Rebecca Atkinson

Rebecca Atkinson born 22 September 1983 is an English actress known for portraying Karen Maguire in Shameless from 2004 until 2013 Atkinson studied theatre and dance at Preston College Before her television appearances Atkinson attended the David Johnson Drama and taught dancing in Goostrey for the Glenda Ann School of Dancing In 2004 Atkinson began playing Karen Maguire in Channel 4s popular comedy drama series Shameless and appeared in all 11 series She has also appeared in Life On Mars Ideal and BBC Three sitcom Trexx and Flipside In October 2016 Atkinson joined the cast of BBC Scotland soap opera River City as Belinda Roberts She has had minor parts in many shows including playing Asia in four episodes of BBC comedy series Ideal and two episodes of New Street Law where she played a character named Susie Hardwick She appeared in Heartbeat in 2002 and 2006 playing two different characters She has also had single appearances in Life on Mars Holby City The Bill Coronation Street Doctors and The Royal She appeared in Childrens Ward She also appeared in the film adaptation of Kevin Sampsons Awaydays released in 2009 She has now had a role in Wait For Me 2023 playing Lisa