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Aubrey Plaza on couch during virtual interview, dark floral top
Aubrey Plaza in a virtual interview, wearing a dark floral top and sitting on a pink couch.
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2025/12/17 at 2:07pm

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Aubrey Plaza Ethnicity: Half Puerto Rican, Half Irish, Fully Latina

12.17.2025 | By |

Short Answer: Aubrey Plaza’s ethnicity is half Puerto Rican, half Irish. Her father, David Plaza, is Puerto Rican — both his parents came from the island. Her mother is Irish-American. Plaza has said she “leads with her Puerto Rican side.”

Aubrey Plaza is Latina. Her father is Puerto Rican and her mother is of Irish and English ancestry, which is why questions about Plaza’s ethnicity often miss the full picture: she is both Puerto Rican and Irish, and her public identity sits inside that mix.

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Aubrey Plaza smiles wearing red dress at red carpet event
Aubrey Plaza attends a public event wearing a red one-shoulder dress.
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2023/02/10 at 4:51pm

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Exclusive: Hulu Passes On “Olga Dies Dreaming” Starring Aubrey Plaza

02.10.2023 | By |

*Updated March 2026

 

The New York Times Bestseller Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez has been making a huge impact on the Latino community since its release in January 2022. Despite its success, Hulu has passed on the highly anticipated book adaptation starring Aubrey Plaza and Ramón Rodriguez, as confirmed by the author in a recent podcast interview.

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Aubrey Plaza accepts award from man in patterned suit on stage
Aubrey Plaza receives an award from a man in a patterned suit at an event.
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2013/04/16 at 12:00am

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VMAs: What Went Down With Aubrey Plaza?

04.16.2013 | By |

Puerto Rican actress Aubrey Plaza at the MTV Movie Awards interrupted Will Ferrell in the middle of his acceptance speech for the Comedic Genius Award and tried to repeatedly take his golden popcorn as she held a drink in her hand. According to MTV, after the stage crash producers asked Plaza to leave the show.

A close-up of the actress on stage reveals that she had The To Do List written on her chest, which is the name of the new CBS Films’ comedy where the half-Puerto Rican actress plays Brandy Clark, a high school girl who after feeling the pressures of having to be sexually experienced before she goes off to college makes a to-do list of things to accomplish before the fall. Read More

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