Frankie Shaw

Frankie Shaw
Shaw in November 2015
Born	Rachel Frances Shaw 1986 (age 30–31) Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Residence	Los Angeles, California
Occupation	Actress writer director comedian
Years active	2005–present
Spouse(s)	Zach Strauss (m. 2016)
Children	1

Rachel Frances "Frankie" Shaw (born 1986) is an American actress, writer, director and producer currently based in Los Angeles. She is best known for her short film SMILF, which she wrote, directed and starred in. SMILF premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and was awarded the Short Film Jury Award for US Fiction. She is also known for her recurring role as Shayla Nico in the first season of the USA Network television series Mr. Robot.

Shaw first received recognition in the completely improvised Sundance film The Freebie and then as the oddball drunken cheerleader in the sitcom Blue Mountain State. Since then, she has appeared in independent movies including The Pretty One and Someone Marry Barry.

Shaw's short film SMILF, which she wrote, directed and starred in, won the 2015 Short Film Jury Award for U.S. Fiction at Sundance. Shaw has used the film as a platform to develop a TV show and discuss the role of women on screen.

In 2015, SMILF was picked up by Showtime as a half-hour comedy television show with Shaw as writer, director, star, and producer. The production for the pilot recently wrapped, and the show will "examine[] the travails of a young woman (Shaw) who comes to LA as both a struggling actress and a struggling single mom."

Shaw returned to Sundance in 2016 with another short film she wrote and directed, titled Too Legit, starring Zoë Kravitz, Teresa Palmer, Nate Corddry and Clark Gregg. Too Legit was a satire of Congressman Todd Akin's controversial 2012 remarks about rape and pregnancy: "It seems to be, first of all, from what I understand from doctors, [rape resulting in pregnancy is] really rare. If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut the whole thing down."