Alia Shawkat

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Summary

Alia Shawkat is an actor, writer, and director known for Arrested Development, Search Party, and Animals. Her work and interviews have returned to women’s sexuality, queer relationships, and the limits of stereotyped roles; she has described making Duck Butter to portray women’s sexuality outside the male gaze. Shawkat has discussed feminism and #MeToo and signed the Film Workers for Palestine pledge, which commits signatories not to work with Israeli film institutions they consider complicit in genocide and apartheid. No public party or campaign role is on record.