Aubrey Plaza Is Pregnant—First Baby With Chris Abbott On The Way

Aubrey Plaza has some actual good news this spring: she is pregnant with her first child, and the dad is actor Chris Abbott. Plaza’s rep confirmed it to People on Tuesday, April 7. A source told the outlet the baby is due this fall, and that the couple feels very blessed. Given everything Plaza has been through recently, the source also called it a beautiful surprise after an emotional year.

The personal context

Plaza, 41, quietly married filmmaker and screenwriter Jeff Baena in 2021 after more than a decade together. They separated in September 2024. In January 2025, Baena died by suicide at 47. Us Weekly reported he was found at his Los Angeles home after his dog walker discovered his body. At the time, a spokesperson for Plaza shared this statement:

"It is an unimaginable tragedy. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has offered support. Please respect our privacy during this time."

Plaza made her first public appearance after Baena’s death during Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary special in February 2025. While introducing musical guests Miley Cyrus and Brittany Howard, she wore a tie-dye shirt that read as a quiet nod to Baena. Back in 2021 on The Drew Barrymore Show, she mentioned he really got into tie-dying during the pandemic.

How Plaza and Abbott got here

Plaza and Abbott, 40, first worked together in the 2020 indie Black Bear, then reunited three years later for the off-Broadway revival of the two-hander Danny and the Deep Blue Sea. If you saw that production, you know it is an intense, emotionally raw piece - the kind of show that forges a very specific connection between scene partners. Abbott talked to Vogue in November 2023 about the nightly challenge of keeping that connection alive on stage:

"We’re the ones doing it every night, eight times a week. So I think there’s a level of - without going too outside the bounds - keeping it fresh for us and just checking in that we’re having fun on stage, and sort of staying engaged."

Despite working together and being photographed around that time, Plaza and Abbott had not publicly confirmed they were dating before this pregnancy news. If Abbott’s name rings a bell, you probably recognize him from HBO ’s Girls, where he played Charlie Dattolo.

What we know right now

• People confirmed Plaza’s pregnancy via her rep on Tuesday, April 7.
• A source says the baby is due this fall and the couple feels very blessed.
• Plaza is 41; Abbott is 40.
• The two first collaborated on Black Bear in 2020, then starred together in Danny and the Deep Blue Sea in 2023.
• Abbott reflected on keeping their stage work fresh in a November 2023 Vogue interview.
• Plaza married Jeff Baena in 2021 after more than a decade together; they quietly separated in September 2024.
• Baena died by suicide in January 2025 at 47; Us Weekly reported he was found at his Los Angeles home.
• Plaza appeared at SNL ’s 50th anniversary special in February 2025, wearing a tie-dye shirt that likely nodded to Baena’s pandemic-era tie-dye hobby she once mentioned on The Drew Barrymore Show.

Bottom line: Plaza and Abbott haven’t been loudly public about their relationship, but their shared history on stage and on set tracks with this new chapter. And after a brutal year, a fall baby on the way is about as welcome a plot twist as it gets.