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Shameless (season 8)
The eighth season of '' Shameless'', an American comedy-drama television series based on the British series of the same name by Paul Abbott, was announced on December 19, 2016, a day after the seventh season finale. The season, which premiered on November 5, 2017, consisted of a total of 12 episodes. This is also the last season to feature Isidora Goreshter as series regular, as she announced her departure from the series following the season finale. Plot Fiona begins her new role as landlord of a local apartment building; she gets to know several of the apartment tenants, including Nessa (Jessica Szohr), a lesbian resident, while regularly facing problems within the neighborhood. Nessa introduces Fiona to Ford (Richard Flood), a mysterious Irish carpenter with a colorful past. Fiona bonds with Ford, who helps Fiona deal with a family of apartment squatters trying to sue her. The two eventually begin a sexual relationship. At the end of the season, Fiona confronts Ford about the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William H
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name shoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Szohr
Jessica Karen Szohr (;) is an American actress. She started her screen career appearing on television shows such as ''My Wife and Kids'' (2003), '' Joan of Arcadia'' (2004), ''What About Brian'' (2007) and ''CSI: Miami'' (2007). She gained recognition in 2007 with her breakthrough role as Vanessa Abrams on The CW's teen drama series ''Gossip Girl'' (2007–2012). She has appeared in feature films including the horror film ''Piranha 3D'' (2010), the comedy film ''I Don't Know How She Does It'' (2011), the comedy film ''The Internship'' (2013) and the comedy film ''Ted 2'' (2015). Her recent television credits include '' Complications'' (2015), ''Kingdom'' (2015), ''Twin Peaks'' (2017) and '' Shameless'' (2017–18). Since 2018, she has been a main cast member of the Fox/ Hulu science fiction series ''The Orville'', as Talla Keyali. Early life Szohr was born in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. She is of Hungarian and one-quarter Black ancestry. The oldest of five children (Megan, Daniel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Lawrence
Sharon Elizabeth Lawrence (born June 29, 1961) is an American actress who played Sylvia Costas Sipowicz in the ABC drama series ''NYPD Blue''. The role garnered her three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Early life and education Lawrence was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. She moved from Charlotte to Raleigh in her junior year of high school and graduated from Needham B. Broughton High School. She attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism in 1983. Career Lawrence began her acting career on Broadway in the 1987 revival of ''Cabaret''. In 1990, she performed in ''Fiddler on the Roof''. She appeared in a number of television movies and series in the 1990s, like ''Cheers'' and '' Star Trek: Voyager''. In 1993 she was cast as Assistant District Attorney Sylvia Costas in the ABC police drama series ''NYPD Blue'' created by Steven Bochco. Her consistently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perry Mattfeld
Perry Frances Garcia Mattfeld is an American actress and producer. She is best known for her roles as Mel in '' Shameless'' and FrankenGirl in ''Wizards of Waverly Place'', and her leading role as Murphy Mason in The CW crime drama '' In the Dark''. Early life Mattfeld grew up in Long Beach, California. Her mother is of Mexican descent. Her grandparents and great-grandparents were entertainers. Career Mattfeld began her career as a ballet dancer from the age of five and studied for the following nine years under the guidance of Debbie Allen. By the age of 12, she was a full-fledged employee of Mattel when she played Kirsten Larson and Kit Kittredge as part of Mattel's American Girl Dolls musical theater troupe. She stopped acting after graduating from Long Beach Poly high school to attend the University of Southern California School of Dramatic Arts where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting in 2016. ''In the Dark'' In her first starring role, in The CW crime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Michael Campbell
Scott Michael Campbell (born August 14, 1971) is an American actor, writer, producer and director. Campbell is best known from his roles in ''Brokeback Mountain'', ''Push'' and '' Flight of the Phoenix''. Among the roles he has played (many of them as a guest star in TV shows), there are recurring appearances in '' ER'', '' Nothing Sacred'', ''House'', and ''Shameless'', and the Apple TV+ original science fiction space drama series '' For All Mankind.'' Early life Campbell was born August 14, 1971 in Missoula, Montana. He graduated from American Academy of Dramatic Arts (Pasadena, California) in 1991. Career 1992–present: guest starring His first onscreen appearance was on the television series ''The Torkelsons'' in 1992, where he played a jock. He appeared in small roles before appearing as a guest star in ''Sisters'' in 1993 where he played Conifer in the episode "Demons". He continued to make small appearances on television shows and movies before making his big screen de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Coppola
Alicia Coppola is an American actress. She became known for playing Lorna Devon in the soap opera '' Another World'' from 1991 to 1994. Afterwards, she made regular and guest star appearances in various television series, notably ''Jericho'' and ''Blood & Treasure'' and appeared in films such as '' National Treasure: Book of Secrets''. Early life Born in Huntington, New York, Coppola graduated from the Kent School in Kent, Connecticut, in 1986 and earned a bachelor's degree in political anthropology and philosophy from New York University in 1990. She is the sister of film producer Matthew Coppola and cousin of film producer Denise Di Novi. She does not appear to be related to the Coppola family of actors and filmmakers. Career Coppola began her career as a hostess on the MTV game show ''Remote Control''. In 1991, she joined the cast of the soap opera '' Another World'' playing the vixen Lorna Devon, the long-lost daughter of popular character Felicia Gallant. She played the ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elliot Fletcher
