Alia Shawkat

Acting

Alia Shawkat

Born

1989-04-18 (37)

Place of birth

Riverside, California, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

102 titles

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.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 13 titles

Blink Twice poster
6.7

When tech billionaire Slater King meets cocktail waitress Frida at his fundraising gala, he invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island. But despite the epic setting, beautiful people, ever-flowing champagne, and late-night dance parties, Frida can sense that there’s something sinister hiding beneath the island’s lush façade.

Blink Twice

2024

Jackass Forever poster
6.8

The Jackass crew, along with some newcomers, returns for one more round of hilarious, absurd, and dangerous stunts.

Jackass Forever

2022

Being the Ricardos poster
6.5

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.

Being the Ricardos

2021

Behemoth! poster
NR

Gifted cellist Alex Serian returns home to Los Angeles after 20 years on the road. Music, which has been the constant, all-consuming river of his life, begins to carry Alex on an adventure that will change him forever.

Behemoth!

2026

The Wrong Girls poster
6.2

Two codependent best friends living paycheck to paycheck and bong rip to bong rip get caught in a case of mistaken identity that throws their lives into chaos.

The Wrong Girls

2026

First Cow poster
7.0

In the 1820s, a taciturn loner and skilled cook travels west to Oregon Territory, where he meets a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two team up on a dangerous scheme to steal milk from the wealthy landowner’s prized Jersey cow—the first, and only, in the territory.

First Cow

2020

Drift poster
6.1

After fleeing civil war in Liberia, a formerly-privileged refugee is barely scraping by in her new life in Greece when she strikes up an unexpected friendship with a rootless tour guide.

Drift

2024

The Listener poster
5.5

Beth is a helpline volunteer – part of the small army that gets on the phone every night across America, fielding calls from all kinds of people feeling lonely, broken, hopeless. Over the last year the tide has become a tsunami. As Beth goes through her shift, the stakes rise: is this the night she will lose someone? Save someone? Eventually, Beth’s own story comes to light, revealing why she does it. All along we remain with her: listening, comforting, connecting – patching the world back together, one stitch at a time.

The Listener

2024

Atropia poster
5.7

When an aspiring actress in a military role-playing facility falls in love with a soldier cast as an insurgent, their unsimulated emotions threaten to derail the performance.

Atropia

2025

Byron Bowers: Spiritual N***a poster
8.0

After a life-altering revelation while tripping on psychedelic mushrooms, comedian Byron Bowers stumbles straight from the desert into the Decatur Boxing Club, to deliver an intimate set in his hometown Atlanta. Byron talks about his long journey to his first comedy special, the stigma of mental health, and how tripping on mushrooms made him understand his schizophrenic father and altered the way he feels about his Blackness.

Byron Bowers: Spiritual N***a

2022

The Letter Room poster
6.6

Richard, a lonely and well-meaning prison officer, is put in charge of reading and censoring the letters received by inmates.

The Letter Room

2020

Love Spreads poster
5.8

It is time to record the all important second album and Glass Heart is breaking in a million pieces. Away from touring and performing the band is not in harmony, and no amount of history in Rockfield Studios is going to solve that. Three very different songwriters, one desperate producer, a label exec and a keyboard collide.

Love Spreads

2021

Eer poster
7.1

Based on real events, the short takes a poke at our cultural climate of paranoia and fake news.

Eer

2021

2010s · 36 titles

Ruby Sparks poster
7.1

Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.

Ruby Sparks

2012

The Final Girls poster
6.4

A young woman grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom's most famous movie. Reunited, the women must fight off the film's maniacal killer.

The Final Girls

2015

Green Room poster
6.7

Members of a punk rock band and a tough young woman are forced to fight for survival after witnessing an act of violence at a skinhead bar.

Green Room

2016

20th Century Women poster
7.3

In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women – Abbie, a free-spirited punk artist living as a boarder in the Fields' home and Julie, a savvy and provocative teenage neighbour – to help with Jamie's upbringing.

20th Century Women

2016

The To Do List poster
5.8

Feeling pressured to become more sexually experienced before she goes to college, Brandy Klark makes a list of things to accomplish before hitting campus in the fall.

The To Do List

2013

The Runaways poster
6.5

Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, two rebellious teenagers from Southern California, become the frontwomen for The Runaways -- the now-legendary group that paved the way for future generations of female rockers. Under the Svengali-like influence of impresario Kim Fowley, the band becomes a huge success.

