Aubrey Plaza

Aubrey Plaza

Known for
Acting
Born
June 26, 1984 (age 42)
Birthplace
Wilmington, Delaware, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Aubrey Plaza, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

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The Ark and the Aardvark poster

The Ark and the Aardvark

Movie · as Brain (voice)

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Hope poster

Hope

Movie

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Teen Hag

Teen Hag

Movie

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Tomorrow Is a Drag poster

Tomorrow Is a Drag

Movie

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Go, Beavers!

Go, Beavers!

Movie

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The Heidi Fleiss Story

The Heidi Fleiss Story

Movie · as Heidi Fleiss

2027
Animal Friends poster

Animal Friends

Movie · as Billie

2026
The Accompanist poster

The Accompanist

Movie · as Sarah

2026
Kevin poster

Kevin

TV · as Dana (voice) · 8 eps

2025
Honey Don't! poster

Honey Don't!

Movie · as MG Falcone

2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert poster

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

Movie · as Self

2025
Megadoc poster

Megadoc

Movie · as Self

2025
Good Hang with Amy Poehler poster

Good Hang with Amy Poehler

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2024
My Old Ass poster

My Old Ass

Movie · as Older Elliott

2024
Megalopolis poster

Megalopolis

Movie · as Wow Platinum

2024
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Agatha All Along poster

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Agatha All Along

Movie · as Self - Rio Vidal

2024
Hot Ones Versus poster

Hot Ones Versus

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2024
Agatha All Along poster

Agatha All Along

TV · as Rio Vidal · 9 eps

2023
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre poster

Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre

Movie · as Sarah Fidel

2023
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off poster

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

TV · as Julie Powers (voice) · 8 eps

2022
Afghanistan Mon Amour (Enquelab Ultramarine) poster

Afghanistan Mon Amour (Enquelab Ultramarine)

Movie · as The Jinn

2022
Spin Me Round poster

Spin Me Round

Movie · as Kat

2022
King Knight poster

King Knight

Movie · as Pine Cone (voice)

2022
Emily the Criminal poster

Emily the Criminal

Movie · as Emily

2022
Little Demon poster

Little Demon

TV · as Laura Feinberg (voice) · 10 eps

2021
Best Sellers poster

Best Sellers

Movie · as Lucy Stanbridge

2021
Calls poster

Calls

TV · as Dr. Rachel Wheating (voice) · 2 eps

2021
The White Lotus poster

The White Lotus

TV · as Harper Spiller · 7 eps

2021
Monsters at Work poster

Monsters at Work

TV · as Claire (voice) · 3 eps

2021
Cinema Toast poster

Cinema Toast

TV · as (voice) · 1 ep

2020
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Water Crisis poster

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Water Crisis

Movie · as Self - Julie Powers

2020
Black Bear poster

Black Bear

Movie · as Allison

2020
Happiest Season poster

Happiest Season

Movie · as Riley Johnson

2020
A Parks and Recreation Special poster

A Parks and Recreation Special

Movie · as April Ludgate

2020
The Paley Center Salutes Parks and Recreation poster

The Paley Center Salutes Parks and Recreation

Movie · as April Ludgate

2020
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine poster

Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine

Movie · as Ashley

2020
The Drew Barrymore Show poster

The Drew Barrymore Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
Duncanville poster

Duncanville

TV · as Nina (voice) · 1 ep

2020
Muppets Now poster

Muppets Now

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
The Cold Open poster

The Cold Open

Movie · as Aubrey Plaza

2019
Child's Play poster

Child's Play

Movie · as Karen

2019
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle poster

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn poster

An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn

Movie · as Lulu Danger

2017
Ingrid Goes West poster

Ingrid Goes West

Movie · as Ingrid Thorburn

2017
The Little Hours poster

The Little Hours

Movie · as Sister Fernanda

2017
Take My Nose... Please! poster

Take My Nose... Please!

