Editing Alia Shawkat (section)

==Personal life==
When not acting, Shawkat enjoys singing, drawing, and painting.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lafuente |first=Cat |date=2020-03-18 |title=The Untold Truth Of Alia Shawkat |url=https://www.thelist.com/195383/the-untold-truth-of-alia-shawkat/ |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=The List |language=en-US}}</ref> She occasionally sings in jazz bars, though she only sings [[jazz standard]]s; her grandfather taught her many of the songs she knows. At one point, Shawkat attempted to learn [[welding]], hoping to make metal sculptures. She considers it essential for her to pursue different forms of art, stating, "They feed each other. If I didn't have the other ones, I don't think I could just act."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sextro |first1=Charlie |title=On expressing yourself as honestly as possible |url=https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/2017-09-12-alia-shawkat-on-craving-different-creative-outlets/ |website=The Creative Independent |date=February 1, 2022}}</ref> Shawkat is [[bisexual]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Osenlund|first1=R. Kurt|title=Actress Alia Shawkat on Bold Projects, Broad City & Being Queer in America|work=[[Out (magazine)|Out]]|date=May 11, 2017|quote= "I was a tomboy growing up, and I remember my mom asking me when I was 10, 'are you attracted to boys or girls?' I said I don't know. Now I consider myself bisexual[.]"|url=http://www.out.com/entertainment/2017/5/11/actress-alia-shawkat-bold-projects-broad-city-being-queer-america|access-date=May 14, 2017}}</ref> On November 15, 2023, Shawkat gave birth to her first baby.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 15, 2023 |title='Arrest Development' alum Alia Shawkat welcomes first baby |url=https://pagesix.com/2023/11/15/parents/arrested-development-alum-alia-shawkat-welcomes-first-baby/ |website=pagesix.com}}</ref>