The Runaways

2010

The Oranges poster
5.5

A man's affair with his friend's much-younger daughter throws two neighboring families into turmoil.

The Oranges

2011

Cedar Rapids poster
5.9

A naive Midwesterner insurance salesman travels to a big-city convention in an effort to save the jobs of his co-workers.

Cedar Rapids

2011

Pee-wee's Big Holiday poster
6.1

A fateful meeting with a mysterious stranger inspires Pee-wee Herman to take his first-ever holiday.

Pee-wee's Big Holiday

2016

Night Moves poster
5.9

The story about three radical environmentalists coming together to execute the most intense protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam.

Night Moves

2014

The Driftless Area poster
5.1

Pierre Hunter, a bartender with unyielding optimism, returns to his tiny hometown after his parents' death. When he falls for the enigmatic Stella, Pierre is unknowingly pulled into a cat-and-mouse game that involves a duffel bag full of cash, a haphazard yet determined criminal, and a mystery that will determine all of their fates. A contemporary fable about the ways we struggle to control time and fate in a possibly predetermined universe.

The Driftless Area

2015

Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town poster
5.3

A woman at rock bottom must find her way across Los Angeles in order to crash her ex-boyfriend's engagement party.

Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town

2018

Paint It Black poster
5.8

The death of Michael leaves behind the two women he loved, his girlfriend and his mother, both of whom blame each other for his suicide. Joined by their grief, the two women are soon drawn into a twisted relationship.

Paint It Black

2016

Duck Butter poster
5.4

Dissatisfied with the dishonesty they see in dating, strangers Naima and Sergio make a pact to spend 24 straight hours together in an attempt to fast forward their relationship.

Duck Butter

2018

The Brass Teapot poster
6.1

When a couple discovers that a brass teapot makes them money whenever they hurt themselves, they must come to terms with how far they are willing to go.

The Brass Teapot

2012

Nasty Baby poster
5.2

A gay couple enlists the help of their friend Polly to create a baby. Meanwhile, they must also contend with their homophobic neighbour who becomes a big nuisance.

Nasty Baby

2015

The End of Love poster
6.1

Mark is a struggling actor stuck between the life he once knew and the one waiting for him. When the mother of his two-year-old son suddenly passes away, Mark is forced to confront his shortcomings. Their fates, now intertwined, hang in the balance as Mark grapples with his ability to grow up. When he meets Lydia, a young mother, he is no longer able to live in the comfort of denial.

The End of Love

2013

Blaze poster
6.3

Inspired by the life of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas outlaw country movement that spawned the likes of Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson. The film weaves together three periods in Blaze's life, exploring his love affair with Sybil Rosen; his last, dark night on Earth; and the impact his songs and his death had on his fans, friends, and foes.

Blaze

2018

Damsels in Distress poster
5.5

A trio of beautiful girls set out to revolutionize life at a grungy American university: the dynamic leader Violet Wister, principled Rose and sexy Heather. They welcome transfer student Lily into their group which seeks to help severely depressed students with a program of good hygiene and musical dance numbers.

Damsels in Distress

2012

The Intervention poster
5.9

A weekend getaway for four couples takes a sharp turn when one of the couples discovers the entire trip was orchestrated to host an intervention on their marriage.

The Intervention

2016

The Good Time Girls poster
6.5

A group of women band together as they go to war against a pack of men who have done them wrong at every turn.

The Good Time Girls

2017

Me Him Her poster
4.8

Three very different people in their twenties try to figure out love, sex, identity and friendship in Los Angeles.

Me Him Her

2016

May in the Summer poster
5.9

A bride-to-be is forced to reevaluate her life when she reunites with her family in Jordan and finds herself confronted with the aftermath of her parents’ divorce.

May in the Summer

2014

The Arrested Development Documentary Project poster
6.0

Featuring interviews from major cast and crew members, along with 200 fans from across the country, this documentary tells the whole story of this amazing and one of a kind tv show.

The Arrested Development Documentary Project

2013

Shako Mako poster
5.0

“Farah,” a bread seller, walks the streets of a Middle Eastern town, while an American military vehicle, surrounded by soldiers, slowly passes by. A moment’s silence. Then, a devastating explosion. Civilians are bloodied, wounded. The horrors of war. “Farah” looks around aghast and wailing. But nothing here is quite what it seems. In fact, “Farah” is a character played by an aspiring actress called Laila. And this isn’t Iraq, but a replica village erected on the Fort Irwin army base in California, used to train American troops before being sent abroad. Laila believes her acting talents are being wasted away in this arid simulation, where female role-players are limited to mute, background roles. She takes things much more seriously. Laila plots her way out.

