title: Get the AspNetUser from HttpContext.Current.User
body: <p>Using MVC 5.</p>
  
  <p>I'm new to <code>Users</code>, <code>Identities</code> and <code>Claims</code>.</p>
  
  <p>How do I get the <code>AspNetUser</code> from the <code>HttpContext.Current.User</code>? I know that I can use <code>HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name</code> (which is the email address of the user on my system) and then hit the <code>AspNetUser</code> table for that user but is there a better way to get the <code>AspNetUser</code> from the <code>HttpContext.Current.User</code> that I'm missing? e.g. is it contained somewhere in <code>HttpContext.Current.User</code> already?</p>
  
  <p>I've tried to Google but I'm not really finding any answers to this specific question.</p>