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Parks and Recreation

I am big enough to admit that I am often inspired by myself.

["Golden Globe Best Actress Comedy (Amy Poehler)","TCA Award Outstanding Achievement in Comedy","WGA Award Best Comedy Series","Peabody Award"]

About

Parks and Recreation (2009-2015) is the NBC mockumentary sitcom created by Michael Schur and Greg Daniels. Amy Poehler plays Leslie Knope — a relentlessly optimistic deputy parks director in Pawnee, Indiana. The show ran 7 seasons and is widely considered one of the greatest American sitcoms. Poehler won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for her portrayal of Leslie.

Credits & Contributors (2)

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Cast & Performance

Cast & Performance

Amy Poehler
Amy Poehler ✓ Verified Leslie Knope

Amy Poehler's Leslie Knope is one of television's great comic creations — relentlessly optimistic, deeply competent, and a feminist role model for a generation.

Nick Offerman
Nick Offerman ✓ Verified Ron Swanson

Nick Offerman's Ron Swanson — the libertarian bureaucrat who hates government — is one of TV comedy's most beloved characters and a perfect comic counterpoint to Leslie.