has confirmed that she is pregnant with her first child as she is expecting with partner Christopher Abbott .
Aubrey Plaza Reveals Surprise Pregnancy News!
Aubrey Plaza has confirmed that she is pregnant with her first child as she is expecting with partner Christopher Abbott whom she was seen with just days ago.Th...
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The 41-year-old The star - who shocked as has opened up for the first time about becoming a mother.
Plaza and the 40-year-old Girls actor Abbott are expecting their first child together - one year after the shock death of Plaza's estranged husband Jeff Baena by suicide.
'Well, there's a baby inside of me. No, I said there's a baby inside of me right now,' the actress said on an upcoming episode of the Smartless podcast as actor hosts , , and Sean Hayes were in disbelief over the reveal.
The trio of actors expressed their excitement over the big news as Plaza revealed that she had gone to the doctor for an ultrasound earlier that day.
Plaza explained: 'Today was a big day. I went to the doctor’s today, and my dog also went to the doctor’s. And both of us — my dog’s getting a scan right now. I got a scan earlier. I’m not kidding.
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Aubrey Plaza (seen in Paris last montyh) has confirmed that she is pregnant with her first child as she said 'there's a baby inside of me' on an upcoming episode of the Smartless podcast
Plaza was pictured with her partner Christopher Abbott for the first time since announcing their pregnancy as they attended the afterparty for opening night of the Broadway revival Death of a Salesman
'She had to get an ultrasound on her stomach. And then I got an ultrasound on my stomach, and there is a baby in there.'
The Parks And Recreation actress was then asked if she was 'excited' about becoming a first-time mom.
People first reported that Plaza was expecting a child with Abbott, with a representative for the actress confirming the news to the outlet; pictured 2023
'It was a beautiful surprise after an emotional year,' a source told People.
The couple, who previously starred on Broadway together before falling in love, are said to be feeling 'very blessed.'
People first reported that Plaza was expecting a child with Abbott, with a representative for the actress .
Plaza and Abbott attended Khaite's Fall/Winter 2026 show as part of New York Fashion Week in February, sitting next to actress Elizabeth Debicki
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The report detailed how the Life After Beth director had been 'experiencing marital difficulties' in his final months, and how he had been in therapy.
An investigator noted in the documents that Plaza, whose name was redacted in the final report, said she had spoken with Baena the night before his death.
The report also tragically revealed that the actress had been concerned for her estranged husband's well-being.
'In October 2024, Baena made concerning remarks to [Plaza], which prompted her to call a friend to perform a welfare check on her husband. Baena had been attending therapy since that event,' the documents stated.
The report determined that Baena did not have drugs or alcohol in his system at the time of his death.
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It stated that Plaza 'knew her husband to be alive' as of January 3 because he had sent her a text message that morning.
According to the report, it was a dog walker who discovered Baena's body after hearing loud music emanating from his house, which she said was 'unusual.'
They began dating in 2011 and secretly married in 2020. Baena was found dead in their marital home on January 3, 2025, while Plaza had been living in NYC since their September 2024 separation. Above, the former couple in LA in 2016
After she called the writer and director and did not receive an answer, she entered the home and discovered his body.
In a statement to the Daily Mail at the time, a representative for Plaza said: 'This is an unimaginable tragedy. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has offered support. Please respect our privacy during this time.'
Baena, who was known for hosting a popular series of game nights for friends and fellow filmmakers, met Plaza at one of the events in 2011, and the two began dating shortly afterward.
Baena, who got his big break when he co-wrote David O. Russell's 2004 cult comedy I Heart Huckabees, later made his directing debut with the 2014 zombie comedy Life After Beth, which starred Plaza.
They reunited for 2016's Joshy and 2017's The Little Hours, which Plaza also produced, and she had a supporting role in his dark comedy thriller Spin Me Round, which starred Alison Brie, who co-.
In 2018, Plaza told Page Six that their mutual obsession with movies helped them bond and led to their subsequent creative and romantic partnership.
The couple quietly wed in 2020, and Plaza revealed that they were married while promoting Spin Me Round in 2021, when she '.
Abbott is best known for playing the on-off boyfriend of Allison Williams's character Marnie on Lena Dunham's influential HBO comedy Girls
Following his death, Plaza made her first public appearance when she introduced musical guests Miley Cyrus and Brittany Howard on Saturday Night Live's 50th anniversary special in February 2025.
She made a subtle but moving tribute to her late husband by wearing a tie-dye shirt, as they wore matching tie-dye pajamas at their low-key wedding after he picked up making the pattern as a hobby in the early days of the COVID pandemic.
Plaza began her career working in sketch comedy in the mid-2000s, before she began appearing in short films and online comedy videos later in the decade.
She became a star almost overnight after Parks and Recreation debuted on NBC in 2009. Plaza played April Ludgate, the misanthropic assistant to Amy Poehler's bubbly bureaucrat.
The actress went on to become an in-demand film star with roles in Scott Pilgrim Vs The World (which featured her ex-boyfriend Michael Cera), Safety Not Guaranteed (2012), Ingrid Goes West (2017), Little Hours (which was directed by Baena), Happiest Season (2020), Emily The Criminal (2022) and My Old A** (2024).
She also appeared as a villain in the X-Men spinoff series Legion (2017–2019) and she was part of the ensemble cast on the hit second season of HBO's The White Lotus in 2022.
In Black Bear the pair played dual roles as actors and directors trying to shoot a film in an eerie, isolated lake house
Last August, Plaza opened up about the grief she had experienced during a conversation with Poehler, her former co-star, on her Good Hang podcast, which marked her first interview since Baena's death.
After Poehler referenced the death of her husband and asked how she was doing, Plaza replied: 'Right in this very, very present moment, I feel happy to be with you. Overall, I'm here, and I'm functioning. I feel really grateful to be moving through the world. I think I'm OK, but it's like a daily struggle.'
She went on: 'This is a really dumb analogy, and it was kind of a joke at a certain point, but I actually mean it. Did you see that movie The Gorge?
'It's like [an] alien movie or something with Miles Teller,' she said, referring to the 2025 Apple TV+ science fiction thriller that also starred Anya Taylor-Joy and Sigourney Weaver.
She continued: 'In the movie, there's like a cliff on one side, and there's a cliff on the other side, then there's a gorge in between, and it's filled with all these, like, monster people that are trying to get them. I swear when I watched it... I was, like, that feels like what my grief is like... or what grief could be like.
'At all times there's, like, a giant ocean of awfulness, that's, like, right there, and I can see it.
'Sometimes I just want to dive into it, and just, like, be in it. Then sometimes I just look at it, and sometimes I try to get away from it. But, it's always there.'
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