Alia Shawkat Trivias

Great-grandfather, Martin Joseph "Marty" Burke was a boxer who fought Gene Tunney and sparred with Jack Dempsey. Later he and his wife owned a string of nightclubs in the New Orleans French Quarter.

Maternal grandparents: actor Paul Burke ("Valley of the Dolls"...) and former dancer, Peggy Pryor.

She is Irish, Norwegian and half Middle Eastern.

Spends her time in both Los Angeles and her hometown of Palm Springs with her father, mother, two brothers and her cat, Max.

Great-great-grandfather, Martin P. Burke was a New Orleans policeman in 1898.

Favorite food to eat : Her Grandmother's dessert called "leche", frozen yogurt

She loves to hear Oldies...some rap...rock...pop

Siblings : 2 brothers, older one is 15 and younger one is 7

Her dad Tony had a cameo in Three King's

Pets: 2 cats, a big black one named Max and a little orange one named Simba

Her Grandfather is an actor.

When she is not filming, she attends a private school near her home in Rancho Mirage.

One of her ambitions is to attend Yale University, studying International Relations.

Alia Shawkat was the first cast member of "Arrested Development" to sign on to the show.

She was the little girl in the movie, "Three Kings".