Aubrey Plaza is Best Known For Playing April Ludgate on the NBC comedy show Parks and Recreation since 2009, as Darius Britt in the comedy film Safety Not Guaranteed (2012).
Born Name Aubrey Christina Plaza
Nick Name Aubrey
Occupation Television, film, Stand-up comedian
Years active 2006–present
Born: June 26, 1984, 39 years old and 2 months, Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
Sun Sign Cancer
Hair Color Dark Brown
Eye Color Light Brown
Height 5 ft 6 in or 168 cm
Measurements 34-25-36 in or 86-63.5-91.5 cm
Bra size 32A
Manager MGMT Entertainment
Genre Deadpan
Distinctive Features Deadpan delivery
Education
In 2002, she graduated from Ursuline Academy in Wilmington, Delaware.
Later, in 2006, she graduated from New York University‘s Tisch School of the Arts.
Family
Father – David Plaza (Financial Advisor)
Mother – Bernadette (Attorney)
Siblings – Renee (Younger Sister), Natalie (Younger Sister)
Ethnicity
She has Puerto Rican ancestry on her dad side, while she is of Irish and English descent on her mother side.
Aubrey Christina Plaza is known for her role as April Ludgate on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation. After appearing in supporting roles in several feature films, Plaza had her first leading role as Darius Britt in the 2012 film Safety Not Guaranteed. Since 2017, she has starred as Lenny Busker in the FX drama series Legion.
Plaza began her career performing improv and sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. She later appeared in films such as Mystery Team (2008), Funny People (2009), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), Monsters University (2013), Life After Beth (2014), Dirty Grandpa (2016), Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016), The Little Hours (2017), and Ingrid Goes West (2017), the latter two of which she also produced.
Early life and education
Plaza was born in Wilmington, Delaware, to Bernadette, an attorney, and David Plaza, a financial advisor. She has two younger sisters, Renee and Natalie.
Plaza was named after the song Aubrey by Bread. Her father is Puerto Rican and her mother is of Irish–English descent. Plaza has stated: I was like the only diverse kid in my high school, and I’m half-Puerto Rican. But yeah, I have a huge family and tons of cousins in Puerto Rico.
Plaza graduated from Ursuline Academy, an all-girls Catholic school, in 2002, and New York University Tisch School of the Arts in 2006. In high school she was student council president and participated in productions with the Wilmington Drama League. During her second year of college in 2004, Plaza suffered a stroke that caused temporary paralysis and expressive aphasia. She has now fully recovered.
Personal life
Plaza has stated in an interview with The Advocate that she is openly bisexual.
Plaza has been dating writer and director Jeff Baena since 2011. They live together in Los Angeles, California and work together often.
In an interview with Kevin Nealon, Plaza revealed she suffered a stroke when she was 20 years old, and had expressive aphasia for a few days afterwards. Some years later, she had a smaller stroke called a transient ischemic attack while on the set of Parks and Recreation.
Regarding workout, she likes to do stretches and yoga.
Aubrey Plaza Favorite Things
Comedian – Louis C. K.
Aubrey Plaza Facts
She was named after the song “Aubrey” by Bread.
She was the only one in her high school of such a diverse background.
Considering her cousins and other relatives, her family is really big. She has huge number of cousins in Puerto Rico on her father side.
Aubrey has worked in Wilmington Drama League productions.
In 2004, Plaza suffered from a stroke and it caused temporary paralysis and expressive aphasia to her. Now, she has recovered fully.
To play April Ludgate on TV show Parks and Recreation, she got the inspiration from her younger sister Natalie.
She had never done stand-up comedy before appearing in Funny People (2009).
Being having Puerto Rican roots, she is not comfortable in the Spanish language.
Visit her official website @ aubreyplaza.tumblr.com.
