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Aubrey Christina Plaza (born June 26, 1984) is an American actress, comedian, and producer. She began acting in local theater productions as a teenager and performed improv and sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. After graduating New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Plaza made her film debut in Mystery Team (2009) and gained wide recognition for her role as April Ludgate on the NBC political satire mockumentary sitcom Parks and Recreation (2009–2015).
Plaza played Julie Powers in Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) and had her first lead film role as a magazine intern in Safety Not Guaranteed (2012). She voiced Claire Wheeler-Worthington in the animated film Monsters University (2013) and Eska in the animated fantasy action television series The Legend of Korra (2013–2014). In 2014, she starred in the horror comedy Life After Beth (2014) and Hal Hartley's drama film Ned Rifle. From 2017 to 2019, Plaza portrayed Shadow King and Lenny Busker in the FX superhero series Legion, and produced and starred in the medieval black comedy film The Little Hours and the dramedy Ingrid Goes West (2017). She hosted the Independent Spirit Awards in 2019 and 2020.
Plaza played Riley Johnson in the 2020 romantic comedy Happiest Season and produced and starred in the experimental thriller Black Bear (2020), for which she received critical acclaim. She made her directorial debut and wrote the episode "Quiet Illness" for the anthology series Cinema Toast (2021). In 2022, Plaza portrayed the title character in the crime film Emily the Criminal she also produced, and the lawyer Harper Stiller in the second season of the HBO anthology series The White Lotus, receiving Independent Spirit and Gotham Award nominations for the former and an Emmy and Golden Globe Award nomination for the latter. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2023. Plaza has since portrayed the future self of Elliott Labrant in My Old Ass (2024) and TV presenter Wow Platinum in Francis Ford Coppola's epic science fiction drama Megalopolis (2024).