Movie · as Self

2017
Legion poster

Legion

TV · as Lenny Busker · 27 eps

2016
Dirty Grandpa poster

Dirty Grandpa

Movie · as Lenore

2016
Joshy poster

Joshy

Movie · as Jen

2016
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates poster

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

Movie · as Tatiana

2016
The Pistol Shrimps poster

The Pistol Shrimps

Movie · as Self

2016
Nightmare Time poster

Nightmare Time

Movie · as Herself / Julie Jacobs

2016
HarmonQuest poster

HarmonQuest

TV · as Hawaiian Coffee · 1 ep

2016
Easy poster

Easy

TV · as Lindsay · 1 ep

2016
Great Minds with Dan Harmon poster

Great Minds with Dan Harmon

TV · as Mary Wollstonecraft · 1 ep

2015
The Driftless Area poster

The Driftless Area

Movie · as Jean

2015
Ned Rifle poster

Ned Rifle

Movie · as Susan Weber

2015
Addicted to Fresno poster

Addicted to Fresno

Movie · as Kelly

2015
Crash Test: With Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer poster

Crash Test: With Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer

Movie · as Self

2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
Cool Shit/Weird Shit

Cool Shit/Weird Shit

TV · 1 ep

2015
Hot Ones poster

Hot Ones

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 9 eps

2014
Life After Beth poster

Life After Beth

Movie · as Beth Slocum

2014
About Alex poster

About Alex

Movie · as Sarah

2014
Playing It Cool poster

Playing It Cool

Movie · as Mallory

2014
Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever poster

Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever

Movie · as Grumpy Cat / Aubrey Plaza

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 12 eps

2014
Welcome to Sweden poster

Welcome to Sweden

TV · as Aubrey Plaza · 6 eps

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones poster

Off Camera with Sam Jones

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Monsters University poster

Monsters University

Movie · as Greek Council President (voice)

2013
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III poster

A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III

Movie · as Marnie

2013
The To Do List poster

The To Do List

Movie · as Brandy Klark

2013
Failure poster

Failure

Movie · as Woman

2013
She Said, She Said

She Said, She Said

Movie · as Woman in Park

2013
Rolling with Dad poster

Rolling with Dad

Movie · as Cassie Stickle

2013
Aubrey Plaza Hates Her Aunt Debra poster

Aubrey Plaza Hates Her Aunt Debra

Movie · as Aubrey Plaza

2013
The End of Love poster

The End of Love

Movie · as Aubrey

2013
Charlie Countryman poster

Charlie Countryman

Movie · as Ashley

2013
Center Jenny poster

Center Jenny

Movie · as Monika Nark

2013
Drunk History poster

Drunk History

TV · as Aaron Burr, Sacagawea · 1 ep

2013
Maron poster

Maron

TV · as Aubrey Plaza · 1 ep

2013
Golan, The Insatiable poster

Golan, The Insatiable

TV · as Dylan Beekler · 6 eps

2013
Hollywood Game Night poster

Hollywood Game Night

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Damsels in Distress poster

Damsels in Distress

Movie · as Depressed Debbie

2012
Safety Not Guaranteed poster

Safety Not Guaranteed

Movie · as Darius

2012
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You poster

Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You

Movie · as Jeanine Breemer

2012
10 Years poster

10 Years

Movie · as Olivia

2012
All Star Bowling Trick Shots poster

All Star Bowling Trick Shots

Movie · as Aubrey Plaza

2012
It's Getting Late poster

It's Getting Late

Movie · as Rose

2012
Comedy Bang! Bang! poster

Comedy Bang! Bang!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars poster

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2012
The Legend of Korra poster

The Legend of Korra

TV · as Eska (voice) · 12 eps

2011
Home for Actresses poster

Home for Actresses

Movie · as Aubrey

2011
Portlandia poster

Portlandia

TV · as Bookstore Customer, Beth · 1 ep

2011
Troopers poster

Troopers

TV · as The Princess · 6 eps

2011
NTSF:SD:SUV:: poster

NTSF:SD:SUV::

TV · as The Rememberer · 2 eps

2010
Breakup in a Noisy Diner poster

Breakup in a Noisy Diner

Movie · as Girl

2010
Pete Carroll's Trip to Seattle Delayed poster

Pete Carroll's Trip to Seattle Delayed

Movie · as Aubrey Plaza

2010
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World poster

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Movie · as Julie Powers

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2009
Funny People poster

Funny People

Movie · as Daisy Danby

2009
Mystery Team poster

Mystery Team

Movie · as Kelly Peters

2009
Castle poster

Castle

TV · as Lucy (voice) (uncredited) · 4 eps

2009
Parks and Recreation poster

Parks and Recreation

TV · as April Ludgate · 122 eps

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2008
Daddy's Little Judge poster

Daddy's Little Judge

Movie · as Chelsi

2008
Teen Hag - Trailer poster

Teen Hag - Trailer

Movie · as Aubrey Plaza / Teen Hag

2008
Mayne Street poster

Mayne Street

TV · as Robin · 5 eps

2008
Keith Powell Directs a Play

Keith Powell Directs a Play

TV · as Stephanie · 8 eps

2006
Killswitch

Killswitch

Movie · as Girl With Massive Headwound

2006
In Love poster

In Love

Movie · as Julie

2006
30 Rock poster

30 Rock

TV · as Page · 1 ep

2005
Four Eyed Monsters poster

Four Eyed Monsters

Movie · as Girl on subway

2005
Criminal Minds poster

Criminal Minds

TV · as Cat Adams · 4 eps

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2002
Crank Yankers poster

Crank Yankers

TV · as Bernadette · 1 ep

1999
SpongeBob SquarePants poster

SpongeBob SquarePants

TV · as Nocturna (voice) · 1 ep

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

1993
Late Show with David Letterman poster

Late Show with David Letterman

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards poster

MTV Movie & TV Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Amber (voice) · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1 ep