Shako Mako

2019

That's What She Said poster
5.0

Longtime best friends Bebe and DeeDee are both wrestling with love. Bebe has met someone new and is in the exuberant phase of a budding romance. DeeDee is trying to move on from someone she can’t forget – mostly in destructive ways. As Bebe waits for the perpetually late DeeDee at their favorite coffee shop, she meets Clementine, a distraught young woman with love problems of her own. With Clementine in tow, Bebe and DeeDee soon embark on the kind of outrageous misadventure that only New York City can offer.

That's What She Said

2012

Alina poster
NR

As Nazis separate children from their parents in the Warsaw Ghetto, a gang of women risks everything to smuggle their friend’s three-month-old baby to safety. Inspired by true events.

Alina

2019

Animals poster
5.5

Longtime friends and party lovers Laura and Tyler navigate life and love in Dublin, Ireland but find themselves drifting apart when Laura becomes engaged.

Animals

2019

The Moment poster
4.5

Fearing she may be responsible, a mental patient (Jennifer Jason Leigh) tries to unravel the mystery behind her ex-lover's (Martin Henderson) disappearance.

The Moment

2013

Setup, Punch poster
NR

Showing that there is always a reason to laugh, stand-up comic Reuben Stein does the most daring set of his life. The consequences will change his life forever and allow him to discover the true nature of performance.

Setup, Punch

2013

The Lie poster
5.5

A man's life is altered unexpectedly after telling a lie to get out of work.

The Lie

2011

Adam Green's Aladdin poster
6.8

In this retelling of the classic tale, Aladdin is an out of work indie-rock singer living in a video-game-world ruled by a perverted technology-obsessed Sultan.

Adam Green's Aladdin

2016

Transparent: Musicale Finale poster
6.7

When the Pfeffermans face a life-changing loss, they begin a journey hilarious and melancholy, brazen and bold. As they face this new transition, they confront grief and come together to celebrate connection, joy, and transformation.

Transparent: Musicale Finale

2019

Center Jenny poster
6.1

The film focuses on the life of Jenny who has, according to many of the other characters, become too “left-of-center” while pursuing her interests.

Center Jenny

2013

10 Crosby poster
NR

A series of short films following the interconnected lives on Crosby street, New York City.

10 Crosby

2016

Wild Canaries poster
5.4

When their elderly neighbor suddenly drops dead, a young Brooklyn couple investigates signs of foul play.

Wild Canaries

2014

2000s · 9 titles

Deck the Halls poster
5.6

Determined to unseat Steve Finch's reign as the town's holiday season king, Buddy Hall plasters his house with so many decorative lights that it'll be visible from space! When their wives bond, and their kids follow suit, the two men only escalate their rivalry - and their decorating.

Deck the Halls

2006

Whip It poster
6.7

In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.

Whip It

2009

Rebound poster
5.7

An acclaimed college hoops coach is demoted to a junior varsity team after a public meltdown.

Rebound

2005

Bart Got a Room poster
5.6

High school loser Danny Stein needs a prom date. As a cause of anxiety for Danny, Bart Beeber, the nerdiest guy in school, has already found a date. At the same time, Danny's divorced parents are both seeking relationships again.

Bart Got a Room

2008

Amreeka poster
6.7

Eager to provide a better future for her son, Fadi, divorcée Muna Farah leaves her Palestinian homeland and takes up residence in rural Illinois -- just in time to encounter the domestic repercussions of America's disastrous war in Iraq. Now, the duo must reinvent their lives with some help from Muna's sister, Raghda, and brother-in-law, Nabeel.

Amreeka

2009

Not Like Everyone Else poster
6.2

A teenager fights to clear her name after her small Oklahoma town mistakenly assumes she is practicing witchcraft. Based on a true story.

Not Like Everyone Else

2006

The Trial of Old Drum poster
6.7

Inspired by a true story set in Missouri, "The Trial of Old Drum" tells the story of a valiant golden retriever, Old Drum, an orphan dog that becomes a boy's best friend and is then forced to stand trial for killing a neighbor's sheep.

The Trial of Old Drum

2000

Queen of Cactus Cove poster
9.0

Teenage chess champ Billie (Alia Shawkat) faces the prospect of defeat for the first time when she faces her best friend (Alex Frost) at the biggest chess tournament of her career.

