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Alia Martine Shawkat (pron.: /?æli? ??o?k??t/; born April 18, 1989) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Maeby Fünke in the Fox television series Arrested Development.

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Contents

Articles Alia Shawkat Arrested Development (TV series) Best Coast Deck the Halls (film) Drew Barrymore Jack Antonoff

Not Like Everyone Else Paul Burke (actor) Prom Wars Queen of Cactus Cove Real Ghosts Caught on Tape Rebound (2005 film) Riverside, California Ruby Sparks State of Grace (TV series) The Bad Mother's Handbook The League The Oranges (film) The Runaways (film)

References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors

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Alia Shawkat

Born

Occupation

Years active

Alia Shawkat

Shawkat in October 2011

Alia Martine Shawkat April 18, 1989 Riverside, California, U.S.

Actress

1999–present

Alia Martine Shawkat(pron.:/ˈləiˈʃoʊkɑːt/; born April 18, 1989) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Maeby Fanke in the Fox television seriesArrested Development.

Personal life Shawkat was born in Riverside, California to Dina (nbe Burke) and actor Tony Shawkat. She grew up in nearby [1] [2] Palm Springs. She has two brothers. Her maternal grandfather is actor Paul Burke. She is of Kurdish descent on [3] her father's side and Irish and Norwegian descent on her mother's side. [4] She dated Jack Antonoff from 2007 to 2010. When she is not working (acting), she likes to paint; she participated [5] in gallery shows in Los Angeles, Mexico City and Paris. She also likes to make music and sing in jazz bars.

Career Shawkat made her acting debut in both film and television in 1999. In that year, she played the daughter of the character Amir in the feature filmThree Kings, in which her real-life father played a member of the Iraqi Republican Guard, and appeared as a young Sarah MacKenzie on one episode ofJAG. She landed her first starring role in 2001, playing Hannah Rayburn in the television sitcomState of Grace, which aired in the United States on the cable television channel Fox Family until 2002. As Maeby Fanke, Shawkat was a regular cast member ofArrested Developmentfor the entire run of the show from [6] 2003 to 2006. The series received nearly universally positive reviews, with Shawkat's performance occasionally singled out for praise. Pop-culture commentator Brian M. Palmer remarked that she was "one of the brightest lights [7] on a show populated solely by bright lights," and Scott Weinberg of eFilmCritic described her as "onefunnyyoung

The Business

2003

1999

JAG

Without a Trace

Presidio Med

2007

Last Call with Carson Daly

Queen of Cactus Cove

Camille

Herself

Filmography

Siobhan Arintero

Young Mac

1 Episode

9 Episodes

Young Hannah Rayburn

Billie

Denise Stein

1 Episode

Amy

TV film

Role

Tara Wegman

Mae"Maeby"Fanke

Amir's Daughter

Series regular (53 Episodes)

Dee

1 Episode

Brandi Blackbear

Madison Finch

Charlotte

TV Film

Diana Riggs

Stacy Wells

3 Episodes

Robin

Alia Shawkat

Screenwriting Manicurist 2 Episodes

Herself

1 Episode

TV Film

Deck the Halls

Veronica Mars

Bart Got a Room

Prom Wars

Notes

In 2009, Shawkat appeared inWhip Itco-star Har Mar Superstar's music video for "Tall Boy", which also featured Eva Mendes and Eric Wareheim. In October 2009, it was announced that Shawkat, Har Mar, and fellowWhip It [9] co-star Page would produce and write a show for HBO calledStitch N' Bitchto the. According Hollywood Reporter, the show "follows two painfully cool hipster girls as they relocate from Brooklyn's Williamsburg [10] neighborhood to Los Angeles' Silver Lake enclave in hopes of becoming artists--of any kind." Shawkat, along withArrested Developmentco-star Mae Whitman, sang guest vocals on a number of tracks from [11] indie-punk band Fake Problems' 2010 albumReal Ghosts Caught on Tape.

Title

Rebound

Arrested Development

2003-2006, 2013

Boomtown

The Trial of Old Drum

Three Kings

[8] lady." In an interview with The A.V. Club in 2010, Shawkat remarked that many of her "formative moments" as an actress took place on theArrested Developmentset: " [Show creator] Mitch Hurwitz was like a father figure to me. In a way, it was great to be around [the cast], because I feel that my understanding of comedy was able to grow [9] really well during that time." Shawkat, along with the rest of the main cast, are set to reprise their roles in the show's forthcoming fourth season.

