--- description: Lifetime cast star Aubrey Plaza to be the voice of Grumpy Cat in its upcoming Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever. title: Aubrey Plaza will be the voice of Grumpy Cat — the role she was born to play image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt972b278a03aa4eab/6986a3f5e53aba440c4d47a6/453395462.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Aubrey Plaza Will Be The Voice of Grumpy Cat by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 18, 2014 2:04 PM CUT  Actress Aubrey Plaza attends the screening of "Life After Beth" Actress Aubrey Plaza attends the screening of "Life After Beth"Alberto E. Rodriguez—WireImage by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 18, 2014 2:04 PM CUT Lifetime cast star Aubrey Plaza to be the voice of Grumpy Cat in its upcoming _Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever_, [says the _Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/lifetimes-grumpy-cat-aubrey-plaza-725727 "undefined"). This is truly the star on the Christmas tree. Although Jane Lynch was originally set to speak as the curmudgeonly cat, [she reportedly rebuffed the offer](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jane-lynch-rebuffed-grumpy-cat-733669 "undefined") after getting an Emmy, reports _THR_. But there is no doubt that Plaza will do the role justice. After all, the actress is best known for playing the somewhat grumpy April on ABC’s _Parks and Recreation._ The film, starring the viral feline, will air Saturday, Nov. 29 at 8 p.m. May it be better than [_Lifetime’s_ Brittany Murphy biopic.](http://time.com/3274898/brittany-murphy-lifetime/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3397864/aubrey-plaza-grumpy-cat/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3397864/aubrey-plaza-grumpy-cat/"},"headline":"Aubrey Plaza Will Be The Voice of Grumpy Cat","datePublished":"2014-09-18T14:04:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:17.268Z","description":"Jane Lynch reportedly turned the role down","url":"https://time.com/3397864/aubrey-plaza-grumpy-cat/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Lifetime","Movie"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt972b278a03aa4eab/6986a3f5e53aba440c4d47a6/453395462.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt972b278a03aa4eab/6986a3f5e53aba440c4d47a6/453395462.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Sundance NEXT FEST Screening Of \"Life After Beth\" With Father John Misty Concert","caption":"Sundance NEXT FEST Screening Of \"Life After Beth\" With Father John Misty Concert","creditText":"Alberto E. Rodriguez—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3397864/aubrey-plaza-grumpy-cat/","name":"Aubrey Plaza Will Be The Voice of Grumpy Cat"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Lil Bub: Not All Glitter And Catnip","description":"Lil Bub and owner Mike Bridavsky describe the hectic touring life of a famous feline.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/eXkhofQI/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2013-10-30T14:27:09.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/eXkhofQI.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3397864/aubrey-plaza-grumpy-cat/","duration":"PT2M27S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3397864/aubrey-plaza-grumpy-cat/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```