Aubrey Plaza is an American actor, comedian, and producer. She began her career performing improv and sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. She is best known for her role as April Ludgate on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation (2009–2015).
Since the end of Parks and Recreation, she has played Lenny Busker in the FX drama series Legion (2017–2019) and has appeared in a large number of films and shows. In 2014, she voiced Grumpy Cat in the movie Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever (2014). She also starred in the films Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), Monsters University (2013), Dirty Grandpa (2016), Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016), The Little Hours (2017), Ingrid Goes West (2017), Child's Play (2019), Happiest Season (2020), and Black Bear (2020). In 2022 she produced and starred in the film Emily the Criminal, which premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Plaza has over 80 acting credits to her name so far.
In 2022, Aubrey played bi character Laura Feinberg in the animated comedy series Little Demon, where she fights over the future of her child with the devil. She is also one of the main stars of the second season of the highly-popular HBO series The White Lotus (2021–2024).
She has been in a relationship with director Jeff Baena since 2011. She is also openly bi. In a 2016 interview with The Advocate, she said,
I know I have an androgynous thing going on, and there’s something masculine about my energy. Girls are into me — that’s no secret. Hey, I’m into them too. I fall in love with girls and guys. I can’t help it.[1]
Plaza revealed in 2021 that she and Baena were married.