Since the end ofArrested Development, Shawkat has continued to act in feature films. In 2009, she played an Arab-American teen in Cherien Dabis's filmAmreekaand appeared in Drew Barrymore's directorial debutWhip It alongside Ellen Page. In 2010, she appeared inThe Runaways, a biographical movie about the band of the same name, playing a fictional version of the band's bassist.

2008

The Starter Series

The Bad Mother's Handbook

Blow Out

2006

Not Like Everyone Else

2002

2000

State of Grace

2005

Year

Alia Shawkat

2009

2010

2011

2012

References

Amreeka

Whip It

Arrested Development Documentary Project

Made in Hollywood

Sundance Directors Lab

The Runaways

The League

The Lie

Cedar Rapids

The Oranges

"Our Deal"

Damsels in Distress

That's What She Said

Ruby Sparks

Salma

Pash

Herself

Robin

April

Seven

Bree

Vanessa

Madge

Clementine

Mabel

1 Episode

Post-production

Best Coastmusic video

[1] "Alia Shawkatc–DVDc–Interview" (http:/ /www.avclub.com/articles/alia-shawkat,38480/). The A.V. Club. . [2] "Internet Movie Databasec–Alia Shawkatc–/www.imdb.com/name/nm0790057/bio). IMDb. .Biography" (http:/ [3] http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0790057/bio [4] Profile at FamousHookups.com (http:/ /www.famoushookups.com/site/celebrity_profile.php?name=Jack-Antonoff&celebid=1177) [5] Cheirif, Samantha (October 1, 2012). "Alia Shawkat Talks THE ORANGES, Cut Scenes and Alternate Ending, and Returning to ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT" (http://collider.com/alia-shawkat-the-oranges-arrested-development-interview/ 196353/). Collider.com. . Retrieved January 9, 2013. [6] "Internet Movie Databasec–Alia Shawkat" (http:/ /www.imdb.com/name/nm0790057/). IMDB. . [7] "Interview with Brian M. Palmer" (http:/ /www.brianmpalmer.com/aliashawkat.htm). . [8] "eFilmCriticc–DVD Review: Arrested Development Season 1" (http:/ /www.efilmcritic.com/feature.php?feature=1240). . [9] "Interview" (http://www.avclub.com/articles/alia-shawkat,38480/). The A.V. Club. . [10] "Ellen Page, Arrested Development's Alia Shawkat, and Har Mar Superstar (!) working on HBO show" (http:/ /www.avclub.com/articles/ ellen-page-arrested-developments-alia-shawkat-and,33831/ ). The A.V. Club. . [11] Alia Shawkat reference in CD release announcement (http:/ /bandweblogs.com/blog/2010/08/05/ fake-problems-real-ghosts-caught-on-tape-tour-with-the-gaslight-anthem/ )

External links d Alia Shawkat (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm790057/) at the Internet Movie Database

Arrested Development (TV series)

Genre

Created by

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Narrated by

Arrested Development

Country of origin

Language(s)

No. of seasons

No. of episodes

Executive producer(s)

Camera setup

Running time

Production company(s)

Original channel

Picture format

Original run

Sitcom

Mitchell Hurwitz

Jason Bateman Portia de Rossi Will Arnett Michael Cera Alia Shawkat Tony Hale David Cross Jeffrey Tambor Jessica Walter

Ron Howard

United States

English

53 (List of episodes)

Production

Brian Grazer Ron Howard Mitchell Hurwitz David Nevins

Single-camera

22cminutes

Imagine Television The Hurwitz Company 20th Century Fox Television

Broadcast

Fox (2003–2006) Netflix (2013)

480i 720p (HDTV)

Novemberc2,c2003–2c,01cyraurbeF600

Arrested Developmentis an American television sitcom created by Mitchell Hurwitz. The series aired for three seasons on the Fox network from 2003–2006, with new episodes planned for release on Netflix in 2013. The show is about the Bluth family, a formerly wealthy and habitually dysfunctional family, and is presented in a continuous format, incorporating hand-held camera work, narration, archival photos, and historical footage. Ron Howard serves

Arrested Development (TV series)

as an executive producer and the series' uncredited narrator. Set in Newport Beach, California,Arrested Developmentis primarily filmed in Culver City and Marina del Rey. Since its debut in 2003, the series has received widespread critical acclaim, including six Emmy Awards and one [1] Golden Globe, and it has attracted a cult following, including several fan-based websites. In 2007Timelisted it [2] among the magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME2008, the show was ranked 16th on." In Entertainment [3] [4] WeeklyIn 2011, IGN named's "New TV Classics" list. Arrested Developmentthe funniest show of all time. Despite approval from critics,Arrested Developmentreceived low ratings and viewership on Fox, which canceled the series in 2006. Rumors of a fourth season and a feature film persisted until 2011, when Netflix agreed to license [5] new episodes and distribute them exclusively on its streaming video service. Fourteen episodes will be released on [6] the same day in May 2013. The script of anArrested Developmentfilm has also been in development with the [7] main cast purported to reprise their original roles.

