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Aubrey Plaza's husband, filmmaker Jeff Baena, dies aged 47

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Updated 15:28 4 Jan 2025 GMTPublished 14:49 4 Jan 2025 GMT

Aubrey Plaza's husband, filmmaker Jeff Baena, dies aged 47

Jeff Baena was reportedly found at his home in Los Angeles

Lucy Devine

Lucy Devine

Aubrey Plaza's husband, filmmaker Jeff Baena, has died at the age of 47.

According to PEOPLE magazine, Baena was discovered at his home in Los Angeles on Friday morning (3 January) at around 10.30am where he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The cause of death is currently unclear.

Jeff Baena has passed away at 47 (George Pimentel/Getty Images for Sundance Film Festival)
Jeff Baena has passed away at 47 (George Pimentel/Getty Images for Sundance Film Festival)

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Baena was born in Miami, Florida, and studied film at New York University before later moving to Los Angeles.

He was best known for his numerous writing and directing credits, including work on Life After Beth, Joshy, Spin Me Round and I Heart Huckabees.

Baena and Plaza - known for her roles in Parks And Recreation and The White Lotus - have been married since 2021 after first starting dating 10 years earlier.

The couple kept their relationship mostly private and fans only realised they had married when Plaza referred to Baena as her 'husband' in an Instagram post.

"So proud of my darling husband @jeffbaena for dreaming up another film that takes us to italia to cause some more trouble excited to be reunited with the amazing @alisonbrie (who also co-wrote this one!) and @theofficialsuperstar @sordociego @lauren_weedman and so many more fun people in this. Preparati!!" She wrote in 2021.

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Plaza later told GQ in November 2022 that the pair had tied the knot in a low-key ceremony.

The couple married in 2021 (David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
The couple married in 2021 (David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

The couple have worked together on numerous titles, including Cinema Toast in which Plaza made her directorial debut.

Plaza has since spoken about what it was like to work with her husband on the series.

“It was very hectic while we were making the show because we were quarantined and Jeff, he created the show; it was his idea,” Plaza told PEOPLE in 2021.

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“Our house became this strange post-production facility and he's downstairs on his Zooms or on his sessions and I'm upstairs editing, we're just going back and forth.”

In a statement, Plaza's reps told Deadline that 'the family is devastated and asks for privacy at this difficult time'.

Baena is survived by his mother, Barbara Stern, stepfather Roger Stern, stepmother Michele Banea, brother, Brad Banea and step siblings Bianca Gabay and Jed Fluxman.

LADbible Group has reached out to Baena and Plaza's reps for comment.

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Featured Image Credit: George Pimentel/Getty Images for Sundance Film Festival Monica Schipper/FilmMagic

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