American actress

Alia Shawkat

Alia Martine Shawkat is an American actress. She is known for her performances as Maeby Fünke in the Fox/Netflix television sitcom Arrested Development, 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 (2001–2002) and The Old Man starring Jeff Bridges (2022–2024). She has also guest starred as historical figures Frances Cleveland, Virginia Hall, and Alexander Hamilton on Comedy Central's Drunk History (2014–2016).

Born

1989

April 18

Died

Living

Era

1980s

Country

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Alia, in brief

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Key dates

1989 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

796 King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered in Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. The patrician Osbald is crowned, but abdicates within 27 days.
1428 Peace of Ferrara between Republic of Venice, Duchy of Milan, Republic of Florence and House of Gonzaga: ending of the second campaign of the Wars in Lombardy fought until the Treaty of Lodi in 1454, which will then guarantee the conditions for the development of the Italian Renaissance.
1506 The cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica is laid.
1518 Bona Sforza is crowned as queen consort of Poland.

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The world in 1989

When Alia arrived

april 1 Margaret Thatcher's new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"), is introduced in Scotland.
april 15 Hillsborough disaster: A human crush occurs at Hillsborough Stadium, home of Sheffield Wednesday, in the FA Cup Semi-final, resulting in the deaths of 97 Liverpool fans.
april 15 Upon Hu Yaobang's death, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 begin in China.
april 19 A gun turret explodes on the USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on April 18

Audrey Tang 1981– Taiwanese Minister of Digital Affairs and programmer Conan O'Brien 1963– American television host, comedian, and writer Derrick Brooks 1973– American football player Franz von Suppé 1819–1895 Austrian composer and conductor (died 1895) James Woods 1947– American actor and producer Jeff Dunham 1962– American ventriloquist and comedian Joseph L. Goldstein 1940– American biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate Kathy Acker 1944–1997 American author and poet (died 1997) Miguel Cabrera 1983– Venezuelan baseball player

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1989

Aly Michalka 1989– American singer-songwriter and guitarist Anton Yelchin 1989–2016 American actor (born 1989) Blaine Gabbert 1989– American football player Blake Griffin 1989– American basketball player Cam Newton 1989– American football player Earl Thomas 1989– American football player Gedhun Choekyi Nyima 1989– the 11th Panchen Lama Hannah Miley 1989– English-Scottish swimmer James Calado 1989– English racing driver

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