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I like my name. My mom named me after a song by the 1970s group Bread. So, it's meaningful, and I like the song. It's a love song - kind of - but it's kind of depressing and dark.

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Aubrey Plaza
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: June 26
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Wilmington
Delaware
Aubrey Christina Plaza
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