Personal Info
Birth date
1984-06-26 (41 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Also known as
오브리 플라자
オーブリー・プラザ
奥布瑞·普拉扎
آبری پلازا
Aubrey Plaza
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.
Filmography
Criminal Minds
8.3
Overview:
An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.The Simpsons
8.015
Overview:
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.Castle
7.985
Overview:
After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.The Daily Show
6.387
Overview:
The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
5.8
Overview:
After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.Late Night with Seth Meyers
5.3
Overview:
Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of NBC’s "Late Night" — home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy and the best in musical talent. As the Emmy Award-winning head writer for "SNL," Meyers has established a reputation for sharp wit and perfectly timed comedy, and has gained fame for his spot-on jokes and satire. Meyers takes his departure from "SNL" to his new post at "Late Night," as Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show".The White Lotus
7.623
Overview:
Follow the exploits of various guests and employees at an exclusive tropical resort over the span of a week as with each passing day, a darker complexity emerges in these picture-perfect travelers, the hotel’s cheerful employees and the idyllic locale itself.Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
5.083
Overview:
Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.30 Rock
7.461
Overview:
Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
6.243
Overview:
Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late night, where he talks with an eclectic mix of guests about what is new and relevant in the worlds of politics, entertainment, business, music, technology, and more. Featuring bandleader Jon Batiste with his band Stay Human, the Emmy Award-nominated show is broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater.Saturday Night Live
6.955
Overview:
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.Parks and Recreation
8.026
Overview:
In an attempt to beautify her town — and advance her career — Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, takes on bureaucrats, cranky neighbors, and single-issue fanatics whose weapons are lawsuits, the jumble of city codes, and the democratic process she loves so much.Honey Don't!
5.3
Overview:
Honey O'Donahue, a small-town private investigator, delves into a series of strange deaths tied to a mysterious church.Hot Ones
7.4
Overview:
The show with hot questions and even hotter wings invites a famous guest over to eat and then interviews them while they're struggling through the heat.RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
7.329
Overview:
The most celebrated competitors from RuPaul's Drag Race vie for a second chance to enter Drag Race herstory. This drag queen showdown is filled with plenty of heated competition, lip-syncing for the legacy, and, of course, the All-Stars Snatch Game.The Legend of Korra
8.213
Overview:
Avatar Korra, a headstrong, rebellious, feisty young woman who continually challenges and breaks with tradition, is on her quest to become a fully realized Avatar. In this story, the Avatar struggles to find balance within herself.The Late Late Show with James Corden
5.281
Overview:
Once Craig Ferguson retires, James Corden will be taking over The Late Late Show. The show is a late night talk show that interviews celebrities and has its own bits. And of course, it's all hosted by James Corden.Monsters University
7.041
Overview:
A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at Monsters University — when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.The Drew Barrymore Show
5.9
Overview:
Drew Barrymore presents human-interest stories, celebrity guests, lifestyle segments and field pieces, all driven by her infectious brand of humor and optimism.Agatha All Along
7.5
Overview:
Agatha Harkness gathers a coven of witches and sets off down, down, down The Witches' Road.Portlandia
6.904
Overview:
Satirical sketch comedy set and filmed in Portland, Oregon that explores the eccentric misfits who embody the foibles of modern culture.The View
4.3
Overview:
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.My Old Ass
6.853
Overview:
An 18th birthday mushroom trip brings free-spirited Elliott face-to-face with her wisecracking 39-year-old self. But when Elliott’s "old ass" starts handing out warnings about what her younger self should and shouldn't do, Elliott realizes she has to rethink everything about family, love, and what's becoming a transformative summer.Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
7.5
Overview:
As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers skates into his heart, he finds she has the most troublesome baggage of all: an army of ex-boyfriends who will stop at nothing to eliminate him from her list of suitors.Drunk History
6.853
Overview:
Historical reenactments from A-list talent as told by inebriated storytellers. A unique take on the familiar and less familiar people and events from America’s great past as great moments in history are retold with unforgettable results.Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
6.5
Overview:
Special agent Orson Fortune and his team of operatives recruit one of Hollywood's biggest movie stars to help them on an undercover mission when the sale of a deadly new weapons technology threatens to disrupt the world order.Comedy Bang! Bang!
