April Ludgate
| April Ludgate-Karate-Dwyer | |
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| Parks and Recreation character | |
Aubrey Plaza portrays April Ludgate
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| First appearance | "Pilot" |
| Last appearance | "One Last Ride" |
| Portrayed by | Aubrey Plaza |
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| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Intern, City of Pawnee Parks and Recreation (former) Assistant to Ron Swanson (former) Assistant to Chris Traeger (former) Deputy Director of Pawnee Animal Control |
| Family | Larry (father) Rita (mother) Natalie (sister) |
| Spouse(s) | Andy Dwyer |
| Significant other(s) | Derek (ex-boyfriend) Eduardo (ex-boyfriend) |
| Children | Burt Snakehole Ludgate Karate Dracula Macklin Demon Jack-o-Lantern "Jack" Dwyer (b. 2023) |
| Nationality |
American (English and Puerto Rican descent) |
April Roberta Ludgate-Dwyer (portrayed by Aubrey Plaza) is a fictional character in the NBC comedy Parks and Recreation. She is first seen as an apathetic college student working as an intern in the Pawnee Department of Parks and Recreation, before being hired as Ron Swanson's assistant. She later becomes the Deputy Director of Animal Control. April, along with Plaza's performance, garnered universal acclaim and has gained popularity for her goth-like behavior and deadpan-style comedy.
April Ludgate is a college student who starts out working as an intern in the Pawnee parks and recreation department. April is extremely uninterested in the job, regularly napping at her desk and texting constantly, and acts very dry and sarcastic around her co-workers. She was assigned the internship because she overslept on intern sign-up date, which she blamed on her sister Natalie for not waking her up. April is of English and Puerto Rican descent (she claims that this explains her 'lively and colorful' personality), and she speaks and understands Spanish fairly well as a result. Her family refers to her as Zuzu.
April was responsible for uploading the staff bios onto the Pawnee parks and recreation site, and she jokingly made a fictional bio for herself that reads as follows:
April Ludgate-Dwyer was born in Björk’s house in Iceland and grew up on Easter Island, where her parents were giant stone heads. She has the ability to fire beams of tacos out of her hands and she can turn her legs into tigers. On Sundays, April enjoys reading Family Circus and traveling through time. Her favorite color is greenish-transparent and her favorite movie is the one you just watched. April is in charge of uploading the staff bios to the website, and no one has checked over her work.
While picking Spirit dogs in season six, Donna described her as follows:
"You're beautiful yet cold and aloof. You pride yourself on being a loner. You do not obey, you choose to cooperate. And when you stop baring your fangs to pick a mate, it's for life. And you're fiercely loyal to your pack. Which makes you a rare black Siberian husky."
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