Frankie Shaw

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.

Works

2 Broke Girls

Comedy about the unlikely friendship that develops between two very different young women who meet waitressing at a diner in trendy Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and form a bond over one day owning their own successful cupcake business. Only one thing stands in their way – they’re broke.

Release Date2011-09-19

Charactersd Keefer

Episode Count1

Vote Count1602

Blue Mountain State

Three incoming freshman in a big-time, Midwestern college football program have to juggle football, girls, class and nonstop hazing.

Release Date2010-01-11

Charactersd Mary Jo Cacciatore

Episode Count15

Vote Count425

Mr. Robot

A contemporary and culturally resonant drama about a young programmer, Elliot, who suffers from a debilitating anti-social disorder and decides that he can only connect to people by hacking them. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the people that he cares about. Elliot will find himself in the intersection between a cybersecurity firm he works for and the underworld organizations that are recruiting him to bring down corporate America.

Release Date2015-06-24

Charactersd Shayla Nico

Episode Count7

Vote Count4888

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.

Release Date2001-09-30

Charactersd Marrissa

Episode Count1

Vote Count356

Homecoming

Heidi Bergman is a caseworker at Homecoming, a Geist Group facility helping soldiers transition to civilian life. Years later she has started a new life, living with her mother and working as a waitress, when a Department of Defense auditor questions why she left the Homecoming facility. Heidi quickly realizes that there's a whole other story behind the story she's been telling herself.

Release Date2018-11-01

Charactersd Dara

Episode Count4

Vote Count317

Mulaney

Set in New York, and based on the life and stand-up comedy of John Mulaney, this multi-camera laffer follows an aspiring comedian coming of age under the influence of his boss, his roommates and his neighbors.

Release Date2014-10-05

Charactersd Julia

Episode Count1

Vote Count26

Flaked

In his funky California beach enclave, Chip's the go-to guy for personal insights. But he isn't quite as enlightened when it comes to his own baggage.

Release Date2016-03-11

Charactersd Natasha

Episode Count1

Vote Count96

Hello Ladies

Stuart Pritchard is an awkward, overly-confident Englishman trying to date in Los Angeles – where he repeatedly attempts to infiltrate the world of beautiful people.

Release Date2013-09-29

Charactersd Nikki

Episode Count1

Vote Count113

Absolution

An aging ex-boxer gangster working as muscle for a Boston crime boss receives an upsetting diagnosis. Despite a faltering memory, he attempts to rectify the sins of his past and reconnect with his estranged children. He is determined to leave a positive legacy for his grandson, but the criminal underworld isn’t done with him and won’t loosen their grip willingly.

Release Date2024-10-31

Charactersd Daisy

Vote Count435

SMILF

A raw and honest comedic look at a single, 20-something from Southie whose desires for relationships, sex, and a career collide with the realities of young, single motherhood.

Release Date2017-11-05

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Charactersd Bridgette Bird

Episode Count[ 18 ]

Vote Count60

Hollyweed

Two potheads navigate the ups and downs of managing a small marijuana dispensary in their quest for profits and the perfect bud.

Release Date2018-07-11

Charactersd Brookline Mass / Janet

Episode Count1

Vote Count6

No Sudden Move

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 job goes completely sideways.

Release Date2021-06-24

Charactersd Paula Cole

Vote Count735

Mixology

One bar. One night. Ten single people. Welcome to Mix, a high-end bar in Manhattan's trendy meatpacking district.  These are the exploits of singles, five guys and five girls, in search of love - all over the course of one night.

Release Date2014-02-26

Charactersd Fabienne

Episode Count13

Vote Count31

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

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.

Release Date2019-10-15

Charactersd Prosecutor

Vote Count559

Stronger

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

Release Date2017-09-22

Charactersd Gail Hurley

Vote Count1509

Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland

With Blue Mountain State football star Thad Castle recently signing a multi-million dollar NFL contract, his teammates and college life seem like a distant memory. However, when a new school dean threatens to clean up the BMS image by auctioning off the infamous Goat House, Alex, Sammy and the boys must find a way to convince him to get involved. Despite his new fortune and fame, there is one small favor that Thad needs done before he saves the day: the biggest booze-and-sloot fest in BMS history. Welcome to Thadland!

Release Date2016-02-02

Charactersd Mary Jo Cacciatore

Vote Count300

Joshy

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 join him. Focused on drugs and their own hangups, his self-absorbed friends refuse to confront the elephant in the room and ask Josh how he’s feeling. As welcome and unwelcome guests stop by, Josh will attempt to find some closure over this weekend with the guys.

Release Date2016-08-12

Charactersd Crystal

Vote Count109

Someone Marry Barry

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

Release Date2014-02-07

Charactersd Camille

Vote Count179

Lullaby

Estranged from his family, Jonathan (Hedlund) discovers his father has decided to take himself off life support in forty-eight hours’ time. During this intensely condensed period, a lifetime of drama plays out. Robert (Jenkins) fights a zero sum game to reclaim all that his illness stole from his family. A debate rages on patients’ rights and what it truly means to be free. Jonathan reconciles with his father, reconnects with his mother (Archer), sister (Brown-Findlay), and his love (Adams) and reclaims his voice through two unlikely catalysts – a young, wise-beyond-her-years patient (Barden) and a no-nonsense nurse (Hudson). Through this intensely life affirming prism, an unexpected and powerful journey of love, laughter, and forgiveness unfolds.

Release Date2014-06-13

Charactersd Janice

Vote Count56

Falling Up

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 he sparks to one of his residents.

