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Background[]
Filmography[]
- Four Eyed Monsters (2005)
- Killswitch (2006)
- In Love (2006)
- 30 Rock (2006) 1 episode
- Keith Powell Directs a Play (2008-09) 4 episodes
- Mayne Street (2008-09) 6 episodes
- Mystery Team (2009)
- Terrible Decisions with Ben Schwartz (2009)
- UCB Comedy Originals (2009) 1 episode
- Funny People (2009)
- Parks and Recreation (2009-?) series regular
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
- Troopers (2011) 7 episodes
- From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
- Damsels in Distress (2011)
- 10 Years (2011)
- Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (2011)
- Home for Actresses (2011)
- Portlandia (2011-12) 3 episodes
- The End of Love (2012)
- Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)
- It's Getting Late (2012)
- Parks and Recreation: Dammit Jerry! (2012)
- NTSF:SD:SUV (2012) 1 episode
- A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2012)
- She Said, She Said (2013)
- Monsters University (2013)
- Failure (2013)
- Aubrey Plaza Hates Her Aunt Debra (2013)
- CollegeHumor Originals (2013) 1 episode
- The To Do List (2013)
- The Legend of Korra (2013-14)
- Drunk History (2013-16) 2 episodes
- Life After Beth (2014)
- About Alex (2014)
- Ned Rifle (2014)
- Playing It Cool (2014)
- Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever (2014)
- Welcome to Sweden (2014-15) 6 episodes
- Addicted to Fresno (2015)
- Mortdecai (2015)
- The Driftless Area (2015)
- Golan the Insatiable (2015) 6 episodes
- Comedy Bang! Bang! (2016) 1 episode
- Dirty Grandpa (2016)
- Joshy (2016)
- SpongeBob SquarePants (2016) 1 episode
- Great Minds with Dan Harmon (2016) 1 episode
- Castle (2016) 1 episode
- Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016)
- Criminal Minds (2016-17) 3 episodes
- The Little Hours (2017)
- Ingrid Goes West (2017)
- Easy (2017) 1 episode
- Legion (2017-?) series regular
- An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn (2018)
- Child's Play (2019)
- Emily the Criminal (2022)
- Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre (2023)
- My Old Ass (2024)
- Megalopolis (2024)
Trivia[]
- Plaza had never done stand-up comedy before appearing in and performing stand-up comedy in the movie Funny People (2009).
- One of several internships she had was working in the art department at Saturday Night Live (1975).
Quotes[]
- When you improvise, you work off the laughs from the audience, but when you step on stage to do standup, it's silent.
- I'm not super comfortable in my skin. I have to make it work for me, and that usually amounts to making it uncomfortable for everyone else.
- A lot of independent films offer a harsh reality check.
- I am a Netflix/DVR junkie. I don't like to watch TV without a plan.
- I don't let myself 'surf' on the Web, or I would probably drown.
- I get really weird when I'm not working. I have to keep working.
- I just want to keep finding special characters that I feel like I can bring to life and characters that are real and not superficial.
- I mean, sometimes I hate interviews because I always feel like I sound stupid.
- I'm pretty good at weaseling my way into a job, even if I have no business being there.
- I've felt depressed many times in my life, so I can draw on those times in my life when I need to.
- I think being on a TV show is amazing but also, people get kind of used to seeing you a certain way and so it becomes a challenge to break free from that in a way.
- I'm totally an anxious mess all the time. There's a constant dialogue going on in my brain, and it's just reminding me of all the failures that I have had, and all of the things I need to do, and all of the things I'm not doing good enough.
- When I'm on the couch, I usually have the TV on and my MacBook Air nearby. And sometimes, when my ADD is really kicking in, I have my iPad too. And my iPhone. And a magazine that I haven't gotten to. And a book under the pillow to my left.
- I was a big fan of Winona Ryder in the '90s. I think she's kind of the shit.
- I want to be Catwoman more than anything.