Question: What character does Amy Poehler play on Park and Recreation?
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Leslie Barbara Knope ( ; born January 18, 1975) is the central character in the NBC comedy "Parks and Recreation".
She is portrayed by Amy Poehler.  
Immediately after Ben Silverman was named co-chairman of NBC's entertainment division in 2007, he asked Greg Daniels to create a new comedy series.
Silverman and Daniels previously worked together on "The Office", a half-hour comedy Daniels adapted from the British comedy of the same name by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.
Daniels wrote the pilot for what eventually became "Parks and Recreation" along with series co-creator Michael Schur, who had served as a writer on "The Office".
Daniels and Schur had been considering ideas for a possible show with cast members Rashida Jones and Aziz Ansari, but the concept for the series did not form until they learned Amy Poehler could play the lead character.
Once that casting was determined, the script for the pilot episode was first written in the summer of 2008 revolving around her as a city bureaucrat seeking to turn an enormous construction pit into a park.
They also decided the script would include the mockumentary comedy style of "The Office" and, like that show, would allow for improvisation on set.
However, they did not consider the script an "Office" spin-off and NBC officials vehemently insisted to media outlets that the show was a completely separate series, despite the similarities between the two shows. 
For her work on this episode, Amy Poehler was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. 
Poehler married actor Will Arnett on August 29, 2003, and had a recurring role on the series "Arrested Development" as the wife of Arnett's character Gob Bluth.
They also played a quasi-incestuous brother-sister ice skating team in the 2007 film "Blades of Glory", and appeared together in "Horton Hears a Who!
", "On Broadway", "Spring Breakdown", and "Monsters vs. Aliens", along with Arnett having a guest appearance on "Parks and Recreation"; both did voice acting in "The Secret World of Arrietty".
On October 25, 2008, Poehler gave birth to her first child, Archibald William "Archie" Emerson Arnett, just hours before a "Saturday Night Live" telecast.
She gave birth to her second son, Abel James Arnett, on August 6, 2010.
In September 2012, Poehler and Arnett announced that they were ending their nine-year marriage.
Since June 2013, Poehler has been dating actor Nick Kroll. 
In 2010, Amy Poehler was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her work in the second season.
Also that year, "Parks and Recreation" was nominated for the Television Critics Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy and Individual Achievement in Comedy for Nick Offerman for his work in the second season.
The second season premiere episode, "Pawnee Zoo", won the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Individual Episode (in a Series without a Regular LGBT Character).
Also in 2010, "Parks and Recreation" received two nominations from "Entertainment Weekly"'s EWwy Awards: Best Comedy Series and Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Offerman.
In 2011, "Parks and Recreation" was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series and Amy Poehler received her second Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
In June 2011, "Parks and Recreation" was nominated for three awards for the inaugural Critics' Choice Television Awards: Best Comedy Series, Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Poehler, and Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Nick Offerman.
Also that month, "Parks and Recreation" was nominated for four TCA Awards: Program of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Comedy, and Individual Achievement in Comedy for Offerman and Poehler.
Offerman hosted the TCA Awards ceremony that year.