Biography
Alia Martine Shawkat 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 Centra...
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Atropia
2025
as Fayruz
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...

Atropia
2025
Executive Producer
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...

Blink Twice
2024
as Jess
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 vacatio...

The Listener
2024
as Sharon
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 feeli...

Drift
2024
as Callie
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 fr...

Byron Bowers: Spiritual N***a
2022
as Self
After a life-altering revelation while tripping on psychedelic mushrooms, comedian Byron Bowers stumbles straight from the desert into the Decatur Box...

Jackass Forever
2022
as Self
The Jackass crew, along with some newcomers, returns for one final round of hilarious, absurd, and dangerous stunts.

Being the Ricardos
2021
as Madelyn Pugh
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.

Love Spreads
2021
as Kelly
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 ...

The Thanksgiving Play
2021
as Alicia
Larissa FastHorse’s wickedly funny comedy finds a troupe of terminally “woke” teaching artists scrambling to create a pageant that manages to celebrat...

Eer
2021
as Woman with JFD
Based on real events, the short takes a poke at our cultural climate of paranoia and fake news.

The Letter Room
2020
as Rosita
Richard, a lonely and well-meaning prison officer, is put in charge of reading and censoring the letters received by inmates.

First Cow
2020
as Woman with Dog
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 th...

Alina
2019
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...

Transparent: Musicale Finale
2019
as Lila
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...

Animals
2019
as Tyler
Laura and Tyler are best friends and drinking buddies whose hedonistic existence falls under the creeping horror of adulthood when Laura gets engaged ...

Shako Mako
2019
as Laila
“Farah,” a bread seller, walks the streets of a Middle Eastern town, while an American military vehicle, surrounded by soldiers, slowly passes by. A m...

Blaze
2018
as Sybil Rosen
Re-imagining the life and times of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting Texas legend.

Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town
2018
as Agatha Benson
A woman at rock bottom must find her way across Los Angeles in order to crash her ex-boyfriend's engagement party.

Duck Butter
2018
as Naima
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 ...

Duck Butter
2018
Writer, Executive Producer
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 ...

The Good Time Girls
2017
as Ruth
A group of women band together as they go to war against a pack of men who have done them wrong at every turn.

20th Century Women
2016
as Trish
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 ...

The Intervention
2016
as Lola
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 th...

Paint It Black
2016
as Josie
A young woman attempts to deal with the death of her boyfriend while continuously confronted by his mentally unstable mother.

Green Room
2016
as Sam
A punk rock band is forced to fight for survival after witnessing an act of violence at a skinhead bar.

Adam Green's Aladdin
2016
as Emily
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-obsess...

Adam Green's Aladdin
2016
Associate Producer
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-obsess...

Pee-wee's Big Holiday
2016
as Bella
A fateful meeting with a mysterious stranger inspires Pee-wee Herman to take his first-ever holiday.

Me Him Her
2016
as Laura
Three very different people in their twenties try to figure out love, sex, identity and friendship in Los Angeles.
Prestige Ingredients
2016
as Alia
A stifled Hollywood actress is hired by a chef in Paris for an unlikely role.

10 Crosby
2016
as Dumpling Girl
A series of short films following the interconnected lives on Crosby street, New York City.

Nasty Baby
2015
as Wendy
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 ...

Nasty Baby
2015
Co-Producer
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 ...

The Final Girls
2015
as Gertie Michaels
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 movi...

The Driftless Area
2015
as Carrie
Pierre Hunter, a bartender with unyielding optimism, returns to his tiny hometown after his parents' death. When he falls for the enigmatic Stella, Pi...

Wild Canaries
2014
as Jean
When their elderly neighbor suddenly drops dead, a young Brooklyn couple investigates signs of foul play.

May in the Summer
2014
as Dalia
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 pare...
In Short: Show Girl Sexuality
2014
as Self
'In Short' is a five episode series that puts actors behind the camera to create their own short-form documentaries. Each documentary tells vastly dif...
In Short: Show Girl Sexuality
2014
Director
'In Short' is a five episode series that puts actors behind the camera to create their own short-form documentaries. Each documentary tells vastly dif...

Night Moves
2014
as Surprise
The story about three radical environmentalists coming together to execute the most intense protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric d...
Bunion
2014
as Rachel
The story of a man, his foot and finding happiness.

Center Jenny
2013
as Take Kim
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.

The To Do List
2013
as Fiona
Feeling pressured to become more sexually experienced before she goes to college, Brandy Klark makes a list of things to accomplish before hitting cam...

The Arrested Development Documentary Project
2013
as Self
Featuring interviews from major cast and crew members, along with 200 fans from across the country, this documentary tells the whole story of this ama...

The Moment
2013
as Jessie
Fearing she may be responsible, a mental patient (Jennifer Jason Leigh) tries to unravel the mystery behind her ex-lover's (Martin Henderson) disappea...

Setup, Punch
2013
as Dottie Kaufman
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 lif...

Getting Stoned with Sophia Takal
2013
as Herself
Sophia's friends decide to leave so she can get stoned with Caveh and talk about interpersonal relationships, future plans, and a forwarded email.

The End of Love
2013
as Alia Shawkat
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 aw...

That's What She Said
2012
as Clementine
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. DeeDe...

The Brass Teapot
2012
as Louise
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 g...

Ruby Sparks
2012
as Mabel
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. ...

Damsels in Distress
2012
as Mad Madge
A trio of beautiful girls set out to revolutionize life at a grungy American university: the dynamic leader Violet Wister, principled Rose and sexy He...

The Lie
2011
as Seven
A man's life is altered unexpectedly after telling a lie to get out of work.

The Oranges
2011
as Vanessa Walling
A man's affair with his friend's much-younger daughter throws two neighboring families into turmoil.

Best Coast: Our Deal
2011
as Night Creeper
Two gangs. One ruled the streets by day. The other by night. It was only a matter of time before their paths crossed.

The Wrong Ferarri
2011
A presentation of surreal, somewhat connected images, where Greenster goes through love affairs, game shows and lots and lots of ketamine.

Cedar Rapids
2011
as Bree
A naive Midwesterner insurance salesman travels to a big-city convention in an effort to save the jobs of his co-workers.

The Runaways
2010
as Robin
Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, two rebellious teenagers from Southern California, become the frontwomen for The Runaways -- the now-legendary group that...

Amreeka
2009
as Salma Halaby
Eager to provide a better future for her son, Fadi, divorcée Muna Farah leaves her Palestinian homeland and takes up residence in rural Illinois -- ju...

Whip It
2009
as Pash
In Bodeen, Texas, Land Of The Dragon, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby...

Prom Wars: Love Is a Battlefield
2008
as Diana Riggs
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 stud...

Bart Got a Room
2008
as Camille
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. A...

Deck the Halls
2006
as Madison Finch
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...

Not Like Everyone Else
2006
as Brandi Blackbear
A teenager fights to clear her name after her small Oklahoma town mistakenly assumes she is practicing witchcraft. Based on a true story.

Queen of Cactus Cove
2005
as Billie
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 c...

Rebound
2005
as Amy
An acclaimed college hoops coach is demoted to a junior varsity team after a public meltdown.

The Trial of Old Drum
2000
as Dee
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 ...

Three Kings
1999
as Amir's Daughter
A group of American soldiers stationed in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War find a map they believe will take them to a huge cache of stolen Kuwaiti gol...
The Wrong Girls
N/A
as Molly
Two aimless young women inadvertently gain telepathic abilities after ingesting an experimental drug, pitting them against dangerous rivals pursuing t...