{"id":2363438,"date":"2026-04-08T02:28:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T02:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2363438"},"modified":"2026-04-08T02:28:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T02:28:49","slug":"aubrey-plaza-expecting-first-child-with-girls-star-christopher-abbott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/aubrey-plaza-expecting-first-child-with-girls-star-christopher-abbott\/","title":{"rendered":"Aubrey Plaza expecting first child with \u201cGirls \u201dstar Christopher Abbott"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/aubrey-plaza\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Aubrey Plaza;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Aubrey Plaza&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Aubrey Plaza<\/a> is going to become a mom!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/parks-and-recreation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Parks and Recreation;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Parks and Recreation&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><em>Parks and Recreation<\/em><\/a> star is expecting her first child with the actor <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/christopher-abbott\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Christopher Abbott;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Christopher Abbott&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Christopher Abbott<\/a>, with whom she starred in the 2020 psychological drama <em>Black Bear.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;It was a beautiful surprise after an emotional year,&#8221; a source told PEOPLE on Tuesday. &#8220;They feel very blessed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><em>Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ew-dispatch-newsletter-11812417\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:EW Dispatch newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;EW Dispatch newsletter&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><strong><em>EW Dispatch newsletter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The pair played creative collaborators who become lovers in <em>Black Bear<\/em>, which Plaza co-produced to acclaim when it premiered at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/sundance-film-festival\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sundance;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Sundance&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Sundance<\/a>. They also co-starred in the off-Broadway revival of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/john-patrick-shanley\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:John Patrick Shanley;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;John Patrick Shanley&quot;}\" class=\"link \">John Patrick Shanley<\/a>&#8216;s raucous romantic drama <em>Danny and the Deep Blue Sea<\/em>, which ran from from Oct. 2023 to Jan. 2024.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_1b758qoqk5elubsnqq5bH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_1b758qoqk5elubsnqq5bH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_1b758qoqk5elubsnqq5bH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Plaza is coming off a heavy year following the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/jeff-baena-dead-filmmaker-aubrey-plaza-husband-life-after-beth-8769252\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:death of her husband;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;death of her husband&quot;}\" class=\"link \">death of her husband<\/a> and close collaborator <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/jeff-baena\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jeff Baena;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Jeff Baena&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Jeff Baena<\/a> in Jan. 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Though the two <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/jeff-baena-and-aubrey-plaza-separated-before-his-death-autopsy-report-says-11700222\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:separated before his death;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;separated before his death&quot;}\" class=\"link \">separated before his death<\/a>, Plaza told her <em>Parks and Rec <\/em>costar Amy Poehler in August that life had become &#8220;a daily struggle,&#8221; though she was &#8220;grateful to be moving through the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Entertainment Weekly <\/em>has reached out to representatives for Plaza and Abbott for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/aubrey-plaza-expecting-first-child-with-christopher-abbott-11945192\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment Weekly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Entertainment Weekly&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aubrey Plaza is going to become a mom! The Parks and Recreation star is expecting her first child with the actor Christopher Abbott, with whom she starred in the 2020 psychological drama Black Bear. &#8220;It was a beautiful surprise after an emotional year,&#8221; a source told PEOPLE on Tuesday. &#8220;They feel very blessed.&#8221; Get your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2363439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[51066,459204,345291,387662,459205,459203,349270],"class_list":["post-2363438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-aubrey-plaza","tag-beautiful-surprise","tag-black-bear","tag-christopher-abbott","tag-creative-collaborators","tag-john-patrick-shanley","tag-parks-and-recreation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Aubrey-Plaza-expecting-first-child-with-Girls-star-Christopher-Abbott.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2363438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2363438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2363438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2363440,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2363438\/revisions\/2363440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2363439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2363438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2363438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2363438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}