Aubrey Plaza as Laura Feinberg | Little Demon on FXX
Aubrey Plaza
Laura Feinberg / Executive Producer
"Laura Feinberg," voiced by Aubrey Plaza, is a single mom haunted by a tryst with the literal devil that left her pregnant thirteen years ago, and has been on the run ever since. Fearing her past will catch up with her, she moves from suburb to suburb with her daughter Chrissy. Unfortunately, Laura’s fears are well founded.
After Chrissy expresses her demonic powers inherited from her father, Satan locates his demon seed. Now that the Devil knows their location, and Chrissy demands to stay in town, Laura must begrudgingly share custody with the man she hates more than anything, while being stuck in suburbia, staying still for the first time in years. She tries to suppress her conflicted feelings about parenthood and her aversion to relinquishing control, but these impulses shine through despite her best efforts.
Career Highlights
Plaza is a versatile actress and producer who has been critically praised for her choices and performances in drama and comedy.
Plaza received rave reviews out of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival for starring as “Emily” in Emily the Criminal. The film, which she produced under her Evil Hag Productions Company, will be released by Roadside Attractions on August 12, 2022. Additionally, she will appear in the ensemble, Spin Me Round, which premiered at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival and will be released by IFC on August 19.
Plaza will next star in Guy Ritchie’s Operation Fortune: Rue De Guerre. And she is currently in production on Season 2 of Mike White’s The White Lotus for HBO.
Plaza received critical acclaim for starring in the suspenseful meta-drama, Black Bear, which she produced and premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. For her performance in the film, she won the 2021 Imagen Award for “Best Actress – Feature Film.”
Plaza also starred in the ensemble feature, Happiest Season, receiving great reviews with audiences falling in love with Plaza’s character, resulting in her performance and storyline going viral.
Additionally, Plaza has been lauded for her performance in Ingrid Goes West, which she also produced and which garnered her a 2018 Independent Spirit Award for “Best First Feature.” Plaza’s additional film credits include Best Sellers, The Little Hours, which she produced, Life After Beth, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Dirty Grandpa, The To Do List, An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn, Child’s Play, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Funny People and the Independent Spirit Award-winning, Safety Not Guaranteed.
On television, Plaza is best known for portraying “April Ludgate” on the Emmy® nominated and Peabody Award winning comedy series, Parks and Recreation. Her performance garnered her nominations for the 2014 American Comedy Award for “Best Comedy Supporting Actress,” the Alma Award for "Favorite TV Actress" in 2011 and 2012 and the Imagen Foundation Award for “Best Supporting Actress/Television” in 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014. Additionally, Plaza starred in the FX series, Legion, which was based on the Marvel comic of the same name. For her performance, Plaza was nominated for a 2018 MTV Movie & TV Award for “Best Villain” and an Imagen Award for “Best Actress.” Additionally, she voiced “Grumpy Cat” in the 2014 television movie Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever.
As an author, Plaza released her first children’s book, The Legend of the Christmas Witch, which she co-wrote with Dan Murphy. The story follows “Kristtörn,” the forgotten sister of “Santa Claus,” and was distributed by Penguin Random House in 2021. The sequel, The Return of the Christmas Witch, will be released on October 11, 2022.
Plaza hosted and produced the Film Independent Spirit Awards in 2019 and 2020. For the 2020 Awards, she won the 2020 Emmy Award for “Outstanding Writing for a Special Class Special.” And prior to the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater closing, she had been performing improv and sketch comedy there since 2004.
