Wilhelmina "Billie" Frank is a fictional character, played by Sherilyn Fenn on the US television sitcom, Rude Awakening, originally run by Showtime from 1998 to 2001. One of the show's taglines describe the character of Billie as: "Rude. Bitchy. Promiscuous. And those are her good qualities."; in fact many gags of the show are based on Billie's bad attitudes. Despite of this, however, it often proves to possess some good qualities, such as affection for family and friends, as well as being more significant than might at first sight seem.