Frankie Shaw

Frankie Shaw is an American actress, writer and director. Born in Boston and raised in Brookline, Massachusetts, she graduated from Barnard College in 2007 with a degree in literature. After early recognition in the improvised film The Freebie, she played the cheerleader Mary Jo Cacciatore on Blue Mountain State and reprised the part in Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland. Her film work includes The Pretty One (2013), the romantic comedy Someone Marry Barry (2014), and Stronger (2017), where she played the supporting role of Gail Hurley. On television she appeared in Hello Ladies, Mulaney and Flaked, recurred as Shayla Nico on Mr. Robot, and was a series regular on Good Girls Revolt. She wrote, directed and starred in the short SMILF, which won the 2015 Sundance Short Film Jury Award for U.S. Fiction. Showtime picked up SMILF as a comedy series with Shaw as showrunner, writer, director, star and producer, playing Bridgette Bird.