Did Addison Timlin Sacrifice Her Movie Career For Jeremy Allen White's Shameless Success?

Summary

• Addison Timlin's movie career did not experience the same level of success as Jeremy Allen White's TV and movie careers.
• Timlin has always been determined to keep her acting career going and has appeared in several movies.
• Timlin prefers working in films because she enjoys the opportunity to fully explore a character's arc.

Although she has been acting since the mid-2000s, many know Addison Timlin as the ex-wife of The Bear star Jeremy Allen White. The couple had an intense romance and everyone has been watching their divorce proceedings carefully. While White has become a huge celebrity recently, he began getting noticed in Hollywood when he starred in Shameless. For Addison Timlin, Shameless was a big break for her then-boyfriend, but her career trajectory hasn't looked the same as his.

Fans of the former couple can check out many Addison Timlin movies, but it's fair to say that her acting career stalled after White's star began rising. It's possible that her movie career changed because Jeremy Allen White became such a beloved star thanks to Shameless.

What Happened To Addison Timlin's Movie Career When Jeremy Allen White Starred In Shameless?

Addison Timlin starred in Californication in 2011, which was also the year that Jeremy Allen White made great money starring in Shameless as Lip Gallagher. White played that role until the show ended in 2021. It seems likely that the couple was together in 2011.

Although White and Timlin stayed quiet about their romance before they got married, had kids, and announced their divorce, fans know a bit about the trajectory of their love story. According to Us Weekly, the pair both starred in the movie Afterschool, which was released in 2008. In 2013, Timlin talked about her career in an interview with Harper's Bazaar and mentioned being in a relationship. While she didn't name White, it was clear that was who she was talking about.

However, while it's fair to say that Timlin's movie career didn't take off the same way that White's TV and movie careers did, she has always seemed determined to keep her career going. While Timlin appeared in the 2014 slasher The Town That Dreaded Sundown and the 2014 comedy That Awkward Moment, people might not know that much about the other movies that she has starred in. It's possible that she wanted to audition for smaller, independent films and that she is happy with how things worked out.

In her 2013 interview with Harper's Bazaar, Timlin answered a question about her plans once she was done filming Zero Hour, the TV series she starred in at the time. Timlin said:

"I'm super-available and ready for hire. I just want to do something challenging. I've been out of commission because I have a hard time auditioning while I'm working, so I'm ready to really start kicking some doors down."

Timlin also mentioned the person whom she was seeing at the time, and it seems likely that she was referring to White. Based on this interview, it doesn't sound like she resented his career. Instead, she seemed to be content with their relationship.

Timlin said about White:

"I've got a sweetheart who I will not disclose, but, yes, he'd be the guy. We have a nice foundation from being friends for a long period of time, and then it took a hard right turn into romance."

Timlin also shared her support for White's Shameless role when he won a January 2023 Critics Choice Award. According to Buzzfeed, she said, "When we’d run your lines for Shameless I’d be so tickled knowing beforehand what everyone would get to witness the next day on set."

Timlin kept acting after she became a mom, although it doesn't seem like she has said much about balancing her movie career with raising her daughters. It's possible that she wanted to audition for indie films after becoming a parent because these are the projects that she likes the most.

Addison Timlin and Jeremy Allen White's Daughters:

• Dolores (four years old, born October 2018)
• Ezer (two years old, born December 2020)

For Addison Timlin, Californication Was Her Big Break

Addison Timlin played Sasha Bingham in six episodes of Californication that aired in 2011. Sasha is introduced in season 4 and she is an actress whom Hank Moody meets because she's interested in the adaptation of his book "F*cking & Punching." The two begin sleeping together, which viewers likely guessed would happen.

While for Addison Timlin, Californication was a huge TV role, she had starred in several movies and had a handful of TV roles beforehand. However, Sasha is her most recognizable TV role. It's fair to say that for Addison Timlin, Californication got her noticed and could have opened the door to more TV parts.

Addison Timlin's TV Roles:

• Delilah in "Milkmaids" episode of American Horror Stories (2022)
• Emily Draper in Cashmere Mafia (2008)
• Mara Chandler in StartUp (2017-2018)
• Rachel Lewis in Zero Hour (2013)
• Charlotte Hanson in 3 lbs (2006)
• Hayley Kozlow in "Memo from the Dark Side" episode of Law & Order (2009)

Even though Timlin had a great role in a popular TV series, Addison Timlin's Californication character remains her most notable one. While she appeared in one episode of American Horror Stories that aired in 2022, she mostly starred in TV shows that people likely haven't heard that much about.

Addison Timlin's Movies Include When I'm A Moth And Blackout

There are a few Addison Timlin movies that fans should watch that were released in the last few years. In 2018, Timlin starred in When I'm a Moth as Hillary Clinton.

The actress also starred in the 2019 sci-fi drama Life Like and her most recent credit is the 2023 horror movie Blackout.

While Timlin has a handful of movie credits on her resume and hasn't starred in many TV shows, she might be content with where her career is. At the very least, she once said that she really likes starring in movies.

Back in 2013, she answered a question from Harper's Bazaar about whether she was happier with TV or movies. She said, "I prefer working, period. I think that I like doing film more just because when you get a script, you have the story from start to finish, so you can really find the character's arc, and when you walk away from it, you know you're sort of powerless to what happens."