Ottawa Citizen

BEYOND PARKS AND REC

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The end of sitcom Parks and Recreation in February was really just the beginning for a lot of its stars. Here’s a look at what the former people of Pawnee are up to these days:

AMY POEHLER (LESLIE KNOPE)

Now starring in: Disney Pixar’s Inside Out as the voice of Joy

Coming soon: Sisters, co-starring her pal and fellow funnywoman Tina Fey (December)

RASHIDA JONES (ANN PERKINS)

Now starring in: Inside Out alongside Poehler as the emotions of Cool Girl

Coming soon: A voice role in B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworld­ly Operations (release date TBD)

NICK OFFERMAN (RON SWANSON)

Now starring in: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl as Thomas Mann’s dad

Coming soon: Biopic A Walk in the Woods (September)

CHRIS PRATT (ANDY DWYER)

Now starring in: Dino blockbuste­r Jurassic World

Coming soon: Western remake The Magnificen­t Seven (January 2017)

ADAM SCOTT (BEN WYATT)

Now starring in: Sex comedy The Overnight

Coming soon: Rom-com Sleeping with Other People (September), star-studded crime pic Black Mass (September), comedy-horror flick Krampus (December)

AUBREY PLAZA (APRIL LUDGATE)

Now starring in: Fox animated TV series Golan the Insatiable as the voice of Dylan Beekler

Coming soon: Darkly comic film Fresno (fall), comedy Dirty Grandpa (2016) and comedy Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016)

ROB LOWE (CHRIS TRAEGER)

Now starring in: Controvers­ial political satire The Interview, now on Netflix

Coming soon: NBC sci-fi comedy You, Me and the End of the World (series debut TBD)

AZIZ ANSARI (TOM HAVERFORD)

Now starring in: His own book, Modern Romance: An Investigat­ion

Coming soon: TBD

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