BREAKING NEWSAubrey Plaza's Husband Director Jeff Baena Dead by Suicide at Age 47
Aubrey Plaza's husband, Jeff Baena, was found dead at his California home.
Aubrey Plaza's husband, Jeff Baena, has died at age 47.
Law enforcement sources told TMZ the filmmaker's assistant discovered his unconscious body on Friday, January 3, at his Los Angeles, Calif., home.
Jeff Baena was found dead on Friday, January 3, at his home in California.
Per the authorities, Baena was pronounced dead at the scene. Law enforcement claims he died by suicide.
The Life After Beth director married the Parks and Recreation actress, 40, in 2021 after the two began dating in 2011. "So proud of my darling husband @jeffbaena for dreaming up another film that takes us to Italia to cause some more trouble 😈," she announced in an Instagram post.
Jeff Baena and Aubrey Plaza married in 2021.
Although Baena and Plaza kept their romance extremely private, they collaborated on many projects such as Life After Beth, The Little Hours and Spin Me Round. "She's awesome. I'd be working with her if she wasn't my wife, but luckily, she is my wife," the late director gushed in a 2022 interview. "The opportunity to do something creative [together] where we're both fulfilled — how rare is that?"
In December 2021, the Agatha All Along star revealed during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show why she and Baena finally decided to make things official after a decade of dating. “We got a little bored one night,” she explained. “We got married and I’ll tell you how: Onehourmarriage.com. That’s real, look it up.”
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Jeff Baena and Aubrey Plaza began dating in 2011.
"I created a very quick love altar in our yard. Facts of our love, little stones, smoke, fire. Things of that nature. Then the man from Alhambra showed up. I can’t remember a lot of it. It was fuzzy. But, I’m pretty sure it was legal," Plaza said of the special moment.
The Dirty Grandpa star even took inspiration from her relationship with her longtime partner for her character in Season 2 of The White Lotus. “This character is me,” she said in a 2022 interview of playing Harper, who experiences strain in her marriage. "It’s probably the first project that I’ve ever done that I’m like, whoa, this is really close to home. … I don’t have kids. I’ve been with my husband for 12 years. I relate to being in a relationship that has peaks and valleys and going through a rough patch and comparing yourself to another couple that seems perfect.”
Jeff Baena and Aubrey Plaza worked together on 'Life After Beth,' 'The Little Hours' and 'Spin Me Round.'
If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988, text "STRENGTH" to the Crisis Text Line at 741741 or go to 988lifeline.org.
Reel Talker conducted the 2022 interview with Baena.
GQ conducted the 2022 interview with Plaza.
