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Aubrey Plaza Expecting First Child With Christopher Abbott

The announcement signals a new chapter following Jeff Baena’s January 2025 death by suicide.

Overview

  • Plaza's representative confirmed to People on Tuesday that she is pregnant with partner Christopher Abbott, with the baby due in the fall.
  • The pair first worked together on the 2020 film Black Bear and later co-starred in the 2023–24 off-Broadway revival of Danny and the Deep Blue Sea.
  • They have kept their relationship low profile, though they were photographed together at New York Fashion Week on February 14.
  • Plaza and her late husband, filmmaker Jeff Baena, had separated in September 2024; he died by suicide on January 3, 2025, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.
  • Last August, Plaza spoke about living with grief on Amy Poehler’s Good Hang podcast, offering rare insight into how she has been coping before this new family milestone.