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.

Alia Shawkat. Actress: Arrested Development. Alia Shawkat was born in Riverside, California, to Dina Burke and actor Tony Shawkat. Her maternal grandfather, Paul Burke, was also an actor. Her father is from Baghdad, Iraq, and her mother has Irish, Italian, and Norwegian ancestry. Success arrived early for Alia.

She is known for her roles as Hannah Rayburn in State of Grace, Maeby Fünke in the Fox / Netflix Television progratelevision sitcom Arrested Development (2003-2006, 2013-2019), Gertie Michaels in the 2015 horror-comedy movie The Final Girls, and Dory Sief in the TBS and HBO Max comedy series Search Party (2016–2022).

Mar 18, 2020 · Most of the world first got to know Alia Shawkat when the beloved cult-comedy Arrested Development first debuted in 2003, but she is so much more than the character she played on the series. So what else is there to know about her?

Alia Shawkat. Actress: Arrested Development. Alia Shawkat was born in Riverside, California, to Dina Burke and actor Tony Shawkat. Her maternal grandfather, Paul Burke, was also an actor. Her father is from Baghdad, Iraq, and her mother has Irish, Italian, and Norwegian ancestry. Success arrived early for Alia.

Alia Shawkat (born April 18, 1989, Riverside, California, U.S.) is an American actress best known for portraying Maeby Fünke on the cult-classic television sitcom Arrested Development (2003–06, 2013, and 2018–19) and Dory Sief on the dark comedy series Search Party (2016–22).

Jan 9, 2022 · At the center of the show’s mess is Alia Shawkat, the actress who plays its protagonist and seductive villain, Dory Sief. We’ve watched Dory evolve from an aimless Brooklyn millennial to...

6 days ago · Director Hailey Gates directs Alia Shawkat in full screwball homage in her Iraq War satire about a military-training village with more than a few method actors. She took a few notes from David ...

Jan 27, 2025 · DUBAI: US Iraqi actress Alia Shawkat is at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival in Utah, the US, to promote her latest projects. Shawkat attended the premiere of “Atropia” on Saturday, before ...

Oct 2, 2024 · Our sixtieth pathbreaker is Alia Shawkat, actress, producer, singer, and painter. Her father is an Iraqi Christian, and her mother is American. Alia is best known for her role in ‘Arrested Development,’ a popular, long-running Fox/Netflix TV sitcom series.