Aubrey Plaza

Aubrey Plaza is an American comedian and actress. She portrayed April Lud gate on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation. After appearing in supporting roles in several films, Plaza had her first leading role in the 2012 comedy Safety Not Guaranteed. Plaza currently stars as Lenny Busker in the FX series Legion.

Plaza began her career as an intern. After performing improve and sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, she appeared in the web series The Jeannie Tate Show. She later appeared in films such as Mystery Team (2008), Funny People (2009), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), Monsters University (2013), Life After Beth (2014), Dirty Grandpa (2016), Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016), The Little Hours (2017), and Ingrid Goes West (2017).

Date of birth:
26th June, 1984
"I would never do a commercial for something that is embarrassing, and I think that people maybe have a different perspective on what is embarrassing or not. Some people think doing a Revlon hair commercial is really cool. To me, that’s embarrassing, but World of Warcraft – not embarrassing, very cool."
― Aubrey Plaza
Topic(s): Cool
"I like my name. My mom named me after a song by the 1970s group Bread. So, it’s meaningful, and I like the song. It’s a love song – kind of – but it’s kind of depressing and dark."
― Aubrey Plaza
Topic(s): Mom
"When I was doing comedy in New York, before I was in movies, I was never known as the deadpan actress. I was just a comedienne."
― Aubrey Plaza
Topic(s): Movies
"I think being on a TV show is amazing but also, people get kind of used to seeing you a certain way and so it becomes a challenge to break free from that in a way."
― Aubrey Plaza
Topic(s): Amazing
"I can’t say I follow politics extremely closely, but I’m definitely aware of what’s going on in the world."
― Aubrey Plaza
Topic(s): Politics
"With stand-up, it doesn’t matter who you are. If the audience claps because they love your movies, that clapping stops after five seconds, and then it’s your job to make them laugh."
― Aubrey Plaza
Topic(s): Movies

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