Alia Shawkat

ActorProducerWriterDirectorProduction Apr 18 (age 36) Riverside, California, USA 1995–2025 (30 year career)

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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 Ham…

Known For

Film

Arrested Development

Maeby Fünke

Film

Green Room

Sam

Film

Ruby Sparks

Mabel

Film

20th Century Women

Trish

Film

Three Kings

Amir's Daughter

Film

Scavengers Reign

Levi (voice)

Film

Blink Twice

Jess

Film

Whip It

Pash

Filmography

Acting (105)

Movies (67)

Atropia

2025

as Fayruz

5.0

The Tiger

2025

as Katie

Blink Twice

as Jess

Drift

as Callie

The Listener

as Sharon (voice)

Jackass Forever

as Self

Byron Bowers: Spiritual N***a

as Self

Being the Ricardos

as Madelyn Pugh

Love Spreads

as Kelly

Eer

as Woman with JFD

The Thanksgiving Play

as Alicia

First Cow

as Woman with Dog

The Letter Room

as Rosita

Alina

Animals

as Tyler

Transparent: Musicale Finale

2019

as Lila

6.7

Shako Mako

2019

as Laila

Blaze

as Sybil Rosen

Duck Butter

as Naima

Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town

as Agatha Benson

The Good Time Girls

as Ruth

Me Him Her

as Laura

Green Room

as Sam

20th Century Women

as Trish

10 Crosby

as Dumpling Girl

Adam Green's Aladdin

2016

as Emily

6.8

Pee-wee's Big Holiday

as Bella

Paint It Black

as Josie

The Intervention

as Lola

Prestige Ingredients

as Alia

The Final Girls

as Gertie Michaels

Nasty Baby

as Wendy

The Driftless Area

as Carrie

Wild Canaries

as Jean

Bunion

as Rachel

Night Moves

as Surprise

May in the Summer

as Dalia

In Short: Show Girl Sexuality

2014

as Self

The End of Love

as Alia Shawkat

The To Do List

as Fiona

Center Jenny

as Take Kim

Setup, Punch

as Dottie Kaufman

The Moment

2013

as Jessie

4.5

Getting Stoned with Sophia Takal

2013

as Herself

The Arrested Development Documentary Project

as Self

Ruby Sparks

as Mabel

The Brass Teapot

as Louise

Damsels in Distress

as Mad Madge

That's What She Said

as Clementine

The Wrong Ferarri

The Lie

as Seven

Cedar Rapids

as Bree

The Oranges

as Vanessa Walling

The Runaways

as Robin

Whip It

as Pash

Amreeka

as Salma Halaby

Bart Got a Room

as Camille

Prom Wars: Love Is a Battlefield

as Diana Riggs

Deck the Halls

as Madison Finch

Not Like Everyone Else

as Brandi Blackbear

Rebound

as Amy

Queen of Cactus Cove

as Billie

The Trial of Old Drum

as Dee

Three Kings

as Amir's Daughter

The Wrong Girls

as Molly

THE TIGER

The Tiger

as Katie

Television (38)

#1 Happy Family USA

2025

as Mona Hussein (voice)

7.2

LEGO Marvel Avengers: Strange Tails

2025

as Meryet Karim (voice)

6.1

LEGO Marvel Avengers: Strange Tails

2025

as Train Driver (voice)

6.1

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

as Kh'ymm (voice)

Poker Face

as Kate Forster

Scavengers Reign

as Levi (voice)

Severance

as Gwendolyn Y.

The Old Man

as Emily Chase / Angela Adams

7.2

Cinema Toast

2021

7.0

Amend: The Fight for America

2021

as Self

7.1

Ultra City Smiths

2021

as Little Grace (voice)

6.2

Ultra City Smiths

2021

as Woman's Voice (voice)

Pride

as Madeline Tress

Moonbase 8

as Alix

Living with Yourself

as Maia

Summer Camp Island

as Blanche (voice)

The Shivering Truth

as (voice)

Tales from the Closet

2018

as Self

Big Mouth

as Roland (voice)

Search Party

as Dory Sief

Party Legends

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

Broad City

as Adele

Transparent

as Lila

Drunk History

as Virginia Hall

Getting On

as Colleen Hoover

Portlandia

as Mayor's Kid

Adventure Time

as Betsy (voice)

The League

as April

The Starter Wife

as Robin

The Business

as The Screenwriting Manicurist

Veronica Mars

as Stacy Wells

Arrested Development

as Maeby Fünke

Without a Trace

as Sioban Arintero

Presidio Med

Boomtown

as Denise Stein

State of Grace

as Hannah Rayburn

JAG

as Young Sarah MacKenzie

7.3

Crew (8)

Movies (6)

Atropia

Executive Producer

Duck Butter

Executive Producer

Duck Butter

Writer

Adam Green's Aladdin

Associate Producer

Nasty Baby

Co-Producer

In Short: Show Girl Sexuality

2014

Director

Television (2)

Search Party

Director

Search Party

Producer