ShawkatwasborninRiverside,CaliforniatoDina(néeBurke)andactorTonyShawkat.ShegrewupinnearbyPalmSprings.[1]Shehastwobrothers.[2]HermaternalgrandfatherwasactorPaulBurke.SheisofKurdishdescentonherfather'ssideandIrishandNorwegiandescentonhermother'sside. Shawkatmadeheractingdebutinbothfilmandtelevisionin1999.Inthatyear,sheplayedthedaughterofthecharacterAmirinthefeatur...(展开全部) ShawkatwasborninRiverside,CaliforniatoDina(néeBurke)andactorTonyShawkat.ShegrewupinnearbyPalmSprings.[1]Shehastwobrothers.[2]HermaternalgrandfatherwasactorPaulBurke.SheisofKurdishdescentonherfather'ssideandIrishandNorwegiandescentonhermother'sside. Shawkatmadeheractingdebutinbothfilmandtelevisionin1999.Inthatyear,sheplayedthedaughterofthecharacterAmirinthefeaturefilmThreeKings,inwhichherfatherTonyShawkatplayedamemberoftheIraqiRepublicanGuard,andappearedasayoungSarah"Mac"MacKenzieononeepisodeofJAG.Shelandedherfirststarringrolein2001,playingHannahRayburninthetelevisionsitcomStateofGrace,whichairedintheUnitedStatesonthecabletelevisionchannelFoxFamily(subsequentlyrenamedABCFamily)until2002. AsMaebyFünke,ShawkatwasaregularcastmemberofArrestedDevelopmentfortheentirerunoftheshow(2003–2006).[3]Theseriesreceivednearlyuniversalpositivereviews,withShawkat'sperformanceoccasionallysingledoutforpraise;pop-culturecommentatorBrianM.Palmerremarkedthatshewas"oneofthebrightestlightsonashowpopulatedsolelybybrightlights,"[4]andScottWeinbergofeFilmCriticdescribedheras"onefunnyyounglady."[5]InaninterviewwithTheA.V.Clubin2010,Shawkatremarkedthatmanyofher"formativemoments"asanactresstookplaceontheArrestedDevelopmentset:"[Showcreator]MitchHurwitzwaslikeafatherfiguretome...Inaway,itwasgreattobearound[thecast],becauseIfeelthatmyunderstandingofcomedywasabletogrowreallywellduringthattime."[6]Shawkat,alongwiththerestofthemaincast,aresettoreprisetheirrolesintheupcomingArrestedDevelopmentfeaturefilm. SincetheendofArrestedDevelopment,Shawkathascontinuedtoactinfeaturefilms.In2009,sheplayedanArab-AmericanteeninCherienDabis'sfilmAmreekaandappearedinDrewBarrymore'sdirectorialdebutWhipItalongsideEllenPage.In2010,sheappearedinTheRunaways,abiographicalmovieaboutthebandofthesamename,playingafictionalversionoftheband'sbassist. In2009,ShawkatappearedinWhipItco-starHarMarSuperstar'smusicvideofor"TallBoy",whichalsofeaturedEvaMendesandEricWareheim.InOctober2009,itwasannouncedthatShawkat,HarMar,andfellowWhipItco-starPagewouldproduceandwriteashowforHBOcalledStitchN'Bitch.[6]AccordingtotheHollywoodReporter,theshow"followstwopainfullycoolhipstergirlsastheyrelocatefromBrooklyn'sWilliamsburgneighborhoodtoLosAngeles'SilverLakeenclaveinhopesofbecomingartists–ofanykind." Shawkat,alongwithArrestedDevelopmentco-starMaeWhitman,sangguestvocalsonanumberoftracksfromindie-punkbandFakeProblems'newestalbumRealGhostsCaughtonTape.