Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shawkat said that she was “incredibly lucky” to be cast in the series and it was her mom, who has “amazing taste,” who first read ...

From writer-director Hailey Benton Gates, it follows a group of performers in a town designed as a warfare simulation to prepare U.S. soldiers “To play an Iraqi struggling actress is right up my alley ...

The film "Atropia" is a dark comedy set at a U.S. military facility in California designed to simulate battle conditions in Iraq. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with actor Alia Shawkat.

Alia Shawkat led the cult-favorite series Search Party, which boldly turned into an apocalypse story in Season 5 on HBO Max.

After losing both her job and her boyfriend (comes with the territory when you're dating your boss), an unmoored and unsettled Mae (Alia Shawkat) returns to her small Washington hometown to take care ...

Shawkat began playing Mae "Maeby" Fünke when she was 14 years old Alia Shawkat took time to make peace with her Arrested Development past. Shawkat said that she was “incredibly lucky” to be cast in ...

Alia Shawkat took time to make peace with her Arrested Development past. Shawkat, 36, opened up on the Dec. 22 episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast, hosted by Josh Horowitz about her long career.