6.2
Overview:
Based on Scott Aukerman’s popular podcast of the same name, COMEDY BANG! BANG! cleverly riffs on the well-known format of the late night talk show, infusing celebrity appearances and comedy sketches with a tinge of the surreal. In each episode, Aukerman engages his guests with unfiltered and improvisational lines of questioning, punctuated by banter and beats provided by bandleader, one-man musical mastermind Reggie Watts, to reinvent the traditional celebrity interview. Packed with character cameos, filmic shorts, sketches and games set amongst an off-beat world, COMEDY BANG! BANG! delivers thirty minutes of absurd laugh-loaded fun featuring some of the biggest names in comedy.Legion
7.52
Overview:
David Haller, AKA Legion, is a troubled young man who may be more than human. Diagnosed as schizophrenic, David has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years. But after a strange encounter with a fellow patient, he’s confronted with the possibility that the voices he hears and the visions he sees might be real.Off Camera with Sam Jones
4
Overview:
Photographer and director Sam Jones sits down with the myriad professionals of television and movies, and other celebrities (great skateboarders, for example), to discuss their development before fame, their passions beyond their careers, and gives them a space to open up about their insight into their business and their own abilities. Filmed in black and white, with a few deep cushion chairs and sparse set, the show relies on Sam's ability to relate to the guests and their will to speak freely with him.Acting
TBAOlga Dies Dreaming (1 Episode) as Olga Acevedo
TBAThe Heidi Fleiss Story as Heidi Fleiss
TBAThe Accompanist as Sarah
TBATeen Hag as Unknown
TBAHope as Unknown
TBALiarmouth as Unknown
2026Animal Friends as Unknown
2026The Ark and the Aardvark as Brain (voice)
2025MegaDoc as Self
2025Honey Don't! as MG Falcone
2025Good Hang with Amy Poehler (1 Episode) as Unknown
2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert as Self
2024Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Agatha All Along as Self - Rio Vidal
2024Megalopolis as Wow Platinum
2024Agatha All Along (9 Episodes) as Rio Vidal
2024My Old Ass as Older Elliott
2024Decades of Confusion as Unknown
2024Hot Ones Versus (1 Episode) as Self
2023Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (8 Episodes) as Julie Powers (voice)
2023Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre as Sarah Fidel
2022Little Demon (10 Episodes) as Laura Feinberg (voice)
2022Spin Me Round as Kat
2022Emily the Criminal as Emily
2022King Knight as Pine Cone (voice)
2022Afghanistan Mon Amour (Enquelab Ultramarine) as The Jinn
2021Best Sellers as Lucy Stanbridge
2021The White Lotus (7 Episodes) as Harper Spiller
2021Monsters at Work (3 Episodes) as Claire (voice)
2021Cinema Toast (1, 10 Episode) as (voice), Unknown
2021Calls (2, 9 Episode) as Dr. Rachel Wheating (voice), Dr. Rachel Wheating
2020Black Bear as Allison
2020Happiest Season as Riley Johnson
2020Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine as Ashley
2020The Drew Barrymore Show (1 Episode) as Self
2020Muppets Now (1 Episode) as Self
2020Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Water Crisis as Self - Julie Powers
2020A Parks and Recreation Special as April Ludgate
2020The Paley Center Salutes Parks and Recreation as April Ludgate
2020Duncanville (1 Episode) as Nina (voice)
2019Child's Play as Karen Barclay
2019Today with Hoda & Jenna (1 Episode) as Self
2019The Cold Open as Aubrey Plaza
2018An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn as Lulu Danger
2018Lie Detector (1 Episode) as Self
2017Take My Nose... Please! as Herself
2017Ingrid Goes West as Ingrid Thorburn
2017The Little Hours as Sister Fernanda
2017Legion (27 Episodes) as Lenny Busker
2016Easy (1 Episode) as Lindsay
2016Joshy as Jen
2016HarmonQuest (1 Episode) as Hawaiian Coffee
2016Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates as Tatiana
2016The Pistol Shrimps as Self
2016Great Minds with Dan Harmon (1 Episode) as Mary Wollstonecraft
2016Dirty Grandpa as Lenore