Queen of Cactus Cove

2005

Prom Wars: Love Is a Battlefield poster
4.1

Two rival boys-only private schools end up competing for prom dates from a nearby all-girls private school. Caught in the middle is a scholarship student, Percy, at the more cerebral academy of the two. He had been dating Diana, but haughty silver-spoon student Geoffrey at the elite school of the well-off derailed them. So Diana came up with this plan as a way to make the immature boys both pay penance for their classless behavior and to have them actually earn their dates instead of merely expecting them. Which school will win the war? What if the faculties find out? How crazy will things get as the competition heats up?

Prom Wars: Love Is a Battlefield

2008

Series credits

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster
4.9

Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

Late Night with Seth Meyers poster
5.1

Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live's" longest serving anchor on the show's wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of NBC's "Late Night" — home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy and the best in musical talent. As the Emmy Award-winning head writer for "SNL," Meyers has established a reputation for sharp wit and perfectly timed comedy, and has gained fame for his spot-on jokes and satire. Meyers takes his departure from "SNL" to his new post at "Late Night," as Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show".

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

Adventure Time poster
8.5

Young Finn and his shape-shifting dog buddy, Jake, go on a series of surreal adventures as they journey through the postapocalyptic Land of Ooo.

Adventure Time

2010

JAG poster
7.3

Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge Advocate General) division, the elite legal wing of officers that prosecutes and defends those accused of military-related crimes. He works closely with Lt. Col. Sarah Mackenzie, and together they do what needs to be done to find the truth.

JAG

1995

Without a Trace poster
7.2

The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.

Without a Trace

2002

Arrested Development poster
7.9

The story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.

Arrested Development

2003

Severance poster
8.4

Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.

Severance

2022

Big Mouth poster
7.6

Teenage friends find their lives upended by the wonders and horrors of puberty in this edgy comedy from real-life pals Nick Kroll and Andrew Goldberg.

Big Mouth

2017

Veronica Mars poster
7.8

In the fictional town of Neptune, California, student Veronica Mars progresses from high school to college while moonlighting as a private investigator under the tutelage of her detective father.

Veronica Mars

2004

Summer Camp Island poster
7.7

Oscar and Hedgehog are dropped off at a strange summer camp, full of fantastical things ranging from magical camp counselors to sticky notes that are portals to other dimensions.

Summer Camp Island

2018

Summer Camp Island poster
7.7

Oscar and Hedgehog are dropped off at a strange summer camp, full of fantastical things ranging from magical camp counselors to sticky notes that are portals to other dimensions.

Summer Camp Island

2018

Summer Camp Island poster
7.7

Oscar and Hedgehog are dropped off at a strange summer camp, full of fantastical things ranging from magical camp counselors to sticky notes that are portals to other dimensions.

Summer Camp Island

2018

Summer Camp Island poster
7.7

Oscar and Hedgehog are dropped off at a strange summer camp, full of fantastical things ranging from magical camp counselors to sticky notes that are portals to other dimensions.

Summer Camp Island

2018

The League poster
7.4

The League is an American sitcom and semi-improvised comedy about a about a fantasy football league and its members and their everyday lives.

The League

2009

Broad City poster
7.1

Broad City follows two women throughout their daily lives in New York City, making the smallest and mundane events hysterical and disturbing to watch all at the same time.

Broad City

2014

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew poster
6.8

Four ordinary kids search for their home planet after getting lost in the Star Wars galaxy.

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

2024

Drunk History poster
6.9

Historical reenactments from A-list talent as told by inebriated storytellers. A unique take on the familiar and less familiar people and events from America's great past as great moments in history are retold with unforgettable results.

Drunk History

2013

Drunk History poster
6.9

Historical reenactments from A-list talent as told by inebriated storytellers. A unique take on the familiar and less familiar people and events from America's great past as great moments in history are retold with unforgettable results.

Drunk History

2013

Portlandia poster
6.9

Satirical sketch comedy set and filmed in Portland, Oregon that explores the eccentric misfits who embody the foibles of modern culture.

Portlandia

2011

Poker Face poster
7.4

Follow Charlie Cale, a woman with an extraordinary ability to tell when someone is lying, as she hits the road and, at every stop, encounters a new cast of characters and crimes she can't help but solve.

Poker Face

2023

Transparent poster
6.4

An LA family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone's secrets to spill out.

Transparent

2014

#1 Happy Family USA poster
7.2

An exploration of the experiences of a Muslim-American family that must learn how to code-switch as they navigate the early 2000s: a time of fear, war, and the rapid expansion of the boy-band industrial complex.

