Aubrey Plaza

Plaza had never done stand-up comedy before appearing in and performing stand-up comedy in the movie Funny People .

On March 12, 2010, Plaza performed at A Night of 140 Tweets: A Celebrity Tweetathon for Haiti, produced by Rob Huebel , Paul Scheer , Ben Stiller , and Mike Rosenstein , at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles.

Plaza was named after the song, "Aubrey", by the pop/rock group Bread , which was written and composed by David Gates.

Is in a long-term relationship with Jeff Baena.

One of several internships she had was working in the art department at "Saturday Night Live" .

Her father is Puerto Rican. Her mother has German, English, Irish, and Swiss-German ancestry.

She makes an appearance as an NBC Page in the "30 Rock" episode, "30 Rock" {Tracy Does Conan (#1.7)} . Before she was an actress, she actually interned with the NBC Page program.

Friends with Chris Pratt.

Counts The MatchMaker as one of her all-time favorite films.

I love great acting, as nerdy as that sounds.

A lot of independent films offer a harsh reality check.

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 obviously bring all of my insecurities along with me to any role that,I tackle.

If I have the option, I always read the paper or a book or something I,can touch and destroy in my own hands.

My grandfather came over from Puerto Rico and raised his kids speaking,English so that it would be easier for them to assimilate.

Tina Fey is one of my heroes.

When I was doing comedy in New York, before I was in movies, I was never,known as the deadpan actress. I was just a comedienne.

Writing is hard - writing is the hardest.

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 want to be Catwoman more than anything.