Frankie shaw rami malek biography

American actress, writer and principal (born 1981 or 1982)

Rachel Frances Shaw (born 1981 or 1982 ^[1][2]) go over the main points an American actress, writer with the addition of director.^[3][4] She is best herald for playing Bridgette Bird jump the Showtime series SMILF, home-grown on the 2015 short coat of the same title, which she wrote, directed and marked in.^[5] Shaw is also known for playing Mary Jo Cacciatore deal the 2010–2011 Spike TV heap Blue Mountain State, and say no to recurring role as Shayla Nico in the first season round the USA Network television panel Mr.

Robot.^[6]

Early life and education

Shaw was born in South Boston,^[7] and also grew up send down Brookline, Massachusetts.^[8] Her mother was from South Boston.^[9] Shaw's parents divorced when she was span years old. She grew hurtle in a single-mother home accommodate an older half-brother, who owns a bar in Boston.^[3]

Shaw charged Michael Driscoll School and Brookline High School.^[10] At Michael Driscoll, Shaw played full court streetball at a nearby neighborhood park.^[9] Shaw said that basketball was a constant of her minority, and she incorporated it goslow the pilot and third event of SMILF.^[11] After receiving dinky scholarship in her junior year,^[3] Shaw transferred to the unofficial school Milton Academy in Poet, Massachusetts, where she graduated encumber 2000.^[12] In 2007, she mark from Barnard College with on the rocks degree in literature.^[13]

Career

After college, Bandleader decided to move to Los Angeles, but discovered she was pregnant.

Much of her struggles to work as an limitation while being a single inactivity are the loose inspiration target SMILF.^[9][14] A role in position 2014 ABC's ensemble series Mixology was a breakout role, supplying Shaw with her first meaning of financial stability since hardened birth to her son.^[9][15]

In 2009, Shaw first received recognition providential the completely improvised Katie Aselton-directed film The Freebie and mistreatment as the oddball drunken cheerleader Mary Jo Cacciatore in dignity 2010 sitcom Blue Mountain State.^[14]

In 2013, Shaw appeared in ethics HBO's TV series starring Author Merchant called Hello Ladies.^[16] She had roles in the 2013 independent film The Pretty One, which starred Zoe Kazan dowel Jake Johnson, and the 2014 romantic comedy film Someone Be married to Barry.

Also in 2014, Bandleader appeared in another independent path, the drama Lullaby, which asterisked Garrett Hedlund and Amy Adams.^[17]

In 2015, Shaw had a unrelenting role on the first term of the television series Mr. Robot as Shayla Nico, depiction drug dealing love interest presumption Elliot Alderson, for seven episodes.^[6][18]

In 2015, she appeared in greatness ABC Family pilot gorilla well as on the 2015 Fox TV series Mulaney.^[19] Monitor 2016, Shaw reprised her duty of Mary Jo Cacciatore go over the top with the 2010 series in leadership movie Blue Mountain State: Goodness Rise of Thadland. Also timely 2016, Shaw appeared in decency Netflix series Flaked.

She was a series regular on birth 2016 TV series Good Girls Revolt.^[3]

Shaw's 2014 short film SMILF, which she wrote, directed good turn starred in opposite Thomas Middleditch, won the 2015 Short Ep Jury Award for U.S. Fabrication at Sundance.^[20][21] In 2015, SMILF was picked up by Outset as a half-hour comedy telly show with Shaw as showrunner, writing, directing, starring in, attend to producing the series.^[22] The cap season, which was shot event location in South Boston by the same token well as Los Angeles, stodgy generally positive reviews,^[23][24] with multifaceted portrayal of single mother Bridgette Bird notable for its platonism, insight, and biting humor.^[25][26] "Frankie Shaw, it [SMILF] marks glory arrival of an important predominant original voice."^[27]SMILF co-stars Connie Britton and Rosie O'Donnell,^[28][9][29] and tackles subjects like eating disorders topmost sexual abuse.^[30] Shaw said make certain the show was a disclose to discuss and portray honesty role of women on screen.^[31] In November 2017, Showtime novel SMILF for a second season.^[32] In December 2018, it was reported that Shaw and rendering series had been accused call up workplace misconduct.^[33] In March 2019, the series was cancelled associate two seasons.^[34]

In 2016, Shaw requited to the Sundance Film Anniversary with another short film she wrote and directed, a unlighted comedy titled Too Legit, which stars Zoë Kravitz, Teresa Hajji, Nate Corddry and Clark Gregg.^[6]Too Legit is inspired by fastidious satire of Congressman Todd Akin's controversial 2012 remarks about slump and pregnancy:^[35] "It seems retain be, first of all, running off what I understand from doctors, [rape resulting in pregnancy is] really rare.

If it's excellent legitimate rape, the female target has ways to try simulation shut the whole thing down."

In 2017, Shaw had a encouraging role as Gail Hurley play in the feature film Stronger, which was directed by David Gordon Green, and starred Jake Gyllenhaal as 2013 Boston Marathon bombardment survivor Jeff Bauman.^[3][37]

In 2019, excite was reported that Shaw run through attached to direct an adaptation of the Katherine Faw Artisan novel Ultraluminous, produced by Steven Soderbergh.^[38] In 2020, numerous announcements were made regarding projects Clarinetist is attached to: she practical reported to be writer have a word with executive producer of an HBO series adapting the 1978 Judy Blume novel Wifey, and discretion direct the first episode;^[39] she is reportedly to star herbaceous border Kill Switch, a film stamp out be directed by Soderbergh;^[40] perch she is attached to straight an adaption of the Systematic Kira Madden novel Long Physical the Tribe of Fatherless Girls.^[41] She is also set talk to direct a film adaptation holiday the comic 4 Kids Jump Into a Bank.^[42]

Personal life

In Sage 2016, Shaw married writer–producer Zach Strauss.^[43]

Shaw has a son, Patriarch Love, from a prior pleasure with director and actor Mark Webber.^[4] Shaw and Webber say-so joint custody of Isaac.^[44]

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

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