Production

Conception [8] Discussion that led to the creation of the series began in the summer of 2002. Ron Howard had the original idea to create a comedy series in the style of hand-held cameras and reality television, but with an elaborate, highly comical [8] script resulting from repeated rewritings and rehearsals. Howard met with David Nevins, the President of Imagine [8] Television, Katie O'Connell, a senior vice president, and two writers, including Mitchell Hurwitz. In light of recent corporate accounting scandals, such as Enron and Adelphia, Hurwitz suggested a story about a "riches to rags" [8] family. Howard and Imagine were immediately interested in using this idea, and signed Hurwitz to write the [8] [8] show. The idea was pitched and sold in the fall of 2002. Over the next few months, Hurwitz developed the [8] characters and plot for the series. The script of the pilot episode was submitted in January 2003 and filmed in [8] [8] March 2003. It was submitted in late April to Fox and was added to the network's fall schedule that May.

Casting [8] Alia Shawkat was the first actress to be cast in the series. Michael Cera, Tony Hale, and Jessica Walter were cast [8] from video tapes and flown in to audition for Fox. Jason Bateman and Portia de Rossi both read and auditioned for [8] [9] the network and were immediately chosen. The character of Gob was apparently the most challenging to cast. When Will Arnett auditioned, he depicted the character "like a guy who thought of himself as the chosen son even though it was obvious to everyone else that he was the least favorite," where all others played it differently; he was [9] chosen immediately for his unique portrayal. The characters of Tobias and George Sr. were originally going to have minor roles, but David Cross' and Jeffrey Tambor's portrayals mixed well with the rest of the characters, and [8] they were given more significant parts. Howard provided the narration for the initial pilot but meshed so well with [10] the tone of the program that the decision was made to stick with his voice. Howard also aided in the casting of "Lucille 2"; the producers told him that their dream actress for the role would be Liza Minnelli but assumed nobody [11] of her stature would take the part. However, she agreed when Ron Howard asked her himself, because they were [12] old friends; she had been his babysitter when he was a child and she was a teen.

Production design Arrested Developmentuses several elements that are rare for American live-action sitcoms. Technically,Arrested Developmentwas shot on location and on videotape with multiple cameras, parodying tactics often employed in documentary film and reality television, straying from the "fixed-set, studio audience, laugh track style long [13] dominant in comedy production." The show also makes heavy use of cutaway gags, supplementing the narrative with visual punchlines like security camera footage, Bluth family photos, website screenshots, archive films, and [13] flashbacks. An omniscient third-person narrator (producer Ron Howard) ties together the multiple plot threads

Arrested Development (TV series)

[14] running through each episode, while humorously undercutting and commenting on the characters. Further, Arrested Developmentalso developed a unique self-referentiality through use of in-jokes that evolved over multiple episodes, which rewarded longtime viewership (and in turn may have discouraged new viewers and contributed to [13] the show's ratings issues).

Lawsuit In November 2003, the producers of the show were sued by the hip hop group Arrested Development over the [15] alleged use of their name. Rapper "Speech" from the group said "The use of our name by Fox is not only confusing to the public, but also has the potential to significantly dilute what the 'Arrested Development' name [15] [15] means to our fans." The lawsuit was quietly settled for an undisclosed sum. The incident was referenced in the episode "Motherboy XXX." The narration refers to a band called "Motherboy," which the narration claims the show is "legally required to make a distinction" from, with respect to the "Motherboy" [15] event happening in the episode.

Cancellation and revival

During the series' third season in 2006, despite months-long rumors ofArrested Developmenthaving been picked up by the cable television network [16] Showtime, creator Hurwitz declined to move the [17] show to another network. As Hurwitz explained, "I had taken it as far as I felt I could as a series. I told the story I wanted to tell, and we were getting to a point where I think a lot of the actors were ready to move [18] on." He said that he was "more worried about letting down the fans in terms of the quality of the show dropping" than he was about disappointing fans by not giving them more episodes. He also said, "If there's a way to continue this in a form that's not weekly episodic series television, I'd be up for it."

