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The American actress and comedian Aubrey Plaza has an estimated net worth of $6 million. She has established herself as a television and reality star.
A devil-may-care attitude landed Aubrey Plaza a steady career in Hollywood. Her recent classic horror remake Child’s Play (2019) opened to $14 million at the box office. The film made a net run of an estimated $45 million at the global box office. Emily the Criminal (2022) topped the streaming giant Netflix among the top 10 thrillers in December. The film was made with a budget of $2 million, and it continued to mint approximately $2.14 million at the US box office. Her estimated monthly income is around $70,833, and her yearly salary equals $850,000.
Dirty Grandpa (2016), the slapstick comedy starring Aubrey, Zac Efron, and the legendary Robert DeNiro, made a phenomenal $88.9 million at the box office worldwide. It remains to be the highest-grosser of her career.
The Journey Towards Being A Successful Actress
Aubrey is a soft rock 1972 song about heartbreak; the Monster University actress was named after this romantic number. She was born on 26th June 1984 in Wilmington, Delaware. Plaza grew up in a multilingual family, her father was Puerto Rican, and her mother from Irish-English descent. They worked as financial advisors and attorneys, respectively; hence, the emphasis was inclined toward education in her household. She graduated from Ursuline Academy in 2002 and Tisch School of Arts, New York University, in 2006. According to National Today, Ursuline Academy was an all-girls Catholic school; she was elected as the president of the high-school student body. Developing an early interest in drama, she participated in many high-school productions from the prestigious Wilmington Drama League.
While studying at the Tisch School of Art in New York (2004), she suffered a major paralytic stroke and expressive aphasia. The stroke-related disorder caused impaired speech and learning disability for a partial period of her life. A while later, The White Lotus fully recovered from her serious medical condition. After graduating in 2006, she worked odd jobs to make ends meet, and according to Yahoo News, she worked as a waitress in several New York restaurants. Acting remained her number one priority, and she readily quit jobs to pursue auditions for shows. While remaining faithful to her drama journey, she survived on scoops of peanut butter for lunch and drew salary paycheck-to-paycheck.
From Being An Intern To Becoming A Movie Actress
Juggling student life at NYU, she found the opportunity to intern for Saturday Night Live. To hone her comic skills, The To Do List actress began performing with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. It won her the chance for stand-up comedy nights at the famed New York joints - Laugh Factory and The Improv. She also got enrolled in the NBC apprenticeship program, which meant giving tours of the 30 Rockefeller building. She finally debuted with the short film Killswitch (2006). The year 2009 turned out to be the turning point in her journey when she was cast in the political mockumentary sitcom television series Parks and Recreation (2009-2015). The 126 episodes hit series ran for seven successful seasons. She appeared in nine television series from 2011-2015, which included The Legend of Korra (2012), Welcome to Sweden (2014), Castle (2009-2016), and Comedy Bang! Bang! (2012) and Criminal Minds (2005-present).
She starred in the comedy flick Mystery Team (2009), and according to Net Worth Celebrities, she earned $189,000 for her role. In 10 Years (2011) working opposite Channing Tatum, her paycheck was $207,000, and the film grossed around $203,373 at the box office. The thriller film The Driftless Area (2015) earned her approximately $324,000. Dirty Grandpa (2016) is the highest-grossing film in her career graph, and the comedy made an estimated $88.9 million at the global box office, switching her earnings to $524,000. The cult horror Child’s Play remake (2019) earned around $45 million worldwide. Happiest Season (2020), a drama film, made around $2.1 million worldwide. In 2022 the comedian starred in a racy thriller Emily the Criminal, and the film made it to the top 10 thrillers of December on Netflix earning around $2.14 million at the USA box office.
Plaza's Directorial Ventures
According to Glamour Path, the Legion actress earns around $350,000 per episode for appearing in tv and reality shows. She remains to be one of the highest-paid television actresses of the generation. Aubrey debuted as a director for one of the episodes of Cinema Toast - Quite Illness (2021). She has also been successfully producing Hollywood films like subtle comedy/ thriller Black Bear (2020), comedy/romance The Little Hours (2017), which made $1.6 million at the box office, and drama/comedy Ingrid Goes West (2017) which created $3.3 million sales worldwide. She has also been featured in several music videos.
She lives in a luxurious rented house in LA worth $8,457 per month. With fashion endorsement and brand deals, the approximate earnings have increased to $70,000 per deal.
Aubrey Plaza has carved a niche with her humor and honest acting chops. Her $6 million wealth is well deserved compared to the rising Hollywood and television career graph.
Sources: National Today, Yahoo News, Net Worth Celebrities, Glamour Path
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