Rachel Frances Shaw (born 1981) 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 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.\n', '

Shaw grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts. Shaw\'s maternal side of the family is from South Boston. Shaw\'s parents divorced when she was four years old. She grew up in a single-mother home with an older half-brother, who owns a bar in Boston.\n', '

Shaw attended Michael Driscoll School in Brookline, during which time she played full court streetball at a nearby neighborhood park. Shaw said that basketball was a constant of her childhood, and she incorporated it into the pilot and third episode of SMILF. After receiving a scholarship in her junior year, Shaw transferred to the private school Milton Academy in Milton, Massachusetts, where she graduated in 2000. In 2007, she graduated from Barnard College with a degree in literature.\n', '

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