Biography
Rachel Frances "Frankie" Shaw is an American actress, writer, director and producer. She is best known for playing Mary Jo Cacciatore on the 2010–2011 Spike TV series Blue Mountain State, and for the 2017 Showtime series SMILF, based on the 2015 short film of the same name, which she wrote, directed and starred in. Shaw is also known for her recurring role as Shayla Nico in the first season of the USA Network television series Mr. Robot.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Absolution
2024
as Daisy
An aging ex-boxer gangster working as muscle for a Boston crime boss receives an upsetting diagnosis. Despite a faltering memory, he attempts to rect...

No Sudden Move
2021
as Paula Cole
A group of criminals are brought together under mysterious circumstances and have to work together to uncover what's really going on when their simple...

Magnum Dopus
2020
as Self
A behind the scenes look at the making of Jay & Silent Bob Reboot.

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
2019
as Prosecutor
Jay and Silent Bob embark on a cross-country mission to stop Hollywood from rebooting a film based on their comic book characters Bluntman and Chronic...

Phone Stack
2019
as Sam
A group of successful friends try not to look at their phones for one dinner, but one woman can't help but obsess over the texts she thinks she's miss...

Hollyweed
2018
Two potheads battle a neighboring cookie magnate and enlist the help of a charming porn star to help them navigate the ups and downs of managing a sma...

Bad Peter
2018
as Rachel
In this sci-fi short, an AI named Peter is supposed to help this woman named Rachel have a successful pregnancy – by any means necessary.

Stronger
2017
as Gail Hurley
A victim of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 helps the police track down the killers while struggling to recover from devastating trauma.

Joshy
2016
as Crystal
After his engagement ends badly, Josh decides to take advantage of his bachelor-party plans in Ojai, California, with the few friends still willing to...

Always Worthy
2016
as Greta
A quirky, aspiring actress is determined to make her dreams come true in Hollywood, but first she's got to overcome her biggest obstacle - herself.

Dreamland
2016
as Liz
Part-time pianist Monty Fagan begins a May-December romance that upends his home life.

Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland
2016
as Mary Jo Cacciatore
With Blue Mountain State football star Thad Castle recently signing a multi-million dollar NFL contract, his teammates and college life seem like a di...

Too Legit
2016
as The cheerleader
A woman tries to determine if her rape was legitimate or not.

Too Legit
2016
Director, Producer, Writer
A woman tries to determine if her rape was legitimate or not.

SMILF
2015
as Bridgette Bird
A young single mother struggles to balance her old life of freedom with her new one as mom. It all comes to a head during one particular nap-time when...

SMILF
2015
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
A young single mother struggles to balance her old life of freedom with her new one as mom. It all comes to a head during one particular nap-time when...

Hello Ladies: The Movie
2014
as Nikki
When Stuart learns that his British ex-girlfriend is planning to visit Los Angeles with her husband, he sets out to impress them with his glamorous li...

Lullaby
2014
as Janice
Estranged from his family, Jonathan (Hedlund) discovers his father has decided to take himself off life support in forty-eight hours’ time. During thi...

The Pretty One
2014
as Claudia
When her idolized twin sister Audrey dies in a car accident, Laurel decides to take her place. But, as she eases into the life she has always wanted, ...

Someone Marry Barry
2014
as Camille
A trio of friends scheme to find a wife for their socially inappropriate friend Barry, and end up finding a girl just like him.

This Is Where We Live
2013
as Lainey Sutton
A struggling family’s dynamics are challenged and a unique friendship is born when a small-town Texas handyman becomes caregiver to their son with cer...

Valencia
2013
as Iris (Chapter 21)
Valencia is a collaboration between a national community of queer filmmakers to adapt the underground classic memoir into a kaleidoscopic vision of Sa...

The End of Love
2013
as Evelyn
Mark is a struggling actor stuck between the life he once knew and the one waiting for him. When the mother of his two-year-old son suddenly passes aw...

Knife Fight
2013
as Samantha
A political strategist juggling three clients questions whether or not to take the high road, as the ugly side of his work begins to haunt him.
Spoonful
2012
as Mac
Three sisters pack up their family home after the death of their father. Anna, the eldest, is put in charge while her younger sisters fuck off. To mak...

The Freebie
2010
as Coffee Girl
Annie and Darren have been married for seven years, and they love each other as much as the day they were wed; they're affectionate, have fun together...

Red Hook
2009
as Deena
Ten years after witnessing her older sister's brutal murder, Jenny Traylor leaves her hometown in North Carolina to start her freshman year at the Uni...

Falling Up
2009
as Gretchen
A nursing student forced to quit school for family reasons winds up taking a job as a doorman in an elite apartment building in New York City, where h...
The Northern Kingdom
2009
as Shauna
The lives of three disparate families are illuminated by a meteor shower on a winter night.
Altamont Now
2008
as Karen Kennedy
A comedic slice of Indie Rock Apocalypse, Altamont Now is a biting satire of how the “alternative” youth culture of America lifts its rebellion from t...

Explicit Ills
2008
as Michelle
The film follows four inter-connecting stories revolving around love, drugs and poverty in Philadelphia

Boy Crush
2007
as Amber (segment "Night Swimming")
Seven short films in which gay youths and young men negotiate society, sometimes successfully, sometimes not. In several, teen boys come out, perhaps ...
One Night
2007
as Clarice
Fifteen New Yorkers go into a Friday night unaware of the fact that their lives are about to change.

Just Like the Son
2006
as Brenda
A petty thief's mentoring of an apparent orphan takes a profound turn when he kidnaps the boy from a foster home and drives him cross-country to his s...

Night Swimming
2005
as Amber
A night in the woods, and its aftermath, helps Otter with a major life decision. He's a high school senior, hanging out with Darby - the local alpha m...
Palette
N/A
as Sidney
Dolly is a woman who suffers from extreme synesthesia, a rare condition where she is able to hear colors. She is soon recruited into a secretive, cult...
Fluidic
N/A
as Emlyn
An elliptical tale of three couples who are magnetically drawn together. Love becomes electric as they struggle to connect, disconnect, or reconnect w...
Palette
N/A
Producer
Dolly is a woman who suffers from extreme synesthesia, a rare condition where she is able to hear colors. She is soon recruited into a secretive, cult...
4 Kids Walk Into a Bank
N/A
Director, Screenplay
Ex-bank robber Danny's teenage granddaughter Paige means the world to him. When she overhears that his former gang is pulling him back in for one more...
Ultraluminous
N/A
Director, Screenplay
Sex worker revenge-thriller based on the Katherine Faw novel. To be directed by Frankie Shaw. Screenplay also written by Shaw.