Alia Shawkat — biography, films, roles and trivia

Biography

Alia Martine Shawkat (born April 18, 1989) is an American actress. She is known for her roles 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 Search Party (2016–2022), and Gertie Michaels in the 2015 horror comedy film The Final Girls, as well as her roles in Grace and Frankie and The Old Man.

She has also appeared as a guest star portraying historical figures Frances Cleveland, Virginia Hall, and Alexander Hamilton on the Comedy Central show Drunk History.

Filmography

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Interesting facts

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Alia Shawkat has Kurdish roots on her father's side and Irish, Sicilian, and Norwegian roots on her mother's side.
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Her full name is Alia Martine Shawkat.
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Her parents are Tony Shawkat and Dina Burke.
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Actor Paul Burke is her maternal grandfather.