Alia Shawkat

Alia Shawkat (2016)

Alia Martine Shawkat (born April 18, 1989 in Riverside , California ) is an American actress .

Life

Shawkat began her acting career in 1999 with a guest appearance on the television series JAG - On behalf of the honor . In the same year she got a small role in David O. Russell's film Three Kings . She then played a supporting role in the television series Everything Because of Grace from 2001 to 2002 at the side of Mae Whitman and Dinah Manoff . Her breakthrough came with the series Arrested Development , in which Shawkat played a leading role from 2003 to 2006. In May 2013, the series returned to the video-on-demand provider Netflix for 15 new episodes in which she took up her role again. In 2005 she received a Young Artist Award for this role .

Her maternal grandfather was the late actor Paul Burke .

Filmography (selection)

• 1999: JAG - On behalf of honor ( JAG , TV series, episode 4x20 Before you die )
• 1999: Three Kings - It's nice to be king (Three Kings)
• 2000: Old Drum - Well barked is half the battle (The Trial of Old Drum)
• 2001–2002: Everything because of Grace ( State of Grace , TV series, 9 episodes)
• 2003–2006, 2013, 2018–2019: Arrested Development (TV series, 68 episodes)
• 2005: Direct hit - a supercoach takes action (rebound)
• 2006: Blinding Christmas (Deck the Halls)
• 2006: Not Like Everyone Else
• 2006: Veronica Mars (TV series, episode 2x16 Unexpected Reunion )
• 2008: Bart Got a Room
• 2008: The Starter Wife ( The Starter Wife , TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2008: Prom Wars
• 2008: Crappy Holidays Presents ... (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2009: Amreeka
• 2009: Roller Girl (Whip It)
• 2010: The Runaways
• 2011: Welcome to Cedar Rapids (Cedar Rapids)
• 2011: My Best Friend's Daughter (The Oranges)
• 2012: Pain and suffering - whoever wants to be rich has to suffer (The Brass Teapot)
• 2013: The To Do List
• 2013: Night Moves
• 2013: May and Love (May in the Summer)
• 2015: Nasty Baby
• 2015: Broad City (TV series, episode 2x09)
• 2015: The Final Girls
• 2015: The Driftless Area - Nothing is what it seems (The Driftless Area)
• 2015: Green Room
• 2015: Me Him Her
• 2016: Adam Green's Aladdin
• 2016: Century Women (20th Century Women)
• 2016–2017: Search Party (TV series, 20 episodes)
• 2017: Izzy Gets the F * ck Across Town
• 2017: Transparent (TV series, 7 episodes)
• 2018: Blaze
• 2018: Duck Butter
• 2019: Living with Yourself (TV series)

Awards

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Nominations:

• 2005: Best Acting Company - Comedy for Arrested Development
• 2006: Best Acting Ensemble - Comedy for Arrested Development

Young Artist Awards

Awards:

• 2005: Best Actor in a Television Series - Supporting Actor for Arrested Development

Nominations:

• 2002: Best Actor on TV Series - Leading Actor for State of Grace

Web links

Commons : Alia Shawkat  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Alia Shawkat in the Internet Movie Database (English)