve Bonelle) and Joey (Will Willoughby). The thug turns out to be a hireling of Roscoe, a Moss Side-based crime lord. Stan is then severely beaten by an unknown assailant. Kelly appeared in 85 episodes overall. Jamie tells Kelly that Paddy's plan was to make the police think he was dead, so he could start again, and that he is now living in Thailand. Initially he played only a minor role in the show, but since series two has been featured just as much as the other Gallagher children. Frank has an argument with Monica and decides to leave Chatsworth since he believes he is better off without his family. He meets a woman named Michelle while on a night out, and has sex with her in the ladies toilets. The situation becomes complicated when Maxine asks Ian to pose as her boyfriend to impress her parents. Kash became a city councillor in Series 3. Karen suffers a miscarriage early in season 6 and very soon after, her changing behavior and the loss of their child starts creating a large rift in their marriage. Steve appeared in 16 episodes overall. Much to his parents' disgust, he appeared to be reformed, rejected his family, got a job as a barman at "The Jockey", began training as a probation officer, and became engaged to his Jockey co-worker, Karen Jackson (Rebecca Atkinson). Debbie's character arc on Shameless ends with a cliffhanger, in which she can either build a steady life for her daughter or follow in the chaotic footsteps of her mother. In series 6, it is revealed that Liam is a talented musician, and also fluent in Sign Language. Because that's Fiona: doing it all. Bruce is a charming but manipulative young man. Mimi is presented as a character who behaves in ways which are polar opposites. She stays with Joe, but soon begins to question her choice as she starts taking her bipolar meds again. In series 8, Libby Croker (Pauline McLynn) mentioned that Fiona was married. Liam had left the Chatsworth Estate to live with Monica. She has portrayed Deborah "Debbie" Gallagher on Shameless, a role she has played from 2011 to 2021, and Harris Conner-Healy in the tenth season of the family sitcom Roseanne, and its spin-off continuation The Conners. Stella appeared in 15 episodes overall. He gets into an argument with Karen being a female dog and over their sex lives since their breakup, but when Karen tries to taunt him into another tryst, he refuses. When Karen begins to suspect an affair, Michelle confesses her love for him, and Paddy uncovers what he's doing and tries to tell him to stop, Jamie finally has enough. He returned in series 8, when he snatched Cilla without Mimi noticing. At one point during Series 3 a whole riot squad is needed to restrain her after she attempts to free her daughter Mandy from incarceration at the police station. 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