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What Is Alia Shawkat's Net Worth?
Alia Shawkat is an American actress, producer, writer, and director who has a net worth of $4 million. Shawkat is best known for playing Maeby Fünke on the Fox/Netflix sitcom "Arrested Development" (2003–06; 2013; 2018–2019) and Dory Sief on the TBS/HBO Max series "Search Party" (2016–2022), which are both critically-acclaimed shows. Alia has more than 90 acting credits to her name, including the films "Three Kings" (1999), "Bart Got a Room" (2008), "Whip It" (2009), "The Runaways" (2010), "The To Do List" (2013), "The Final Girls" (2015), and "Being the Ricardos" (2021) and the television series "State of Grace" (2001–2002), "The Starter Wife" (2008), "Getting On" (2014), and "Transparent" (2017–2019). She wrote, executive produced, and starred in the 2018 film "Duck Butter," and she also produced "Search Party" and the films "Nasty Baby" (2015) and "Adam Green'sAladdin" (2016) and directed the 2021 "Search Party" episode "The Imposter." Shawkat has lent her voice to several animated projects, such as "Animals." (2016), "Adventure Time" (2015–2017), "Big Mouth" (2017–2020), "Summer Camp Island" (2018–2021), and "Ultra City Smiths" (2021).
Early Life
Alia Shawkat was born Alia Martine Shawkat on April 18, 1989, in Riverside, California. She is the daughter of Dina and Tony Shawkat, and she grew up with two brothers in Palm Springs. Dina and Tony produced Alia's film "Bart Got a Room," and Tony and Alia both appeared in "Three Kings." Dina's heritage is Irish, Norwegian, and Italian, and Tony is from Iraq. Shawkat is the granddaughter of actor Paul Burke, who earned two Primetime Emmy nominations for "Naked City" and played Neal McVane on "Dynasty." As a teenager, Alia attended a Rancho Mirage private school when she wasn't filming.
Career
Shawkat made both her film and television debuts in 1999 when she appeared in "Three Kings" and guest-starred on "JAG." In 2000, she appeared in the TV movie "The Trial of Old Drum," and from 2001 to 2002, she played Hannah Rayburn on the Fox Family Channel/ABC Family Channel series "State of Grace" alongsideMae Whitman, who would go on to have a recurring role as Ann Veal on "Arrested Development." Alia then guest-starred on "Presidio Med" (2002), "Without a Trace" (2003), "Boomtown" (2003), "Veronica Mars" (2006), and "The Starter Wife" (2008), and she appeared in the films "Rebound" (2005), "Deck the Halls" (2006), "Bart Got a Room" (2008), "Prom Wars" (2009), "Amreeka" (2009), and "Whip It" (2009). In 2003, she began starring as Mae "Maeby" Fünke, the daughter ofPortia de Rossi'sLindsay Bluth Fünke andDavid Cross' Tobias Fünke, on "Arrested Development." The series aired three seasons on Fox before being canceled in 2006, and luckily for the show's loyal fans, Netflix revived it in 2013. "Arrested Development" won the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2004, and it was dubbed "the best sitcom on TV" by Tim Stack of "Entertainment Weekly." Brian M. Palmer, a pop culture commentator, called Shawkat "one of the brightest lights on a show populated solely by bright lights."
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Alia appeared in "The Runaways" (2010), "The Lie" (2011), "Cedar Rapids" (2011), "The Oranges" (2011), "Damsels in Distress" (2012), "That's What She Said" (2012), "Ruby Sparks" (2012), "The Brass Teapot" (2012), "Night Moves" (2013), and "Wild Canaries" (2014), and she co-starred withAubrey Plazain the 2013 romantic comedy "The To Do List" and the 2014 zombie comedy "Life After Beth." She guest-starred on "The League" (2010), "NTSF:SD:SUV::" (2013), and "Portlandia" (2016), and she appeared on Comedy Central's "Drunk History" in 2014, 2015, and 2016, portraying Frances Cleveland, Virginia Hall, and Alexander Hamilton. In 2014, Shawkat had a recurring role as Colleen Hoover on HBO's "Getting On," and in 2015, she began playing the lead role of Dory Sief on "Search Party," which aired 50 episodes over five seasons and earned her a Gracie Allen Award. Alia starred in the 2015 horror comedy "The Final Girls" alongsideTaissa Farmiga,Malin Åkerman,Adam DeVine,Thomas Middleditch,Alexander Ludwig, andNina Dobrev, then she appeared in "Adam Green's Aladdin" (2015), "Green Room" (2015), "Me Him Her" (2015), "The Intervention" (2016), "Pee-wee's Big Holiday" (2016), "Paint It Black" (2016), and "Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town" (2017).
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