The cast does the "chicken dance" at theArrested Development reunion in October 2011.

On Octoberc2, 2011, the entire cast ofArrested Developmentreunited for a panel at The New Yorker Festival in New [19] York. At the panel, Hurwitz nonetheless declared his intention of producing a truncated fourth season as a lead-in [20] to a film adaptation. Six years after the series had been canceled by Fox, filming for a revived fourth season [21] began on August 7, 2012. Fourteen episodes of the show's revival season are set to release simultaneously on [6][22] Netflix in May 2013.

Future film adaptation Rumors of a possible full-lengthArrested Developmentfilm circulated after the possibility was referenced in the [23] show's final episode, "Development Arrested."Arrested Development: The Movieis currently awaiting the [24][25] completion of the revived television series, with the script to be written by Hurwitz. In 2008, Howard was [25][26] slated to direct the film, though it is not clear if he still is. Reportedly, all original members of the main cast [27] are expected to reprise their original roles.

Arrested Development (TV series)

Characters

Main characters The plot ofArrested Developmentrevolves around the members of the Bluth family, who lead extravagant [28] [29] lifestyles, and are also often drawn into interactions with incestuous undertones. At the center of the show is Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman), the show's straight man, who strives to do the right thing and keep his family [28] [30] together, despite their materialism, selfishness, and manipulative natures. Michael is a widowed single father. His teenage son, George Michael (Michael Cera), has the same qualities of decency but feels a constant pressure to [28] live up to his father's expectations and is often reluctant to follow his father's plans. Michael's father, George Bluth Sr. (Jeffrey Tambor), is the patriarch of the family, who often goes to considerable [31] lengths to manipulate and control his family. His wife, and Michael's mother, Lucille (Jessica Walter), is equally [28] manipulative, materialistic, and hypercritical of every member of her family, as well as being a perpetual drunk. In particular, she has a tight grip on her youngest son, Byron "Buster" Bluth (Tony Hale), who, as a result of her [28] over-mothering, is unstable, socially inept, and prone to panic attacks. Michael's older brother is Gob (Will Arnett), an unsuccessful professional magician whose business and personal [28] schemes usually fail or become tiresome and are quickly abandoned. His name is an acronym for George Oscar [28] Bluth II, pronounced /dʒoʊMichael's twin sister Lindsay Fanke b/, like the Biblical figure. (Portia de Rossi) is [32] spoiled and materialistic, continually desiring to be the center of attention and attracted to various social causes. [28] She is married to Tobias Fanke (David Cross), a discredited psychiatrist-turned-aspiring actor. Tobias is a self-diagnosed "never-nude", whose language and behavior have heavily homosexual overtones to which he seems [32][33] completely oblivious and which are the center of much tongue-in-cheek comedy throughout the series. Their [28] daughter is Mae "Maeby" Fanke (Alia Shawkat), a rebellious teen, whose chief motivation is defying her parents.

Recurring characters [34] Several other characters regularly appear in recurring roles. George Sr.'s identical twin brother, Oscar (also [35] played by Jeffrey Tambor, in a wig), is a lethargic ex-hippie seeking the affection of George's wife, Lucille. The family's lawyer, Barry Zuckerkorn (Henry Winkler), is an incompetent sexual deviant who often hinders the family's [33] [34] legal battles rather than helping them. He is eventually replaced by Bob Loblaw (Scott Baio). Lucille Austero, or "Lucille 2," played by Liza Minnelli, is Lucille's "best friend and chief social rival" as well as a sometimes-love [36] interest of Buster and, later, Gob. Steve Holt (Justin Grant Wade) is a high school senior and football star at the [37] high school George Michael and Maeby attend, and is later discovered to be Gob's son. Carl Weathers plays a [38] parodied version of himself as Tobias' acting coach. Beginning in the second season, Mae Whitman portrays Ann [36] Veal, George Michael's sternly Christian girlfriend, who is often forgotten or disparaged by Michael. Ann was also played by Alessandra Torresani, and first appeared in the season 1 episode "Let 'Em Eat Cake." Marta Estrella was originally played by Leonor Varela and later by Patricia Velasquez, and appears as Gob's girlfriend, which [39] causes conflict between him and Michael. J. Walter Weatherman (Steve Ryan), a one-armed amputee, is an old employee of George Senior. Weatherman appears in flashbacks in many episodes where, as hired by George Sr., he [36] would teach George Sr.'s children lessons. A British mentally handicapped woman named Rita Leeds (Charlize [40] Theron) appears in five episodes in the third season as Michael's female companion. Judy Greer plays George [41] Bluth Senior's assistant and lover (and partner-in-crime), Kitty Sanchez, for 10cepisodes of the series. Ed Begley, [42] Jr. plays Stan Sitwell, the owner of Sitwell Enterprises, a rival company to the Bluth Company. Justin Lee plays [43] Annyong, the adopted Korean son of Lucille and George Sr. Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays Maggie Lizer, an attorney [44] and compulsive liar who has a recurring relationship with Michael.

