Alia Shawkat
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.
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Acting History
2025
Atropia as Fayruz
2025LEGO Marvel Avengers: Strange Tails as Meryet Karim (voice)
2025LEGO Marvel Avengers: Strange Tails as Train Driver (voice)
2025#1 Happy Family USA as Mona Hussein (voice)
2024Star Wars: Skeleton Crew as Kh'ymm (voice)
2024Blink Twice as Jess
2024The Listener as Sharon (voice)
2024Drift as Callie
2023Scavengers Reign as Levi (voice)
2023Poker Face as Kate Forster
2022Byron Bowers: Spiritual N***a as Self
2022The Old Man as Emily Chase / Angela Adams
2022Severance as Gwendolyn Y.
2022Jackass Forever as Self
2021Being the Ricardos as Madelyn Pugh
2021Ultra City Smiths as Little Grace (voice)
2021Ultra City Smiths as Woman's Voice (voice)
2021Love Spreads as Kelly
2021Pride as Madeline Tress
2021Cinema Toast
2021The Thanksgiving Play as Alicia
2021Amend: The Fight for America as Self
2021Eer as Woman with JFD
2020Moonbase 8 as Alix
2020The Letter Room as Rosita
2020First Cow as Woman with Dog
2019Alina
2019Living with Yourself as Maia
2019Transparent: Musicale Finale as Lila
2019Animals as Tyler
2019Shako Mako as Laila
2018Tales from the Closet as Self
2018The Shivering Truth as (voice)
2018Blaze as Sybil Rosen
2018Summer Camp Island as Blanche / Werefloer (voice)
2018Summer Camp Island as Blanche (voice)
2018Summer Camp Island as Cinnamon Raisin Toast (voice)
2018Summer Camp Island as Butter Goth (voice)
2018Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town as Agatha Benson
2018Duck Butter as Naima
2017Big Mouth as Roland (voice)
2017The Good Time Girls as Ruth
201620th Century Women as Trish
2016Search Party as Dory Sief
2016The Intervention as Lola
2016Party Legends
2016Paint It Black as Josie
2016Green Room as Sam
2016Adam Green's Aladdin as Emily
2016Pee-wee's Big Holiday as Bella
2016Me Him Her as Laura
2016Prestige Ingredients as Alia
201610 Crosby as Dumpling Girl
2015Nasty Baby as Wendy
2015The Final Girls as Gertie Michaels
2015The Driftless Area as Carrie
2014Wild Canaries as Jean
2014Transparent as Lila
2014May in the Summer as Dalia
2014In Short: Show Girl Sexuality as Self
2014Night Moves as Surprise
2014Bunion as Rachel
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014Broad City as Adele
2013Getting On as Colleen Hoover
2013Center Jenny as Take Kim
2013The To Do List as Fiona
2013Drunk History as Alexander Hamilton
2013Drunk History as Virginia Hall
2013The Arrested Development Documentary Project as Self
2013The Moment as Jessie
2013Setup, Punch as Dottie Kaufman
2013Getting Stoned with Sophia Takal as Herself
2013The End of Love as Alia Shawkat
2012That's What She Said as Clementine
2012The Brass Teapot as Louise
2012Ruby Sparks as Mabel
2012Damsels in Distress as Mad Madge
2011The Lie as Seven
2011The Oranges as Vanessa Walling
2011The Wrong Ferarri
2011Cedar Rapids as Bree
2011Portlandia as Mayor's Kid
2010Adventure Time as Betsy (voice)
2010The Runaways as Robin
2009The League as April
2009Amreeka as Salma Halaby
2009Whip It as Pash
2008Prom Wars: Love Is a Battlefield as Diana Riggs
2008Bart Got a Room as Camille
2007The Starter Wife as Robin
2006Deck the Halls as Madison Finch
2006The Business as The Screenwriting Manicurist
2006Not Like Everyone Else as Brandi Blackbear
2005Queen of Cactus Cove as Billie
2005Rebound as Amy
2004Veronica Mars as Stacy Wells
2003Arrested Development as Maeby Fünke
2002Boomtown as Denise Stein
2002Without a Trace as Sioban Arintero
2002Presidio Med
2001State of Grace as Hannah Rayburn
2000The Trial of Old Drum as Dee
1999Three Kings as Amir's Daughter
1995JAG as Young Sarah MacKenzie
—The Wrong Girls as Molly