Aubrey Plaza Confirms She’s Pregnant With Her First Child

Aubrey Plaza has shared that she is pregnant with her first child.

The White Lotus star’s representatives confirmed to People magazine that Aubrey and her partner, Golden Globe-nominated actor Christopher Abbott, are expecting a child later this year.

People reported that the Parks And Recreation actor is due to give birth in the autumn.

Aubrey and Chris first crossed paths when they worked on the 2020 psychological drama Black Bear, before working together once again three years later in an off-Broadway revival of the play Danny And The Deep Blue Sea.

Following her breakthrough in Parks And Recreation in the late 2000s, Aubrey’s work has included projects as varied as season two of The White Lotus, the Marvel series Agatha All Along, the superhero pastiche Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and the festive rom-com Happiest Season.

Meanwhile, Chris has starred in the comedy Girls, the miniseries Catch-22, the space drama First Man, the Oscar-winning Poor Things and the Amanda Seyfried historical musical The Testament Of Ann Lee.

Aubrey was previously married to the writer and director Jeff Baena, who died by suicide in January of last year.

Speaking to her former Parks And Rec co-star Amy Poehler on the podcast Good Hang seven months after Jeff’s death, Aubrey admitted that her grief was a “daily struggle”, but felt “really grateful to be moving through the world”.

“At all times, there’s like a giant ocean of just awfulness, that’s like right there and I can, like, see it,” she shared, comparing her grief to the film The Gorge.

“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.”

Prior to this, Aubrey also paid a subtle tribute to Jeff while presenting a segment as part of Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary broadcast, sporting a tie-dye shirt in honour of the outfits they wore on their wedding day.

Aubrey and Jeff married at their home in July 2021, and separated in September 2024.