Rebecca Atkinson
Rebecca Atkinson (born 22 September 1983) is an English actress, known for portraying Karen Maguire in "Shameless" from 2004 until 2013. Early life and education. Atkinson studied theatre and dance at Preston College. Career. 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 4's 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 "Children's Ward". She also appeared in the film adaptation of Kevin Sampson's "Awaydays", released in 2009 . Personal life. Her partner is "Shameless" co-star, Ben Batt, who played Joe Pritchard. They met on the set in 2008 and shared numerous storylines together. In 2016, she gave birth to their son.