Arrested Development (TV series)

Episodes

Season one (2003–04) George Bluth Sr., patriarch of the Bluth family, is the founder and former CEO of the Bluth Company, which markets and builds mini-mansions, among many other activities. His son Michael serves as manager of the company, and, after being passed over for a promotion, decides to leave both the company and his family. Just as he makes this decision, however, George Sr. is arrested by the Securities and Exchange Commission for defrauding investors and gross spending of the company's money for "personal expenses." His wife Lucille becomes CEO, and immediately names as the new president her extremely sheltered youngest son Buster, who proves ill-equipped, as his only experience with business is a class he took concerning 18th century agrarian business. Furious at being passed over again, Michael secures another job with a rival company and plans on leaving his family behind for good. Realizing that they need Michael, the family asks him to come back and run the company, which Michael scoffs at until he sees how much the family means to his teenaged son George Michael. To keep the family together, Michael asks his self-centered twin sister Lindsay, her husband Tobias and their daughter Maeby to live together in the Bluth model [45] home with him and George Michael. Throughout the first season, different characters struggle to change their identities. Buster works to escape from his mother's control by bonding with brothers Michael and Gob as well as with love interest Lucille Austero, Lucille [46] Bluth's neighbor and chief social rival. George Michael nurses a forbidden crush on his cousin Maeby, while continually trying to meet his father's expectations. Lindsay's husband Tobias searches for work as an actor, with the [47] aid of Carl Weathers. Michael falls in love with his screw-up older brother Gob's neglected girlfriend Marta, and [47] is torn between being with her and putting "family first." After seeing Michael physically fight with Gob, Marta [48] realizes that they do not share the same family values and she leaves them both. To spite Buster, Lucille adopts a [48] Korean son whom she calls "Annyong" after she mistakes the Korean word for "hello" as his name. Through an escalating series of dares, Gob gets married to a woman he just met, played by real-life then-wife Amy Poehler, but [49] cannot get an annulment because he refuses to admit that he did not consummate the marriage. Kitty, George Sr.'s former assistant and mistress, tries to blackmail the company. She is caught in the Bluth family yacht's explosion, as [50] used in one of Gob's magic acts, but survives with a cooler full of damning evidence labeled "H Maddas". After previous failed attempts, and a brief religious stint in Judaism, George Sr. finally escapes from prison by faking a heart attack. It is also revealed that George Sr. committed "light treason" by using the company to build mini-palaces [51] for Saddam Hussein in Iraq.

Season two (2004–05) Because of his father's latest prison break deception (a faked heart attack), Michael decides to leave his family and move to Phoenix, Arizona with George Michael, but discovers that he cannot leave the state, due to the Bluth Company being under investigation. Lucille appoints Gob the new Bluth Company president, but since Gob proves utterly incompetent, the position's real duties revert to Michael. During the rest of the season Gob serves as [52] figurehead president; Michael is still under scrutiny for George Sr.'s illegal activity. George Sr. is not, in fact, gone. After faking his death in Mexico by paying off the cops, George Sr. returns to the [53] family model home, where George Michael discovers him and hides him in the attic. To protect his son from legal implications, Michael hides George Sr. in Gob's Aztec Tomb, orchestrates a diversion, and tells the family that George Sr. has escaped once more. Throughout the rest of the season, Michael sneaks George Sr. provisions, and George Sr. keeps tabs on the Bluth family through the ventilation system. George Sr. also faces onslaught from the outside world; the press begins looking for him in Iraq, fumigators surround the house while he's still in the attic, and Kitty returns to steal a sample of his semen to make her own Bluth baby. Buster meanwhile joins the army, but escapes serving in Iraq when his hand is bitten off by a loose seal (a play on "Lucille") Gob mistakenly gave a taste for mammal flesh. Buster is refitted with a sharp hook, which he is known to