Esther Povitsky might be better known for playing Izzy on Dollface, but she once cameoed on Parks And Rec – here’s how to spot her season 5 cameo.
These days she’s known for her role on Dollface, but early in her career Esther Povitsky had a one-off role in Parks And Recreation – here’s how to spot her season 5 cameo. In the past few years, actress and comedian Esther Povitsky’s (aka Little Esther) career has been on the rise. After nabbing her breakout role as try-hard millennial Maya in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Povitsky went on to co-create and star in Alone Together. Based on her 2015 short film of the same name, this Freeform comedy series focuses on a pair of misfits – Esther (Povitsky), a wannabe comedian from the Midwest, and Beverly Hills trust fund kid Benji (Benji Aflalo) – as they strike up a friendship and navigate life in status-obsessed Los Angeles.
More recently, Esther Povitsky joined the cast of Hulu comedy Dollface. The series stars Kat Dennings as Jules Wiley, a newly single woman who is dumped by her long-term boyfriend and attempts to rekindle the female friendships she let fall by the wayside. Alongside Brenda Song and Shay Mitchell, Povitsky features in the show’s main cast as Izzy – a co-worker and friend of Jules. Dollface proved a success for Hulu and the show has been renewed for a second season.
But before Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Alone Together and Dollface, Povitsky was just starting out and cut her teeth with a number of one-off roles on popular TV shows. She played a student of Jess Day (Zooey Deschanel) in New Girl, appeared in a Key & Peele skit and played Gina’s (Chelsea Peretti) assistant Emily in an episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Esther Povitsky was also in Parks & Recreation before she hit the big time.
Esther Povitsky’s Parks And Recreation cameo can be found on season 5 episode “Swing Vote.” This sees Leslie Knope campaigning to save a local mini-golf facility called the Pawnee Palms Public Putt-Putt and trying to convince councilman Jeremy Jamm (Jon Glaser) to vote in her favor by treating him to a day out at the course. Povitsky plays Julie, a high schooler employed by Pawnee Palms Public Putt-Putt as a snow cone vendor who ends up staying late at her job to satiate Jeremy Jamm’s constant need for iced sweet treats.
Esther Povitsky is just one of many actors that have appeared in a cameo role on Parks And Recreation. The long-running sitcom has also featured guest appearances from stars as diverse as German film director Werner Herzog, politician Newt Gingrich and actors including Patton Oswalt, Parker Posey and Jon Hamm.
