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Aubrey Plaza

Acting 41 years old Wilmington, Delaware, USA ★ 3.9
Born: June 26, 1984

Biography

Aubrey Christina Plaza (born June 26, 1984) is an American actress, comedian, and producer. As a teenager, she began acting in local theatre productions and performed improv and sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. After graduating from New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Plaza made her feature film debut in Mystery Team (2009). She gained wide recognition for her role as April Ludgate on the NBC political satire sitcom Parks and Recreation (2009–2015).

In film, Plaza had a supporting role in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) and a leading role in Safety Not Guaranteed (2012). From 2017 to 2019, Plaza portrayed the Shadow King and Lenny Busker in the critically praised FX superhero series Legion and produced and starred in the 2017 black comedy films The Little Hours and Ingrid Goes West. She also starred in the romantic comedy Happiest Season and thriller Black Bear (both 2020) and produced and played the title character in the crime film Emily the Criminal (2022).

Plaza received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination and a Golden Globe Award for her role as a strait-laced lawyer in the second season of the HBO anthology series The White Lotus (2022). Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2023. In 2024, she starred as Rio Vidal in the Marvel Cinematic Universe miniseries Agatha All Along.

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Known For

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Self - Guest 2009
The Simpsons
The Simpsons Amber (voice) 1989
Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds Cat Adams 2005
Castle
Castle Lucy (voice) (uncredited) 2009
The White Lotus
The White Lotus Harper Spiller 2021

Jimmy's Seen (4)

Black Bear
Black Bear Producer 2020
My Old Ass
My Old Ass Older Elliott 2024
Emily the Criminal
Emily the Criminal Producer 2022
Happiest Season
Happiest Season Riley Johnson 2020

Filmography

Acting Credits (130)

