Who plays queenie on shameless

Before Showtime officially relocates its offices to the town of Twin Peaks, an actress best known for her work on the cult classic show is spending some time in the Windy City on Shameless.

Sherilyn Fenn, a.k.a. the former Audrey Horne, will recur on the current sixth season of Shameless, the underappreciated dramedy which has already tackled abortion, gentrification, and gay firemen in its sixth round.

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Fenn plays Queenie, described as “earthy, sensual, flouncy, flamboyant, and joyous.” A better description? She’s the fleeting former lover of Frank (William H. Macy) … and the mother of Sammi (Emily Bergl), Frank’s troublesome daughter! Apparently Frank and Queenie shared a brief encounter on top of a washing machine (under a teenage mushroom high, no less) that resulted in the birth of the crazed Gallagher.

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And she comes with a Shameless-worthy side business: The Queen is a force of nature who “loves to be naked” and runs a massive marijuana operation — which she claims to simply be organic farming. Suddenly, she sounds like a far better match for Frank than Bianca.

Fenn’s character will be introduced in the season’s sixth episode, “NSFW,” airing Sunday.

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