#1 Happy Family USA

2025

Hot Ones Versus poster
8.8

Welcome to Hot Ones Versus! On this brand new, Hot Ones spinoff series, guests have two choices: Tell the truth, or suffer the wrath of the Last Dab. Whoever eats the most wings, loses!

Hot Ones Versus

2024

The Old Man poster
7.2

Dan Chase absconded from the CIA decades ago and now lives off the grid. When an assassin arrives and tries to take Chase out, the old operative learns that to ensure his future he now must reconcile his past.

The Old Man

2022

NTSF:SD:SUV:: poster
6.8

NTSF:SD:SUV:: – meaning National Terrorism Strike Force: San Diego: Sport Utility Vehicle:: – is a quarter-hour format American television comedy that parodies the police procedural and action film genres.

NTSF:SD:SUV::

2011

Amend: The Fight for America poster
7.1

Will Smith hosts this look at the evolving, often lethal, fight for equal rights in America through the lens of the US Constitution's 14th Amendment.

Amend: The Fight for America

2021

Getting On poster
6.4

Set in a geriatric extended care wing of a down-at-the-heels hospital, Getting On follows put-upon nurses, anxious doctors and administrators as they struggle with the darkly comic, brutally honest and quietly compassionate realities of caring for the elderly.

Getting On

2013

Scavengers Reign poster
8.5

When a deep space freighter is damaged by a solar flare its surviving crew are stranded on a beautiful and unforgiving planet. They begin to learn the true nature of this planet as they try to survive long enough to escape or be rescued.

Scavengers Reign

2023

Boomtown poster
6.5

Each episode of this series, set in contemporary Los Angeles, examines one crime from many different viewpoints - uniformed cops, detectives, witnesses, the media, the fire department and rescue squad, even the criminals themselves.

Boomtown

2002

Living with Yourself poster
6.8

Burned out on life, Miles undergoes a strange procedure at a strip mall spa -- and wakes to find he's been replaced by a better version of himself.

Living with Yourself

2019

State of Grace poster
6.2

The adventures of twelve-year-old Hannah Rayburn, a young middle-class Jewish girl living in 1965 North Carolina, and her upper-class Catholic best friend Grace McKee.

State of Grace

2001

Party Legends poster
7.5

Notable and notorious personalities share their most candid party stories with help from emerging artists and animators.

Party Legends

2016

Ultra City Smiths poster
6.6

Two detectives must contend with dangerous corruption as they investigate the mysterious disappearance of the last honest politician in their dark city. A group of unlikely suspects emerges - each with the last name of Smith.

Ultra City Smiths

2021

Ultra City Smiths poster
6.6

Two detectives must contend with dangerous corruption as they investigate the mysterious disappearance of the last honest politician in their dark city. A group of unlikely suspects emerges - each with the last name of Smith.

Ultra City Smiths

2021

The Shivering Truth poster
7.5

A miniature propulsive omnibus clusterbomb of painfully riotous daymares all dripping with the orange goo of dream logic. A series of loosely linked emotional parables about stories within tales that crawled out of the deepest caverns of your unconscious mind and became lovingly animated in breath-slapping stop motion - in other words, it is the truth.

The Shivering Truth

2018

Cinema Toast poster
7.0

Re-edited and re-scored footage from public domain films, overdubbed with performances of contemporary actors to tell new, wholly original stories.

Cinema Toast

2021

Presidio Med poster
8.0

Presidio Med is an American medical drama that aired on CBS from September 2002, to January 2003. The series centers on a San Francisco hospital. It was created by John Wells and Lydia Woodward, who also created ER.

Presidio Med

2002

Search Party poster
6.9

A dark comedy about four self-absorbed twenty-somethings who become entangled in an ominous mystery when a former college acquaintance suddenly disappears.

Search Party

2016

LEGO Marvel Avengers: Strange Tails poster
6.3

Hawkeye and The Avengers have made saving the world look easy. But now they face their wildest threat yet: SOCIAL MEDIA. To save the world, a new team must be recruited to help our heroes contend with an influencer bent on cataclysmic destruction.

LEGO Marvel Avengers: Strange Tails

2025

LEGO Marvel Avengers: Strange Tails poster
6.3

Hawkeye and The Avengers have made saving the world look easy. But now they face their wildest threat yet: SOCIAL MEDIA. To save the world, a new team must be recruited to help our heroes contend with an influencer bent on cataclysmic destruction.

LEGO Marvel Avengers: Strange Tails

2025

Behind the camera