In March 2019, the series was cancelled after two seasons. In December 2018, it was reported that Shaw and the series had been accused of workplace misconduct. In November 2017, Showtime renewed SMILF for a second season. Shaw said that the show was a way to discuss and portray the role of women on screen. "Frankie Shaw, it marks the arrival of an important and original voice." SMILF co-stars Connie Britton and Rosie O'Donnell, and tackles subjects like eating disorders and sexual abuse. The first season, which was shot on location in South Boston as well as Los Angeles, received generally positive reviews, with her portrayal of single mother Bridgette Bird notable for its realism, insight, and biting humor. In 2015, SMILF was picked up by Showtime as a half-hour comedy television show with Shaw as showrunner, writing, directing, starring in, and producing the series. Shaw's 2014 short film SMILF, which she wrote, directed and starred in opposite Thomas Middleditch, won the 2015 Short Film Jury Award for U.S.
She was a series regular on the 2016 TV series Good Girls Revolt. Also in 2016, Shaw appeared in the Netflix series Flaked.
In 2016, Shaw reprised her role of Mary Jo Cacciatore from the 2010 series in the movie Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland. In 2015, she appeared in the ABC Family pilot Tough Cookie as well as on the 2015 Fox TV series Mulaney. Robot as Shayla Nico, the drug dealing love interest of Elliot Alderson, for seven episodes.
In 2015, Shaw had a recurring role on the first season of the television series Mr. Also in 2014, Shaw appeared in another independent feature, the drama Lullaby, which starred Garrett Hedlund and Amy Adams. She had roles in the 2013 independent film The Pretty One, which starred Zoe Kazan and Jake Johnson, and the 2014 romantic comedy film Someone Marry Barry. In 2013, Shaw appeared in the HBO's TV series starring Stephen Merchant called Hello Ladies. In 2009, Shaw first received recognition in the completely improvised Katie Aselton-directed film The Freebie and then as the oddball drunken cheerleader Mary Jo Cacciatore in the 2010 sitcom Blue Mountain State. A role in the 2014 ABC's ensemble series Mixology was a breakout role, providing Shaw with her first sense of financial stability since giving birth to her son. Much of her struggles to work as an actor while being a single mother are the loose inspiration for SMILF. Career Īfter college, Shaw decided to move to Los Angeles, but discovered she was pregnant. In 2007, she graduated from Barnard College with a degree in literature. After receiving a scholarship in her junior year, Shaw transferred to the private school Milton Academy in Milton, Massachusetts, where she graduated in 2000. Shaw said that basketball was a constant of her childhood, and she incorporated it into the pilot and third episode of SMILF.
At Michael Driscoll, Shaw played full court streetball at a nearby neighborhood park. Shaw attended Michael Driscoll School and Brookline High School. She grew up in a single-mother home with an older half-brother, who owns a bar in Boston. Shaw's parents divorced when she was four years old. Her mother, an Irish Catholic from South Boston, raised her Jewish. The end of his relationship with Frankie Shaw had inspired him to make his film The End of Love, that starred Webber and his son and had premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2012.Shaw was born in South Boston, and also grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts.Mark has explained that he has been used to always working on delivering a great performance in a movie, and that led him to crave to do something that did not even feel like a performance, yet at the same time, was so grounded in authenticity that people could easily identify with it. He has got motivated if he has pushed himself and the medium, and tried to do things a little bit differently. Webber has found it important to create films in a different way as he has looked at it as an art form and his artistry.He has loved unique independent productions and has preferred challenging roles that demand intense characterization. He kickstarted his acting career in 1998.They have organized walks in protest, have assisted to educate voters, and have volunteered to help provide food as well as shelter to the urban poor in Philadelphia and also in other places. Mark and his mother have been open homeless advocates.He spent the first 9 years of his life in Minneapolis in Minnesota,.He is of German, Swedish, Finnish, Dutch, French-Canadian, Scottish, Cheyenne Native American and English descent. Mark Webber with his wife in December 2015 (Mark Webber / Instagram) Race / Ethnicity READ ALSO: Mandy Teefey Height, Weight, Age, Spouse, Children, Facts, Biography