Miranda Shaw

Miranda Shaw is a hidden recurring villainess from the ABC series, Quantico.

She is played by Aunjanue Ellis.

Miranda Shaw was the Assistant Director of the FBI Academy at Quantico, director of the training program at Quantico and Alex Parrish's mentor. She is removed from her prestigious role at Quantico, after allowing an undercover operation involving a trainee, Raina Amin, to continue. At the end of Season One, Miranda is named Deputy Director.

Miranda turned heel in Season Two's "Lipstick," doing so by betraying Alex. In the episode, Alex is on the phone with Miranda about the Citizens Liberation Front, a terrorist group who infiltrated an important building in Manhattan. The call ended with Alex leaving the emergency bunker and heading on her mission, under Miranda's orders to do so. Miranda's heel turn came in the final scenes, when she sent a text message to one of the terrorists--informing that person that Alex was in the building. The message sent was, "Alex Parrish is inside," and as revealed in the last scene, Miranda sent the message on her phone.

In the following episode, "Stescalade," the evil Miranda sabotaged Shelby Wyatt's efforts to reveal a report on the group, while continuing to send Alex on her mission. In the episode, "Kubark," Miranda authorized the group's demands to trade hacker Eric Boyer to the group for the hostages. After acquiring Boyer, Miranda engaged in a private conversation with Boyer, stating that he didn't live up to his end of the bargain, while also confirming her association with the group. Miranda ignored Raina's coded signal during the trade and went through with the swap.