SHAMELESS star Jody Latham has launched his own acting school.

The Burnley-born 33-year-old said he hopes the Jody Latham School of Acting will provide budding thespians with what they need to make it in the world of acting.

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Sessions will be held at the Central Library in Manchester every Tuesday from 6pm-8pm and are open to anybody over 16.

Jody’s rollercoaster career, which began with his role as Lip Gallagher in the Channel 4 drama, and continued with a starring turn in ITV’s The Fixer, has also involved a video shoot with Tulisa Contostavlos, followed by a brief romance, and a role in EastEnders.

Away from the cameras, he briefly ran Jacks bar, in the former Victoria Hotel, in Barrowford, and was involved in a clothing store and salon in Market Street, Bacup.

But he also narrowly avoided jail, and wept in the dock, at Burnley Crown Court as he was given a suspended sentence for producing cannabis.

Jody, who made a return to his most recognised role for the grand finale of Shameless, was also a contestant in Channel 5’s Celebrity Super Spa.

To find out more about the school, visit www.jlsamanchester.co.uk.