Alia Shawkat

**Alia Martine Shawkat** ( ; ; 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 sitcom _Arrested Development_, Gertie Michaels in the 2015 comedy-horror movie _The Final Girls,_ and Dory Sief in the TBS and HBO Max comedy series _Search Party_. 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.

### Movies

|Year|Title|Role|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1999|_Three Kings_|Amir's Daughter|||
|rowspan="2"|2005|_Rebound_|Amy||
|_Queen of Cactus Cove_|Billie|Short movie|||
|2006|_Deck the Halls_|Madison Finch|||
|rowspan="2"|2008|_Bart Got a Room_|Camille||
|_Prom Wars_|Diana Riggs||||
|rowspan="2"|2009|_Amreeka_|Salma Halaby||
|_Whip It_|Pash Amini||||
|2010|_The Runaways_|Robin Robbins|||
|rowspan="4"|2011|_The Lie_|Seven||
|_Cedar Rapids_|Bree||||
|_The Oranges_|Vanessa Walling||||
|_Our Deal_|Night Creeper|Short movie|||
|rowspan="5"|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|||
|rowspan="7"|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||||
|rowspan="2"|2014|_Life After Beth_|Roz||
|_Wild Canaries_|Jean||||
|rowspan="6"|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||||
|rowspan="4"|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|||
|rowspan="2"|2018|_Blaze_|Sybil Rosen||
|_Duck Butter_|Naima|Also writer|||
|rowspan="4"|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|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1999|_JAG_|Young Sarah MacKenzie|Episode: "Second Sight"||
|2000|_The Trial of Old Drum_|Dee|TV movie||
|rowspan="2"|2002|_State of Grace_|Young Hannah Rayburn|Main cast; 40 episodes|
|_Presidio Med_|Tara Wegman|Episode: "Good Question"|||
|rowspan="2"|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||
|rowspan="2"|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||
|rowspan="2"|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"||
|rowspan="3"|2014|_Drunk History_|Frances Cleveland|Episode: "First Ladies"|
|_Robot Chicken_|Minerva McGonagall (voice)|Episode: "G.I. Jogurt"|||
|_Getting On_|Colleen Hoover|4 episodes|||
|rowspan="3"|2015|_Adventure Time_|Betsy Poundcake (voice)|Episode: "The Diary"|
|_Broad City_|Adele|Episode: "Coat Check"|||
|_Drunk History_|Virginia Hall|Episode: "Spies"|||
|rowspan="2"|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||
|rowspan="2"|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|

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Alia Shawkat
- **image**: Alia Shawkat SXSW 2016.jpg
- **caption**: Shawkat in March 2016
- **birth name**: Alia Martine Shawkat
- **birth place**: Riverside, California, U.S.
- **years active**: 1999–present
- **relatives**: Paul Burke (actor), Paul Burke (maternal grandfather)