Alia Shawkat

Alia Shawkat

Known for
Acting
Born
April 18, 1989 (age 37)
Birthplace
Riverside, California, USA

Biography

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.

Known For

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Filmography

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42.6 Years poster

42.6 Years

Movie

2026
The Wrong Girls poster

The Wrong Girls

Movie · as Molly

2026
Behemoth! poster

Behemoth!

Movie · as Dr. Lau

2025
Atropia poster

Atropia

Movie · as Fayruz

2025
#1 Happy Family USA poster

#1 Happy Family USA

TV · as Mona Hussein (voice) · 8 eps

2025
LEGO Marvel Avengers: Strange Tails poster

LEGO Marvel Avengers: Strange Tails

TV · as Meryet / Train Driver (voice), Meryet (voice) · 1 ep

2024
Drift poster

Drift

Movie · as Callie

2024
Blink Twice poster

Blink Twice

Movie · as Jess

2024
The Listener poster

The Listener

Movie · as Sharon (voice)

2024
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew poster

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

TV · as Kh'ymm (voice) · 2 eps

2024
Hot Ones Versus poster

Hot Ones Versus

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2023
Scavengers Reign poster

Scavengers Reign

TV · as Levi (voice) · 12 eps

2023
Poker Face poster

Poker Face

TV · as Kate Forster · 1 ep

2022
Jackass Forever poster

Jackass Forever

Movie · as Self

2022
Byron Bowers: Spiritual N***a poster

Byron Bowers: Spiritual N***a

Movie · as Self

2022
The Old Man poster

The Old Man

TV · as Emily Chase / Angela Adams · 15 eps

2022
Severance poster

Severance

TV · as Gwendolyn Y. · 2 eps

2021
Love Spreads poster

Love Spreads

Movie · as Kelly

2021
The Thanksgiving Play poster

The Thanksgiving Play

Movie · as Alicia

2021
Eer poster

Eer

Movie · as Woman with JFD

2021
Being the Ricardos poster

Being the Ricardos

Movie · as Madelyn Pugh

2021
Pride poster

Pride

TV · as Madeline Tress · 6 eps

2021
Ultra City Smiths poster

Ultra City Smiths

TV · as Little Grace (voice), Woman's Voice (voice) · 6 eps

2021
Amend: The Fight for America poster

Amend: The Fight for America

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
Cinema Toast poster

Cinema Toast

TV · 10 eps

2020
First Cow poster

First Cow

Movie · as Woman with Dog

2020
The Letter Room poster

The Letter Room

Movie · as Rosita

2020
Moonbase 8 poster

Moonbase 8

TV · as Alix · 1 ep

2019
Animals poster

Animals

Movie · as Tyler

2019
Shako Mako poster

Shako Mako

Movie · as Laila

2019
Transparent: Musicale Finale poster

Transparent: Musicale Finale

Movie · as Lila

2019
Alina poster

Alina

Movie

2019
Living with Yourself poster

Living with Yourself

TV · as Maia · 2 eps

2018
Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town poster

Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town

Movie · as Agatha Benson

2018
Blaze poster

Blaze

Movie · as Sybil Rosen

2018
Duck Butter poster

Duck Butter

Movie · as Naima

2018
Summer Camp Island poster

Summer Camp Island

TV · as Blanche / Werefloer (voice), Blanche (voice), Cinnamon Raisin Toast (voice), Butter Goth (voice) · 1 ep

