Aubrey Plaza

Fascinating thoughts, OP

Actors have bills to pay and occasionally do adverts. Fascinating.

I don’t know her but I don’t like her.

Hated her character on Parks and Rec. The character was one-note with no redeeming qualities.

R4 I agree, April Ludgate was funny to me in the beginning, but they really screwed up what they could've done with her. Her getting married to Andy didn't make sense, and she seemed to get more childish and one-note as the show went on. As with all of the characters in Parks n Rec. I really like Aubrey in Ingrid Goes West, The Little Hours and White Lotus. Also she did a great job hosting the Spirit Awards and SNL.

She's basically this generation's Bill Murray, but I wish she lived up to her offbeat persona in real life.

Interesting R4, I was going to say one-note as well. I find her just awful. The WSJ's film critic, R Kyle Smith loathes her as well.

A lot of these celebrities want to have their cake and eat it too. They really push the envelope at times. Anti-corporate/capitalism hypocrisy, #MeToo hypocrisy, tax dodging schemes, etc. The worst are the ones who do business with dictators.

She definitely has a schtick.

Loved her on White Lotus.

The milk ad seemed tone deaf and a bad choice for her, career-wise. I mean, first, she's doing commercials when she's at a career high and should be doing movies. Then it's for freaking MILK and it's mocking plant-based milks that her core audience likely identifies with. Just a dumb move all around.

Aubrey Plaza sounds like a place johns pick up whores.

She probably has residual brain damage from the stroke she had years ago.

I don’t understand how people talk about shows like Parks and Rec and 30 Rock as high art instead of low level drivel headed by women who are more ambitious then they are funny. It barely qualifies as trash TV.

She was terribly miscast as a hitwoman on Criminal Minds. She was completely unbelievable. But she was cute.

Who's her gf?

R13, that's the best description yet for Amy Poehler and Tina Fey. Bravo.

I thought her White Lotus character was a snotty bitch, undeserving of her hot Hapa husband.

Watched P&R but wasn't a fan of her. Her shtick is boring and her rolling bug eyes bother me. She's a one-trick pony.

Wearing her dress backwards to show her tits off while presenting at the Oscars (?) with that sullen Wednesday bitch was a grubby famewhore move.

Why was sullen Wednesday at the Oscars. Wasn’t that a streaming show?

^ Sorry, it was the SAG awards. Fuck! Should've looked it up but couldn't be bothered at the time.

I like her; she's kind of unconventional - doesn't just play the same part over & over again. She's cute & has a great bod, but is no great beauty, so that makes a her a good "every woman" type character actor. I liked her as droll smartass April Ludgate

She has a stankin bod tho

I don't believe she has commented on the milk ad controversy?

Same old shtick. Phony. Not funny. Ugly. Hate her.

-- Madame Bijou, AKA nasty bitter DL Eldergay

R17, the whole point to White Lotus is that they're all horrible people.

How is Plaza pronounced in her native language?

Kristen Stewart should have ended up with her in Happiest Season. Fuck Harper! I also liked Ingrid Goes West.

Her latest…

She’s like a living, breathing eye roll 🙄.

I thought she was very good in the EMILY THE CRIMINAL and WHITE LOTUS. She's also in this new film MY OLD ASS, but her onscreen time is limited since it's mostly a teen romance. But Plaza has the one genuinely touching moment late in the film.

I agree that her P&R character became annoying, but that was the writers' failure more than hers.

Watched My Old Ass last night, expecting her to be in more than 2 scenes. It was godawful, the main character - an 18 year old brat - was so annoying.

She’s truly in the Teri Garr mold of eternally quirky, supporting actress but never a leading lady.

Loved Ingrid Goes West, the whole cast was fantastic including Aubrey

I like her - I suppose being an oddball is her schtick, but at least she's interesting and does different things.

R13 and R16 Maybe you’re just, like, stupid.