Alia Shawkat

Alia Shawkat
Shawkat in March 2016
Born	Alia Martine Shawkat (1989-04-18) April 18, 1989 Riverside, California, U.S.
Occupations	Actress Producer
Years active	1999–present
Relatives	Paul Burke (maternal grandfather)

Alia Martine Shawkat (/ˈæliə ˈʃɔːkæt/ AL-ee-ə SHAW-kat; Arabic: عليا مارتين شوكت; born April 18, 1989) is an American actress and artist. She is known for her roles as Hannah Rayburn in State of Grace, Maeby Fünke in the Fox/Netflix Television progratelevision sitcom Arrested Development (2003-2006, 2013-2019), Gertie Michaels in the 2015 horror-comedy movie The Final Girls, and Dory Sief in the TBS and HBO Max comedy series Search Party (2016–2022). She has also been on Comedy Central's Drunk History as Frances Cleveland, Virginia Hall, and Alexander Hamilton.

Biography

Shawkat was born in Riverside, California, to Dina Shawkat (née Burke) and movie producer Tony Shawkat. She grew up in Palm Springs. She has two brothers. Her father is from Iraq, and her mother is of Norwegian, Irish, and Italian descent. Her maternal grandfather was actor Paul Burke.

Career

Shawkat has appeared in over 47 movie roles, 32 television roles and 1 role in a podcast.

Personal life

When not acting, Shawkat likes to paint; she has participated in gallery shows in Los Angeles, Mexico City and Paris. She also likes to make music and sing in jazz bars. She is bisexual. Her most notable features are her dark curly hair, brown eyes, dimples and her freckles.

Filmography

Movies

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Three Kings	Amir's Daughter
2005	Rebound	Amy
	Queen of Cactus Cove	Billie	Short movie
2006	Deck the Halls	Madison Finch
2008	Bart Got a Room	Camille
	Prom Wars	Diana Riggs
2009	Amreeka	Salma Halaby
	Whip It	Pash Amini
2010	The Runaways	Robin Robbins
2011	The Lie	Seven
	Cedar Rapids	Bree
	The Oranges	Vanessa Walling
	Our Deal	Night Creeper	Short movie
2012	Damsels in Distress	Mad Madge
	That's What She Said	Clementine
	Ruby Sparks	Mabel
	The Brass Teapot	Louise
	The Golden Age	Janice	Short movie
2013	May in the Summer	Dalia
	The End of Love	Alia Shawkat	Cameo
	Setup, Punch	Dottie Kaufman	Short movie
	The To Do List	Fiona Forster
	Bunion	Rachel	Short movie
	Night Moves	Surprise
	The Moment	Jessie Jamil
2014	Life After Beth	Roz
	Wild Canaries	Jean
2015	The Final Girls	Gertie Michaels
	The Driftless Area	Carrie
	Nasty Baby	Wendy
	Adam Green's Aladdin	Emily
	Green Room	Sam
	Me Him Her	Laura
2016	The Intervention	Lola
	Pee-wee's Big Holiday	Bella
	Paint It Black	Josie
	20th Century Women	Trish
2017	Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town	Agatha Benson
2018	Blaze	Sybil Rosen
	Duck Butter	Naima	Also writer
2019	Animals	Tyler
	First Cow	Woman with Dog
	I Lost My Body	Gabrielle (voice)	English dub
	Alina	Alina	Short movie
2020	The Letter Room	Rosita	Short movie
2021	Love Spreads	Kelly	Post-production
TBA	Being the Ricardos	Madelyn Pugh	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	JAG	Young Sarah MacKenzie	Episode: "Second Sight"
2000	The Trial of Old Drum	Dee	TV movie
2002	State of Grace	Young Hannah Rayburn	Main cast; 40 episodes
	Presidio Med	Tara Wegman	Episode: "Good Question"
2003	Without a Trace	Siobhan Arintero	Episode: "Maple Street"
	Boomtown	Denise Stein	Episode: "Home Invasion"
2003–06; 2013; 2018–19	Arrested Development	Mae "Maeby" Fünke	Main cast; 79 episodes
2006	Veronica Mars	Stacy Wells	Episode: "The Rapes of Graff"
	Not Like Everyone Else	Brandi Blackbear	TV movie
2007	The Business	Screenwriting Manicurist	2 episodes
2008	The Bad Mother's Handbook	Charlotte	TV movie
	The Starter Wife	Robin	3 episodes
2010	The League	April	Episode: "The Expert Witness"
2013	NTSF:SD:SUV::	Gail	Episode: "Burn After Killing"
2014	Drunk History	Frances Cleveland	Episode: "First Ladies"
	Robot Chicken	Minerva McGonagall (voice)	Episode: "G.I. Jogurt"
	Getting On	Colleen Hoover	4 episodes
2015	Adventure Time	Betsy Poundcake (voice)	Episode: "The Diary"
	Broad City	Adele	Episode: "Coat Check"
	Drunk History	Virginia Hall	Episode: "Spies"
2016	Portlandia	Mayor's Kid	Episode: "Shville"
	Animals.	Sharon (voice)	Episode: "Rats."
2016–17	Adventure Time	Charlie (voice)	2 episodes
2016–present	Search Party	Dory Sief	Main cast; 40 episodes
2016	Drunk History	Alexander Hamilton	Episode: "Hamilton"
2017–19	Transparent	Lila	8 episodes
2017–20	Big Mouth	Roland (voice)	3 episodes
2018–20	Summer Camp Island	Blanche/Cinnamon Raisin Toast/Butter Goth (voice)	11 episodes
2019	Living with Yourself	Maia	2 episodes
2020	The Shivering Truth	(voice)	Episode: "Nesslessness"
	Moonbase 8	Alix	Episode: "Visitors"
2021	The Old Man	Hey Angela	Upcoming series, main cast

2021 Pride played Madeleine Tress in first episode on FX.

Podcasts

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	Sandra	Helen Perera (voice)	Main role, 7 episodes