Release Date2009-09-29

Charactersd Gretchen

Vote Count64

Always Worthy

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.

Release Date2016-04-26

Charactersd Greta

Vote Count5

Hello Ladies: The Movie

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 lifestyle, enlisting a Russian model he’s just met to play the role of his beautiful girlfriend. What could go wrong?

Release Date2014-11-22

Charactersd Nikki

Vote Count153

The Pretty One

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, she must decide between continuing the lie or revealing herself.

Release Date2014-02-07

Charactersd Claudia

Vote Count240

Dreamland

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

Release Date2016-04-14

Charactersd Liz

Vote Count19

The End of Love

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 away, Mark is forced to confront his shortcomings. Their fates, now intertwined, hang in the balance as Mark grapples with his ability to grow up. When he meets Lydia, a young mother, he is no longer able to live in the comfort of denial.

Release Date2013-03-01

Charactersd Evelyn

Vote Count36

This Is Where We Live

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 cerebral palsy.

Release Date2013-10-17

Charactersd Lainey Sutton

Explicit Ills

The film follows four inter-connecting stories revolving around love, drugs and poverty in Philadelphia

Release Date2008-03-08

Charactersd Michelle

Vote Count9

Too Legit

A woman tries to determine if her rape was legitimate or not.

Release Date2016-01-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd The cheerleader

Vote Count9

One Night

Fifteen New Yorkers go into a Friday night unaware of the fact that their lives are about to change.

Release Date2007-01-01

Charactersd Clarice

Vote Count6

The Freebie

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, and enjoy games such as crossword puzzle races. They would seem to have a perfect relationship, except for one thing -- they haven't had sex in ages, and seem to have lost all interest in making love with one another, no matter how they try to put each other in the mood. Hoping to put some adventure back into their lives, Annie and Darren come up with an unusual idea -- they each get one night in which they're free to find someone and have sex with them, scot-free. But is this going to help their relationship, or is it just going to turn a small problem into a big problem?

Release Date2010-09-17

Charactersd Coffee Girl

Vote Count33

Just Like the Son

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 sister's house in Texas.

Release Date2006-04-29

Charactersd Brenda

Vote Count4

Red Hook

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 University of New York City. Still traumatized by her sister's death and struggling with crippling agoraphobia, Jenny tries to cope with the overwhelming city and figure out her new life.

Release Date2009-10-03

Charactersd Deena

Vote Count14

Night Swimming

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 male - and Darby's girlfriend Amber. Their public displays of affection irritate Otter.

Release Date2005-07-03

Charactersd Amber

Vote Count8

Valencia

Valencia is a collaboration between a national community of queer filmmakers to adapt the underground classic memoir into a kaleidoscopic vision of San Francisco's Mission District in the early 90s during the rise of a punk lesbian diaspora told through the experiences of Michelle, a single rootless twenty-something searching for sex and love, drugs and adventure.

Release Date2013-06-22

Charactersd Iris (Chapter 21)

Vote Count1

Fluidic

An elliptical tale of three couples who are magnetically drawn together. Love becomes electric as they struggle to connect, disconnect, or reconnect with their partner.

Charactersd Emlyn

SMILF

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 Bridgette invites an old friend over for a visit.

Release Date2015-01-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Bridgette Bird

Vote Count13

Palette

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-like industry of color design, uncovering the dark reality of what it takes to make the world’s greatest hues.

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Charactersd Sidney

Altamont Now

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 the past.

Release Date2008-03-22

Charactersd Karen Kennedy

Vote Count1

The Northern Kingdom

The lives of three disparate families are illuminated by a meteor shower on a winter night.

Release Date2009-07-21

Charactersd Shauna

Vote Count1

Boy Crush

Seven short films in which gay youths and young men negotiate society, sometimes successfully, sometimes not. In several, teen boys come out, perhaps first to a close friend - how will the friends react? For some youths, coming out risks violence. In two films, love is thwarted - by mother, in one, and by immigration, in another. The collection includes "Summer" (Great Britain), "Night Swimming" (USA), "Running Without Sound" (USA), "Out Now" (Germany), "Œdipe N+1" (France), "Hitchcocked" (USA), and "The Bridge" (Australia).

Release Date2007-12-04

Charactersd Amber (segment "Night Swimming")

Vote Count6

Phone Stack

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 missing from her new boyfriend... and her paranoia proves right.

Release Date2019-01-08

Charactersd Sam

Spoonful

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 make matters worse, Anna's breasts are painfully engorged with breast milk. How will these sisters come back together in this time of crisis?

Release Date2012-01-21

Charactersd Mac

Vote Count1

Bad Peter

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.

Release Date2018-04-18

Charactersd Rachel

Vote Count3

Knife Fight

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.

Release Date2013-01-25

Charactersd Samantha

Vote Count36

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series and performances.

Release Date2015-08-02

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count18

Magnum Dopus

A behind the scenes look at the making of Jay & Silent Bob Reboot.

Release Date2020-04-20

Charactersd Self

Vote Count9

4 Kids Walk Into a Bank

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 score to pay a debt, she comes up with the only logical solution: She enlists her three ride-or-die best friends to rob the bank the day before so he doesn’t have to.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Ultraluminous

Sex worker revenge-thriller based on the Katherine Faw novel. To be directed by Frankie Shaw. Screenplay also written by Shaw.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Hollyweed

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 small business in their quest for profits and the perfect bud.

Release Date2018-07-11

Vote Count2

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