{"id":850013,"date":"2026-08-10T07:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T07:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/850013\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T07:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T07:40:15","slug":"aubrey-plaza-gives-birth-actress-welcomes-first-child-with-christopher-abbott-more-than-a-year-after-husband-jeff-baenas-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/850013\/","title":{"rendered":"Aubrey Plaza gives birth: Actress welcomes first child with Christopher Abbott more than a year after husband Jeff Baena\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aubrey Plaza and her boyfriend Christopher Abbott have reportedly welcomed their first baby together<\/a>. <\/p>\n

In photos obtained by TMZ, the actress, 42, can be seen holding her newborn around New York City<\/a> after seeing Abbott\u2019s final Broadway performance of Death of a Salesman. <\/p>\n

\"Christopher<\/p>\n

According to multiple US outlets, Aubrey Plaza and Christopher Abbott welcomed a baby girl in late July. \u00a0Invision<\/p>\n

Multiple US outlets have reported the couple welcomed a little girl in the last week of July. <\/p>\n

News of Plaza\u2019s pregnancy was reported in April<\/a>, a year after the death of her husband Jeff Baena<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Plaza and Baena had been separated for four months when the director died by suicide at age 47 in January 2025. <\/p>\n

Plaza spoke about her pregnancy for the first time on the SmartLess podcast in April. <\/p>\n

\u201cWell, there\u2019s a baby inside of me,\u201d she said before offering a light-hearted update. <\/p>\n

\u201cToday was a big day. I went to the doctor\u2019s today, and my dog also went to the doctors,\u201d she noted. \u201cBoth of us \u2013 my dog\u2019s getting a scan right now. I got a scan earlier. I\u2019m not kidding.\u201d <\/p>\n

She shared that she was \u201cexcited\u201d about becoming a mother. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always wanted to see what that\u2019s all about, you know?\u201d she said. \u201cIt just seems so interesting, that whole thing.\u201d <\/p>\n

\"PARK<\/p>\n

Plaza previously shared she was \u2018excited\u2019 to see what becoming a mother is all about. \u00a0Getty Images for Audible<\/p>\n

It is not clear when Plaza and Abbott began dating, but the pair have collaborated on projects including 2023-2024 off-Broadway revival of\u00a0Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, and were co-stars in the 2020 comedy-thriller\u00a0Black Bear. <\/p>\n

Plaza began dating Baena in 2011 and the pair married in May 2021 while quarantining together amid the COVID-19 pandemic. <\/p>\n

They were separated for four months before Baena\u2019s death. <\/p>\n

\"Jeff<\/p>\n

Plaza\u2019s estranged husband Jeff Baena passed away in January 2025, they had been separated for four months. \u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

In a joint statement with Plaza and the Baena family they described his death as an \u201cunimaginable tragedy\u201d. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are deeply grateful to everyone who has offered support. Please respect our privacy during this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you or someone you know is in need of support contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue. In the event of an emergency dial Triple Zero (000).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aubrey Plaza and her boyfriend Christopher Abbott have reportedly welcomed their first baby together. In photos obtained by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":850014,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134],"class_list":["post-850013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=850013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/850014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}