20 Facts About Frankie Shaw

Rachel Frances Shaw was born on 1981 and is an American actress and filmmaker.

Frankie Shaw is best known for playing Bridgette Bird on the Showtime series SMILF, based on the 2015 short film of the same title, which she wrote, directed and starred in.

Frankie Shaw was born in South Boston, and grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Frankie Shaw grew up in a single-mother home with an older half-brother, who owns a bar in Boston.

At Michael Driscoll, Frankie Shaw played full court streetball at a nearby neighborhood park.

Frankie Shaw said that basketball was a constant of her childhood, and she incorporated it into the pilot and third episode of SMILF.

In 2009, Frankie Shaw first received recognition in the completely improvised Katie Aselton-directed film The Freebie and then as the oddball drunken cheerleader Mary Jo Cacciatore in the 2010 sitcom Blue Mountain State.

In 2013, Frankie Shaw appeared in the HBO's TV series starring Stephen Merchant called Hello Ladies.

Frankie Shaw had roles in the 2013 independent film The Pretty One, which starred Zoe Kazan and Jake Johnson, and the 2014 romantic comedy film Someone Marry Barry.

Also in 2014, Frankie Shaw appeared in another independent feature, the drama Lullaby, which starred Garrett Hedlund and Amy Adams.

In 2015, Frankie Shaw had a recurring role on the first season of the television series Mr Robot as Shayla Nico, the drug dealing love interest of Elliot Alderson, for seven episodes.

In 2016, Frankie Shaw reprised her role of Mary Jo Cacciatore from the 2010 series in the movie Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland.

Also in 2016, Frankie Shaw appeared in the Netflix series Flaked.

Frankie Shaw was a series regular on the 2016 TV series Good Girls Revolt.

Frankie Shaw said that the show was a way to discuss and portray the role of women on screen.

In 2016, Frankie Shaw returned to the Sundance Film Festival with another short film she wrote and directed, a dark comedy titled Too Legit, which stars Zoe Kravitz, Teresa Palmer, Nate Corddry and Clark Gregg.

In 2017, Frankie Shaw had a supporting role as Gail Hurley in the feature film Stronger, which was directed by David Gordon Green, and starred Jake Gyllenhaal as 2013 Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman.

In 2019, it was reported that Frankie Shaw is attached to direct an adaption of the Katherine Faw Morris novel Ultraluminous, produced by Steven Soderbergh.

In 2020, numerous announcements were made regarding projects Frankie Shaw is attached to: she is reported to be writer and executive producer of an HBO series adapting the 1978 Judy Blume novel Wifey, and will direct the first episode; she is reportedly to star in Kill Switch, a film to be directed by Soderbergh; and she is attached to direct an adaption of the T Kira Madden novel Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls.

Frankie Shaw has a son, Isaac Love, from a prior relationship with director and actor Mark Webber.