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My Take
Aubrey Plaza is, to my eye, one of the smartest comic actors of her generation because she weaponizes discomfort. The deadpan she perfected as April Ludgate could have trapped her, but she kept bending it into menace, melancholy, even glamour, until critics had to take her seriously as a dramatic force. Her path tells the story: a Wilmington kid who went through NYU Tisch and the improv trenches at Upright Citizens Brigade, then spent a decade choosing odd projects over safe ones. Calling her social media handle evilhag shows she is in on her own myth, which I find genuinely charming. The Time 100 nod in 2023 simply made official what comedy fans already knew.
Overview
Aubrey Christina Plaza (born June 26, 1984) is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer. She began performing improv and sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. After graduating from New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Plaza gained wide recognition for her role as April Ludgate on the NBC political satire sitcom Parks and Recreation (2009–2015).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Aubrey Plaza
- Name (Japanese)
- オーブリー・プラザ
- Reading
- おーぶりー・ぷらざ
- Born
- June 26, 1984 (age 41)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rat
- Origin
- Wilmington, Delaware, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / comedian / television actor / film actor / audiobook narrator
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- New York University Tisch School of the Arts
Awards & achievements
- 2023 Time 100
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.