2018
The Shivering Truth poster

The Shivering Truth

TV · as (voice) · 1 ep

2018
Tales from the Closet poster

Tales from the Closet

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
The Good Time Girls poster

The Good Time Girls

Movie · as Ruth

2017
Big Mouth poster

Big Mouth

TV · as Roland (voice) · 1 ep

2016
Me Him Her poster

Me Him Her

Movie · as Laura

2016
Green Room poster

Green Room

Movie · as Sam

2016
The Intervention poster

The Intervention

Movie · as Lola

2016
Adam Green's Aladdin poster

Adam Green's Aladdin

Movie · as Emily

2016
Paint It Black poster

Paint It Black

Movie · as Josie

2016
20th Century Women poster

20th Century Women

Movie · as Trish

2016
10 Crosby poster

10 Crosby

Movie · as Dumpling Girl

2016
Prestige Ingredients

Prestige Ingredients

Movie · as Alia

2016
Pee-wee's Big Holiday poster

Pee-wee's Big Holiday

Movie · as Bella

2016
Party Legends poster

Party Legends

TV · 1 ep

2016
Search Party poster

Search Party

TV · as Dory Sief · 50 eps

2015
The Driftless Area poster

The Driftless Area

Movie · as Carrie

2015
Nasty Baby poster

Nasty Baby

Movie · as Wendy

2015
The Final Girls poster

The Final Girls

Movie · as Gertie Michaels

2014
Night Moves poster

Night Moves

Movie · as Surprise

2014
May in the Summer poster

May in the Summer

Movie · as Dalia

2014
Wild Canaries poster

Wild Canaries

Movie · as Jean

2014
Bunion

Bunion

Movie · as Rachel

2014
In Short: Show Girl Sexuality

In Short: Show Girl Sexuality

Movie · as Self

2014
Broad City poster

Broad City

TV · as Adele · 1 ep

2014
Transparent poster

Transparent

TV · as Lila · 8 eps

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2013
The To Do List poster

The To Do List

Movie · as Fiona

2013
The Moment poster

The Moment

Movie · as Jessie

2013
Setup, Punch poster

Setup, Punch

Movie · as Dottie Kaufman

2013
Getting Stoned with Sophia Takal poster

Getting Stoned with Sophia Takal

Movie · as Herself

2013
The End of Love poster

The End of Love

Movie · as Alia Shawkat

2013
Center Jenny poster

Center Jenny

Movie · as Take Kim

2013
The Arrested Development Documentary Project poster

The Arrested Development Documentary Project

Movie · as Self

2013
Drunk History poster

Drunk History

TV · as Alexander Hamilton, Virginia Hall · 1 ep

2013
Getting On poster

Getting On

TV · as Colleen Hoover · 4 eps

2012
Damsels in Distress poster

Damsels in Distress

Movie · as Mad Madge

2012
That's What She Said poster

That's What She Said

Movie · as Clementine

2012
Ruby Sparks poster

Ruby Sparks

Movie · as Mabel

2012
The Brass Teapot poster

The Brass Teapot

Movie · as Louise

2011
Cedar Rapids poster

Cedar Rapids

Movie · as Bree

2011
The Lie poster

The Lie

Movie · as Seven

2011
The Oranges poster

The Oranges

Movie · as Vanessa Walling

2011
The Wrong Ferarri poster

The Wrong Ferarri

Movie

2011
Portlandia poster

Portlandia

TV · as Mayor's Kid · 1 ep

2011
NTSF:SD:SUV:: poster

NTSF:SD:SUV::

TV · as Gail · 1 ep

2010
The Runaways poster

The Runaways

Movie · as Robin

2010
Adventure Time poster

Adventure Time

TV · as Betsy (voice), Charlie (voice) · 1 ep

2009
Whip It poster

Whip It

Movie · as Pash

2009
Amreeka poster

Amreeka

Movie · as Salma Halaby

2009
The League poster

The League

TV · as April · 1 ep

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2008
Bart Got a Room poster

Bart Got a Room

Movie · as Camille

2008
Prom Wars: Love Is a Battlefield poster

Prom Wars: Love Is a Battlefield

Movie · as Diana Riggs

2008
The Starter Wife poster

The Starter Wife

TV · as Robin · 3 eps

2006
Deck the Halls poster

Deck the Halls

Movie · as Madison Finch

2006
Not Like Everyone Else poster

Not Like Everyone Else

Movie · as Brandi Blackbear

2006
The Business

The Business

TV · as The Screenwriting Manicurist · 2 eps

2005
Rebound poster

Rebound

Movie · as Amy

2005
Queen of Cactus Cove poster

Queen of Cactus Cove

Movie · as Billie

2004
Veronica Mars poster

Veronica Mars

TV · as Stacy Wells · 1 ep

2003
Arrested Development poster

Arrested Development

TV · as Maeby Fünke · 84 eps

2002
Presidio Med poster

Presidio Med

TV · 1 ep

2002
Boomtown poster

Boomtown

TV · as Denise Stein · 1 ep

2002
Without a Trace poster

Without a Trace

TV · as Sioban Arintero · 1 ep

2001
State of Grace poster

State of Grace

TV · as Hannah Rayburn · 39 eps

2000
The Trial of Old Drum poster

The Trial of Old Drum

Movie · as Dee

1999
Three Kings poster

Three Kings

Movie · as Amir's Daughter

1995
JAG poster

JAG

TV · as Young Sarah MacKenzie · 1 ep