Shaw portrayed Jennifer Ann "Moze" Mosely on the Nickelodeon series Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, which debuted in 2004 and ended in 2007 after three seasons. She dated her co-star Devon Werkheiser briefly.[3][4][5] After the show ended, the sitcom Aliens in America debuted on The CW, where Shaw played the character Claire.[6]Aliens in America was cancelled after one season, lasting only eighteen episodes.[7]
In 2011, she landed the recurring role of Paige McCullers, Emily's girlfriend on Pretty Little Liars.[12] Also in 2011, Shaw appeared as Lisa in the ABC Family original film Teen Spirit. The following year, Shaw starred in the film 16-Love as Ally Mash, a hard-working tennis player who learns to loosen up with the help of a carefree male tennis player. She appeared as June in five episodes of the third and final season of the ABC sitcom Suburgatory.
Shaw joined the cast of Faking It in 2015 as Michael J. Willett's character Shane Harvey's sister, Sasha Harvey, who served as a love interest for Gregg Sulkin's character Liam Booker.
In February 2023, Shaw started a Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide rewatch podcast called Ned's Declassified Podcast Survival Guide with co-stars Devon Werkheiser and Daniel Curtis Lee under the network PodCo.[13][14]
Personal life
Shaw grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska and attended St. Peter Catholic School. She and her mother moved to Los Angeles when she was 13 to pursue an acting career.[15] Shaw was in a relationship with her co-star Devon Werkheiser, during the last few months of filming Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, and afterwards for over a year.[16][17] On an episode of the Ned’s Declassified Podcast Survival Guide podcast in July 2023, Shaw revealed that during the fifth season of Pretty Little Liars, she was let go due to an Adderall addiction and "relationship with food".[18]
