Acting · Riverside, California, USA · Born April 18, 1989
Alia Martine Shawkat (born April 18, 1989) is an American actress. She is known for her performances as Maeby Fünke in the Fox/Netflix television sitcom Arrested Development (2003–2006; 2013–2019), Dory Sief in the TBS and HBO Max dark comedy series Search Party (2016–2022), and Gertie Michaels in the 2015 horror-comedy film The Final Girls, as well as her roles in State of Grace and The Old Man. She has also guest-starred as historical figures Frances Cleveland, Virginia Hall, and Alexander Hamilton on Comedy Central's Drunk History.
MovieThe Wrong Girls
2026
as Molly
MovieAtropia
2025
as Fayruz
TVLEGO Marvel Avengers: Strange Tails
2025
as Meryet / Train Driver (voice)
TV#1 Happy Family USA
2025
as Mona Hussein (voice)
MovieSkeleton Crew
2024
as Kh'ymm (voice)
TVStar Wars: Skeleton Crew
2024
as Kh'ymm (voice)
MovieBlink Twice
2024
as Jess
MovieThe Listener
2024
as Sharon (voice)
MovieDrift
2024
as Callie
TVScavengers Reign
2023
as Levi (voice)
TVPoker Face
2023
as Kate Forster
MovieByron Bowers: Spiritual N***a
2022
as Self
TVThe Old Man
2022
as Emily Chase / Angela Adams
TVSeverance
2022
as Gwendolyn Y.
MovieJackass Forever
2022
as Self
MovieBeing the Ricardos
2021
as Madelyn Pugh
TVUltra City Smiths
2021
as Little Grace (voice)
MovieLove Spreads
2021
as Kelly
TVPride
2021
as Madeline Tress
TVCinema Toast
2021
MovieThe Thanksgiving Play
2021
as Alicia
TVAmend: The Fight for America
2021
as Self
MovieEer
2021
as Woman with JFD
TVMoonbase 8
2020
as Alix
MovieThe Letter Room
2020
as Rosita
MovieFirst Cow
2020
as Woman with Dog
MovieAlina
2019
TVLiving with Yourself
2019
as Maia
MovieTransparent: Musicale Finale
2019
as Lila
MovieAnimals
2019
as Tyler
MovieShako Mako
2019
as Laila
TVTales from the Closet
2018
as Self
TVThe Shivering Truth
2018
as (voice)
MovieBlaze
2018
as Sybil Rosen
TVSummer Camp Island
2018
as Blanche / Werefloer (voice)
MovieIzzy Gets the F*ck Across Town
2018
as Agatha Benson
MovieDuck Butter
2018
as Naima
TVBig Mouth
2017
as Roland (voice)
MovieThe Good Time Girls
2017
as Ruth
Movie20th Century Women
2016
as Trish
TVSearch Party
2016
as Dory Sief
MovieThe Intervention
2016
as Lola
TVParty Legends
2016
MoviePaint It Black
2016
as Josie
MovieGreen Room
2016
as Sam
MovieAdam Green's Aladdin
2016
as Emily
MoviePee-wee's Big Holiday
2016
as Bella
MovieMe Him Her
2016
as Laura
Prestige Ingredients
2016
as Alia
Movie10 Crosby
2016
as Dumpling Girl
MovieNasty Baby
2015
as Wendy
MovieThe Final Girls
2015
as Gertie Michaels
MovieThe Driftless Area
2015
as Carrie
MovieWild Canaries
2014
as Jean
TVTransparent
2014
as Lila
MovieMay in the Summer
2014
as Dalia
In Short: Show Girl Sexuality
2014
as Self
MovieNight Moves
2014
as Surprise
Bunion
2014
as Rachel
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
TVBroad City
2014
as Adele
TVGetting On
2013
as Colleen Hoover
MovieCenter Jenny
2013
as Take Kim
MovieThe To Do List
2013
as Fiona
TVDrunk History
2013
as Alexander Hamilton
MovieThe Arrested Development Documentary Project
2013
as Self
MovieThe Moment
2013
as Jessie
MovieSetup, Punch
2013
as Dottie Kaufman
MovieGetting Stoned with Sophia Takal
2013
as Herself
MovieThe End of Love
2013
as Alia Shawkat
MovieThat's What She Said
2012
as Clementine
MovieThe Brass Teapot
2012
as Louise
MovieRuby Sparks
2012
as Mabel
MovieDamsels in Distress
2012
as Mad Madge
MovieThe Lie
2011
as Seven
MovieThe Oranges
2011
as Vanessa Walling
MovieThe Wrong Ferarri
2011
MovieCedar Rapids
2011
as Bree
TVPortlandia
2011
as Mayor's Kid
TVAdventure Time
2010
as Betsy (voice)
MovieThe Runaways
2010
as Robin
TVThe League
2009
as April
MovieAmreeka
2009
as Salma Halaby
MovieWhip It
2009
as Pash
TVThe Starter Wife
2008
as Robin
MovieProm Wars: Love Is a Battlefield
2008
as Diana Riggs
MovieBart Got a Room
2008
as Camille
MovieDeck the Halls
2006
as Madison Finch
The Business
2006
as The Screenwriting Manicurist
MovieNot Like Everyone Else
2006
as Brandi Blackbear
MovieQueen of Cactus Cove
2005
as Billie
MovieRebound
2005
as Amy
TVVeronica Mars
2004
as Stacy Wells
TVArrested Development
2003
as Maeby Fünke
TVBoomtown
2002
as Denise Stein
TVWithout a Trace
2002
as Sioban Arintero
TVPresidio Med
2002
TVState of Grace
2001
as Hannah Rayburn
MovieThe Trial of Old Drum
2000
as Dee
MovieThree Kings
1999
as Amir's Daughter
TVJAG
1995
as Young Sarah MacKenzie
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