July 2021
Alia Martine Shawkat (born April 18, 1989) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Maeby Fünke in the Fox television series Arrested Development.
Shawkat was born in Riverside, California to Dina (née Burke) and actor Tony Shawkat. She grew up in nearby Palm Springs. She has two brothers.
Her maternal grandfather is actor Paul Burke. She is of Kurdish descent on her father's side and Irish and Norwegian descent on her mother's side.
She dated Jack Antonoff from 2007 to 2010. When she is not working (acting), she likes to paint; she participated in gallery shows in Los Angeles, Mexico City and Paris. She also likes to make music and sing in jazz bars.
Filmography Alia Shawkat
April 2014
Night Moves
Thriller, Drama Directed by: Kelly ReichardtWith: Dakota Fanning, Jesse Eisenberg, Alia ShawkatNight Moves is the story of three radical environmentalists coming together to execute the most intense protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam—the very source and symbol of the energy-sucking, resource-devouring industrial culture they despise. Harmon is a former Marine,... Read more...
The Oranges
Melodrama, Romantic Directed by: Julian FarinoWith: Leighton Meester, Hugh Laurie, Alia Shawkat,...A guy falls for the daughter of a family friend, making life just a bit awkward for himself and the family.
August 2009