Elliot Fletcher (born June 30, 1996) is an American actor. He is best known for his work in the MTV comedy series Faking It (American TV series), ''Faking It'', Freeform (TV channel), Freeform's drama series The Fosters (American TV series), ''The Fosters'', and Showtime (TV network), Showtime's series Shameless (American TV series), ''Shameless''. Early life Fletcher was born and raised in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. He is one of two children born to Julia Fletcher, Julia Fletcher DeMita and John DeMita, who are both voice actors. He has an older brother, Conner DeMita. Fletcher is a trans man who Coming out, came out shortly after his 17th birthday. He subsequently began using the name Elliot and Pronoun, he/him pronouns. Career Pre-transition, Fletcher voiced Shiro in the English dub of ''Tekkonkinkreet''. Fletcher joined the cast of ''Faking It (American TV series), Faking It'' as Noah in early 2016. In April 2016, the media announced that Fletcher would be jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zack Pearlman
Zachary Michael Pearlman (born May 19, 1988) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Zack in ''The Virginity Hit''. He has co-starred in short-lived television comedies such as MTV's ''The Inbetweeners'' and on the Fox sitcom ''Mulaney''. Early life Pearlman was born in Royal Oak, Michigan, the son of Susan (née Weldon) and Mark Pearlman. He is the third child in the family. He has two older siblings Aaron and Allie as well as a younger sister Hannah. Pearlman is of Jewish descent. He is a 2006 graduate of Pioneer High School (Ann Arbor, Michigan). Growing up he was very active in local Ann Arbor, Michigan comedy and theatre. Career Pearlman's acting career began after he submitted an entry for a contest with the website Funny or Die and was given the opportunity to audition for a role in the film ''The Virginity Hit''. Pearlman landed a lead role in the film, which was released in September 2010. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruby Modine
Ruby Wylder Rivera Modine (born July 31, 1990) is an American actress, dancer and singer. She is best known for playing Sierra Morton in '' Shameless'', and co-starring in the 2017 slasher film ''Happy Death Day'' and its sequel as Lori Spengler. She is the lead singer of the band ''Ruby Modine and the Disease''. Personal life Modine was born on July 31, 1990 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Caridad Rivera, a makeup and wardrobe stylist, and actor Matthew Modine. Her mother is Puerto Rican, and she has a brother, Boman, who is an assistant director for films. Career Modine was cast as Sierra in the seventh season of '' Shameless''. On November 8, 2016, she was cast to co-star in the slasher film ''Happy Death Day'' starring Jessica Rothe and Israel Broussard. The film opened in 2017, to positive reviews. Modine reprised her role in the 2019 sequel, ''Happy Death Day 2U ''Happy Death Day 2U'' is a 2019 American science fiction black comedy slasher film written an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Rosenberg
Alan Rosenberg (born October 4, 1950) is an American actor. Rosenberg is perhaps best known for his character Eli Levinson which appeared in both the series ''Civil Wars'' and the popular ''L.A. Law''. From 2005 to 2009, he was president of the Screen Actors Guild, the principal motion picture industry on-screen performers' union. Early life and education Rosenberg was born on October 4, 1950 and raised in Passaic, New Jersey. He was raised in Conservative Judaism. Rosenberg's late brother, Mark, was a political activist in the 1960s, later a film producer. Their first cousin, also from Passaic, is musician/songwriter Donald Fagen, co-founder of the group Steely Dan. Rosenberg's parents gave him money to apply to graduate school. Rosenberg said that upon graduating in 1972 from Case Western Reserve University, he found another passion, poker, and subsequently gambled away most of the money his parents sent him, leaving him only able to afford one application, to the Yale School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. Finke was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times'' as being worth "millions of dollars", as well as part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dermot Mulroney
Dermot Mulroney (born October 31, 1963) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in romantic comedy, western, and drama films. Appearing on screen since 1986, he is known for his work in various films such as '' Young Guns'' (1988), '' Staying Together'' (1989), ''Where the Day Takes You'' (1992), ''Point of No Return'' (1993), '' Angels in the Outfield'' (1994), ''My Best Friend's Wedding'' (1997), ''About Schmidt'' (2002), ''The Wedding Date'' (2005), ''Zodiac'' (2007), '' August: Osage County'' (2013), '' Insidious: Chapter 3'' (2015), and the HBO films '' The Last Outlaw'' (1993) and '' Long Gone'' (1987). Mulroney played the main antagonist Francis Gibson in NBC's ''Crisis'' (2014), Dr. Walter Wallace in ''Pure Genius'' (2016–2017), Sean Pierce in Showtime's ''Shameless'' (2015–2017) and Bobby Sheridan in USA's ''The Purge'' (2018–2019). Early life Mulroney was born in Alexandria, Virginia. His father Michael Mulroney, originally from Elkader, Iowa, was a law ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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