Animal Friends
Animal Friends Billie 2026
Kevin
Kevin Dana (Voice) 2026
Megadoc
Megadoc Self 2025
Honey Don't!
Honey Don't! MG Falcone 2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert Self 2025
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Agatha All Along
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Agatha All Along Self - Rio Vidal 2024
Megalopolis
Megalopolis Wow Platinum 2024
Agatha All Along
Agatha All Along Rio Vidal 2024
My Old Ass
My Old Ass Older Elliott 2024
Hot Ones Versus
Hot Ones Versus Self 2024
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Julie Powers (voice) 2023
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre Sarah 2023
Little Demon
Little Demon Laura Feinberg (voice) 2022
Spin Me Round
Spin Me Round Kat 2022
Emily the Criminal
Emily the Criminal Emily 2022
King Knight
King Knight Pine Cone (voice) 2022
Afghanistan Mon Amour (Enquelab Ultramarine)
Afghanistan Mon Amour (Enquelab Ultramarine) The Jinn 2022
Best Sellers
Best Sellers Lucy Stanbridge 2021
The White Lotus
The White Lotus Harper Spiller 2021
Monsters at Work
Monsters at Work Claire (voice) 2021
Cinema Toast
Cinema Toast (voice) 2021
Cinema Toast
Cinema Toast 2021
Calls
Calls Dr. Rachel Wheating (voice) 2021
Black Bear
Black Bear Allison 2020
Happiest Season
Happiest Season Riley Johnson 2020
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine Ashley 2020
The Drew Barrymore Show
The Drew Barrymore Show Self 2020
Muppets Now
Muppets Now Self 2020
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Water Crisis
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Water Crisis Self - Julie Powers 2020
A Parks and Recreation Special
A Parks and Recreation Special April Ludgate 2020
The Paley Center Salutes Parks and Recreation
The Paley Center Salutes Parks and Recreation April Ludgate 2020
Duncanville
Duncanville Nina (voice) 2020
Child's Play
Child's Play Karen Barclay 2019
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle Self 2019
The Cold Open
The Cold Open Aubrey Plaza 2019
An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn
An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn Lulu Danger 2018
Take My Nose... Please!
Take My Nose... Please! Herself 2017
Ingrid Goes West
Ingrid Goes West Ingrid Thorburn 2017
The Little Hours
The Little Hours Sister Fernanda 2017
Legion
Legion Lenny Busker 2017
Easy
Easy Lindsay 2016
Joshy
Joshy Jen 2016
HarmonQuest
HarmonQuest Hawaiian Coffee 2016
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates Tatiana 2016
The Pistol Shrimps
The Pistol Shrimps Self 2016
Great Minds with Dan Harmon
Great Minds with Dan Harmon Mary Wollstonecraft 2016
Dirty Grandpa
Dirty Grandpa Lenore 2016
Addicted to Fresno
Addicted to Fresno Kelly 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self - Guest 2015
Crash Test: With Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer
Crash Test: With Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer Self 2015
The Driftless Area
The Driftless Area Jean 2015
Ned Rifle
Ned Rifle Susan Weber 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Late Late Show with James Corden Self 2015
Hot Ones
Hot Ones Self 2015
Cool Shit/Weird Shit
Cool Shit/Weird Shit 2015
Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever
Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever Grumpy Cat / Aubrey Plaza 2014
Playing It Cool
Playing It Cool Mallory 2014
Life After Beth
Life After Beth Beth Slocum 2014
About Alex
About Alex Sarah 2014
Welcome to Sweden
Welcome to Sweden Aubrey Plaza 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers Self - Guest 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Self - Guest 2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Off Camera with Sam Jones Self 2014
Golan, The Insatiable
Golan, The Insatiable Dylan Beekler 2013
Center Jenny
Center Jenny Monika Nark 2013
The To Do List
The To Do List Brandy Klark 2013
Aubrey Plaza Hates Her Aunt Debra
Aubrey Plaza Hates Her Aunt Debra Aubrey Plaza 2013
Hollywood Game Night
Hollywood Game Night Self 2013
Drunk History
Drunk History Aaron Burr 2013
Drunk History
Drunk History Sacagawea 2013
Monsters University
Monsters University Greek Council President (voice) 2013
Failure
Failure Woman 2013
Maron
Maron Aubrey Plaza 2013
She Said, She Said
She Said, She Said Woman in Park 2013
The End of Love
The End of Love Aubrey 2013
Charlie Countryman
Charlie Countryman Ashley 2013
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III Marnie 2013
Rolling with Dad
Rolling with Dad Cassie Stickle 2013
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Self - Guest Judge 2012
10 Years
10 Years Olivia 2012
It's Getting Late
It's Getting Late Rose 2012
Safety Not Guaranteed
Safety Not Guaranteed Darius 2012
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Comedy Bang! Bang! Self 2012
The Legend of Korra
The Legend of Korra Eska (voice) 2012
Damsels in Distress
Damsels in Distress Depressed Debbie 2012
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You Jeanine Breemer 2012
All Star Bowling Trick Shots
All Star Bowling Trick Shots Aubrey Plaza 2012
Parks and Recreation: Road Trip
Parks and Recreation: Road Trip April Ludgate 2011
NTSF:SD:SUV::
NTSF:SD:SUV:: The Rememberer 2011
CollegeHumor Originals
CollegeHumor Originals 2011
Troopers
Troopers The Princess 2011
Portlandia
Portlandia Bookstore Customer 2011
Portlandia
Portlandia Beth 2011
Home for Actresses
Home for Actresses Aubrey 2011
The Making of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'
The Making of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World' Self 2010
Conan
Conan Self 2010
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Julie Powers 2010
Breakup in a Noisy Diner
Breakup in a Noisy Diner Girl 2010
Pete Carroll's Trip to Seattle Delayed
Pete Carroll's Trip to Seattle Delayed Aubrey Plaza 2010
Mystery Team
Mystery Team Kelly Peters 2009
Funny People
Funny People Daisy Danby 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Self - Guest 2009
Parks and Recreation
Parks and Recreation April Ludgate 2009
Castle
Castle Lucy (voice) (uncredited) 2009
Mayne Street
Mayne Street Robin 2008
Teen Hag - Trailer
Teen Hag - Trailer Aubrey Plaza / Teen Hag 2008
Daddy's Little Judge
Daddy's Little Judge Chelsi 2008
Keith Powell Directs a Play
Keith Powell Directs a Play Stephanie 2008
30 Rock
30 Rock Page 2006
In Love
In Love Julie 2006
Killswitch
Killswitch Girl With Massive Headwound 2006
Criminal Minds
Criminal Minds Cat Adams 2005
Four Eyed Monsters
Four Eyed Monsters Girl on subway 2005
Crank Yankers
Crank Yankers Bernadette 2002
SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePants Nocturna (voice) 1999
The View
The View Self - Guest 1997
The Daily Show
The Daily Show Self 1996
MTV Movie & TV Awards
MTV Movie & TV Awards Self - Presenter 1992
The Simpsons
The Simpsons Amber (voice) 1989
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self - Host 1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live Self - Cameo (uncredited) 1975
The Ark and the Aardvark
The Ark and the Aardvark Brain (voice)
Hope
Hope
Teen Hag
Teen Hag
The Accompanist
The Accompanist Sarah
The Heidi Fleiss Story
The Heidi Fleiss Story Heidi Fleiss
Go, Beavers!
Go, Beavers!
Olga Dies Dreaming
Olga Dies Dreaming Olga Acevedo

Directing Credits (3)

Writing Credits (5)

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