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Aubrey Plaza Gives Birth, Welcomes First Baby With Christopher Abbott
Aubrey Plaza is back on the carpet.
The Parks and Recreation alum made her first public appearance since she and Christopher Abbott welcomed their baby this summer, stepping out for the premiere of his new Netflix series East of Eden.
For the Sept. 30 premiere in New York City, Plaza kept her style elegantly chic, opting for a shin-length black skirt which she paired with an oversized blazer, allowing her mesh shirt and black bra to take center stage. She finished off the look with black peep-toe heels, no jewelry and her wavy hair left loose around her shoulders.
And though she and Abbott didn’t pose together on the carpet, Plaza was likely there in support of the Wolf Man actor, who stars in the John Steinbeck adaptation alongside Florence Pugh, Mike Faist, Joseph Zada, Hoon Lee and Joe Anders.
Abbott, for his part, painted a similar picture to his partner in black trousers and matching suit jacket he left open to reveal a simple white shirt underneath. He bore a thin chain around his neck and finished off the look with black dress shoes.
While Plaza and Abbott have not spoken publicly about welcoming their baby, in August the little one’s arrival was confirmed when the White Lotus star was seen carrying her bundle of joy around the streets of New York City.
Indeed, even after debuting her baby bump in April, Plaza remained relatively tight-lipped about her pregnancy journey, only speaking briefly about expecting a baby later that month—in a very Aubrey Plaza way.
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"Well, there's a baby inside of me," she said on the April 20 episode of the SmartLess podcast. "Today was a big day. I went to the doctor's today."
But as it turned out, she wasn’t the only member of her family who missed their apple a day.
"My dog also went to the doctor's," the 42-year-old explained. "Both of us—my dog's getting a scan right now. I got a scan earlier. I'm not kidding. She had to get an ultrasound on her stomach."
As it turns out, after also getting an ultrasound on her stomach, Plaza realized, “There is a baby in there.”
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But all jokes aside, the Agatha All Along star was ready for the adventure this next role as mom would bring.
"I've always wanted to see what that's all about," she explained. "It just seems so interesting, that whole thing."
As for Abbott, while he was similarly quiet about his expanding family, he told Today’s Jenna Bush Hager that Plaza’s pregnancy was “very exciting.”
For a closer look at how Abbott and Plaza went from longtime friends to parents, read on.
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Onscreen Romance
Aubrey Plaza and Christopher Abbott's onscreen relationship dates back to 2019, when the pair starred as a married couple in the second act of the indie film Black Bear.
The Parks and Rec alum—who also produced the dual-storied psychological drama—described the project to The Los Angeles Times in 2021 as a "labor of love."
Part one of the movie follows filmmaker Allison (Aubrey) as she spends time at a lake house amid a bout of writer's block, where she attempts to manipulate her married hosts Blair (Sarah Gadon) and Gabe (Christopher) to help push past her creative stall.
In the film's second part, "The Bear by the Boat House," Allison is an actress married to director Gabe, who tortures her for his own project.
"Without sharing too much from my personal life," she explained, "I knew if I decided to do this movie, it was going to be really painful. I have worked over the years with a process of using the things that have happened in my real life, the struggles I'm going through...using it as a cathartic process."
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A Blossoming Friendship
A few years after costarring in Black Bear, the actors went on to share the stage in the 2023 Off-Broadway production of Danny and the Deep Blue Sea. Working with Christopher for the show's 11-week run was a ticket to paradise for Aubrey.
"He cares but he also doesn't care; it's the best recipe for me for a scene partner," she told The New York Times in September 2023. "It's fun and it's also good and it's also safe. I like to just throw things out the window also and laugh and mess around and not take it so seriously. It's a hard combo to come by."
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The Feeling is Mutual
For Christopher's part, he couldn't help but praise his costar. As the Girls star told the NYT of their dynamic, "We're both unafraid to be ugly and weird and strange."
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Destined to Collaborate
Aubrey revealed that in the early stages of Black Bear's production, she almost sent Christopher a letter urging him to join the movie. However, she ultimately decided against it—and luckily, he signed on anyway.
"In my opinion," she told Vulture in November 2023, "he's the best male actor in our country today."
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A Private Life in the Public Eye
Aubrey—who had been in a relationship with husband Jeff Baena for 14 years until his death in January 2025—previously reflected on navigating life in the spotlight.
"Celebrity and fame and all that stuff is scary to me," she told Harper's Bazaar in 2021. "My reaction is to find the funny in it, even if I come out looking weird."
But it also meant that she would sometimes have to address certain aspects of her personal life, like her grief after Jeff—with whom she privately separated after more than three years of marriage—had died by suicide.
She compared her grief to the horror film The Gorge while chatting with Amy Poehler on her Good Hang podcast in August 2025, explaining that, "at all times there's like a giant ocean of, just, awfulness that's right there and I can see it, and sometimes I just want to dive into it, and just like be in it.
"And then sometimes I just look at it," she continued. "And then sometimes, I'm just trying to get away from it. But it's always there. It's just always there."
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Baby on Board
A rep for Aubrey confirmed on April 7, 2026, that the My Old Ass actress was expecting her first baby with Christopher. Soon after, she shared insight into her pregnancy journey.
"Well, there's a baby inside of me," she said on a SmartLess podcast episode released April 20, 2026. "Today was a big day. I went to the doctor's today."
And when it came to her thoughts on motherhood, she added, "I've always wanted to see what that's all about. It just seems so interesting, that whole thing."
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Public Debut As a Couple
Aubrey and Christopher made their first public appearance as a couple two days after The To-Do List star's pregnancy was confirmed, with them stepping out at an after-party for the Broadway opening of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, in which Christopher stars as Biff Loman.
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Tony Awards 2026
And that June, the pair made their red carpet debut as a couple at the 2026 Tony Awards, where Christopher was nominated for his role in the play.
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New Mom
About two weeks after Aubrey posted a selfie with her baby bump to Instagram Stories, TMZ published photos of the actress holding a newborn while attending Christopher's final performance of Death of a Salesman in New York on Aug. 9, 2026—indicating she'd given birth.
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