According to Daily Mail - Home, a source described the pregnancy as a beautiful surprise after an emotional year. Aubrey Plaza's grief over Jeff Baena's death is a daily struggle, according to multiple reports, but she feels really grateful to be moving through the world despite her grief. A representative for Plaza issued a statement saying, 'This is an unimaginable tragedy.
We are deeply grateful to everyone who has offered support... ' The exact due date for her child has not been disclosed. Jeff Baena died by suicide in January 2025, according to major media reports.
It was a beautiful surprise after an emotional year.
Aubrey Plaza and Jeff Baena secretly split in September 2024, four months before his death, Aftonbladet reports. Aubrey Plaza was living in New York at the time Jeff Baena's body was discovered on January 3, 2025, Aftonbladet reports. The specific reasons for their separation in September 2024 remain unknown.
Aubrey Plaza was previously married to Jeff Baena, according to major media reports. Aubrey Plaza suffered a stroke at age 20 that left her briefly paralyzed, Aftonbladet reports. According to Daily Mail - Home, Aubrey Plaza described the incident, saying she was paralyzed for a minute, lost motor skills briefly, and forgot how to talk.
It was wild. It happened mid-sentence.
She added that she had not consumed anything except birth control that day. Since then, she has had minor transient ischemic attacks, or tiny strokes, according to Daily Mail - Home. The current status of her health regarding these strokes and TIAs is unclear.
Aubrey Plaza and Christopher Abbott first worked together on the 2020 film Black Bear, Aftonbladet reports. They collaborated again in 2023 in an off-Broadway revival of Danny And The Deep Blue Sea, Aftonbladet reports. Whether Aubrey Plaza and Christopher Abbott have publicly commented on the pregnancy themselves is not known.
I took the train to Astoria to have lunch with my friends and I walked into their apartment ― I hadn't even taken my jacket off ― and it just happened.
The location where Aubrey Plaza will give birth has not been confirmed.
I was paralyzed, but only really for a minute or something. I lost my motor skills really briefly. The freakiest thing was I forgot how to talk.
I hadn't really put anything into my body that day except for birth control.
Since then, I've had some minor - they call them TIAs, which are transient ischemic attacks, that are tiny little strokes.
This is an unimaginable tragedy. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has offered support... Please respect our privacy during this time.
At all times, there's like a giant ocean of just awfulness, that's like right there and I can, like, see it.
Sometimes, I just want to just dive into it and just, like, be in it. And then sometimes, I just look at it. And then sometimes, I just try to get away from it. But it's always there. It's just always there.