2015Addicted to Fresno as Kelly
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2, 1 Episode) as Self, Unknown
2015Crash Test: With Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer as Self
2015The Driftless Area as Jean
2015Ned Rifle as Susan Weber
2015The Late Late Show with James Corden (1 Episode) as Self
2015Hot Ones (1 Episode) as Self
2015Cool Shit/Weird Shit (1 Episode) as Unknown
2014Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever as Grumpy Cat / Aubrey Plaza
2014Playing It Cool as Mallory
2014Life After Beth as Beth Slocum
2014About Alex as Sarah
2014Welcome to Sweden (6 Episodes) as Aubrey Plaza
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers (6 Episodes) as Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (3 Episodes) as Self
2014Off Camera with Sam Jones (1 Episode) as Self
2013Golan, The Insatiable (6 Episodes) as Dylan Beekler
2013Center Jenny as Monika Nark
2013The To Do List as Brandy Klark
2013Aubrey Plaza Hates Her Aunt Debra as Aubrey Plaza
2013Hollywood Game Night (1 Episode) as Self
2013Drunk History (1, 1 Episode) as Aaron Burr, Sacagawea
2013Monsters University as Greek Council President (voice)
2013Failure as Woman
2013Maron (1 Episode) as Aubrey Plaza
2013She Said, She Said as Woman in Park
2013The End of Love as Aubrey
2013Charlie Countryman as Ashley
2013A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III as Marnie
2013Rolling with Dad as Cassie Stickle
2012RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (1 Episode) as Self - Guest Judge
201210 Years as Olivia
2012It's Getting Late as Rose
2012Safety Not Guaranteed as Darius Britt
2012Comedy Bang! Bang! (1 Episode) as Self
2012The Legend of Korra (12 Episodes) as Eska (voice)
2012Damsels in Distress as Depressed Debbie
2012Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You as Jeanine Breemer
2012All Star Bowling Trick Shots as Aubrey Plaza
2011Parks and Recreation: Road Trip (5 Episodes) as April Ludgate
2011NTSF:SD:SUV:: (2 Episodes) as The Rememberer
2011Troopers (6 Episodes) as The Princess
2011Portlandia (1, 1 Episode) as Bookstore Customer, Beth
2011Home for Actresses as Aubrey
2010The Making of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World' as Self
2010Conan (2 Episodes) as Self
2010Scott Pilgrim vs. the World as Julie Powers
2010Pete Carroll's Trip to Seattle Delayed as Aubrey Plaza
2010Breakup in a Noisy Diner as Girl
2009Mystery Team as Kelly Peters
2009Funny People as Daisy Danby
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
2009Parks and Recreation (122 Episodes) as April Ludgate
2009Castle (4 Episodes) as Lucy (voice) (uncredited)
2008Mayne Street (5 Episodes) as Robin
2008Teen Hag - Trailer as Aubrey Plaza / Teen Hag
2008Daddy's Little Judge as Chelsi
2008Keith Powell Directs a Play (8 Episodes) as Stephanie
200630 Rock (1 Episode) as Page
2006In Love as Julie
2006Killswitch as Unknown
2006CollegeHumor Originals (1 Episode) as Unknown
2005Criminal Minds (4 Episodes) as Cat Adams
2005Four Eyed Monsters as Girl on subway
2002Crank Yankers (1 Episode) as Bernadette
1999SpongeBob SquarePants (1 Episode) as Nocturna (voice)
1997The View (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
1996The Daily Show (2 Episodes) as Self
1989The Simpsons (1 Episode) as Amber (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live (1 Episode) as Self - Host
Production
TBAKevin (1 Episode) ... Executive Producer
TBAOlga Dies Dreaming (1 Episode) ... Producer
TBAThe Heidi Fleiss Story ... Producer
TBAThe Accompanist ... Producer
2022Little Demon (10 Episodes) ... Executive Producer
2022Emily the Criminal ... Producer
2020Black Bear ... Producer
2019The Cold Open ... Producer
2017Ingrid Goes West ... Producer
2017The Little Hours ... Producer
2016Nightmare Time ... Executive Producer
2006F***ed ... Producer
Writing
TBATeen Hag ... Writer
2021Cinema Toast (1 Episode) ... Writer
2016Nightmare Time ... Writer
2008Teen Hag - Trailer ... Writer
2008Daddy's Little Judge ... Writer
Directing
2021Cinema Toast (1 Episode) ... Director
2008Teen Hag - Trailer ... Director
2006F***ed ... Director