Aubrey plaza

  Aubrey Christina Plaza (born June 26, 1984) is an American actress, comedian, and producer. She began her career performing improv and sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. She starred as April Ludgate on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation (2009-2015), and later featured in the FX drama series Legion (2017-2019). Plaza had her first leading film role in Safety Not Guaranteed (2012). She also appeared in the films Mystery Team (2009), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), Monsters University (2013), Life After Beth (2014), Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016), The Little Hours (2017), An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn (2018), Child's Play (2019), Happiest Season (2020), and Emily the Criminal (2022). 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 of Puerto Rican descent; her paternal grandfather Ismael was born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico and moved to the mainland US when he was 17 years old. Her mother is of Irish and English descent. She has also stated that she has Taino ancestry.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." She grew up "very Catholic in a very Catholic household", and said the combination of that and movies is her "favorite thing ever", talking about her love of Christmas and movies. She graduated from Ursuline Academy, an all-girls Catholic school, in 2002.