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Jeff Baena and Aubrey Plaza. Mark Davis/Getty Images for Sundance NEXT
Aubrey Plaza and Jeff Brothers they were together for more than a decade before his death in 2025.
The couple started dating in 2011, but have never confirmed exactly when they met or when their love story began.
Plaza a A girl on a horse the director collaborated on films including Life after Beth and Joshy in 2016 and Spin me in 2022.
“I think when you’re with someone who’s in your field, they understand what you’re dealing with on a deeper level,” Plaza said. People in 2019.
White Lotus Season 2 is all about infidelity, but off-screen many of the actors are happily married. Aubrey Plaza, who plays Harper Spiller, revealed in May 2021 that she secretly tied the knot with Jeff Baena after ten years of dating before his death in 2025. The Parks and Recreation alum referred to (…)
Baena also expressed how lucky he is to work with his wife. “She’s amazing. I would have worked with her if she wasn’t my wife, but luckily she is my wife,” Baena said Reel Talker in 2022. “The opportunity to do something creative (together) where we’re both fulfilled — how rare is that?”
Before starting production on Spin mePlaza shared a celebratory post for Baena on Instagram and praised his film. She too subtly revealed that the two tied the knot.
“I am so proud of my beloved husband,” Plaza wrote in May 2021. “For making up another movie that takes us to Italy to cause more trouble.”
Keep scrolling to see the complete timeline of Plaza and Baena’s relationship:
2011
Plaza and Baena have been dating since 2011, but it is not known when they started dating.
Jeff Baena and Aubrey Plaza. Chad Hurst/Getty Images for Sundance Film Festival
2014
Baena made his directorial debut in 2014 Life after Bethwhere Plaza played the main character.
2017
Plaza debuted as a film producer alongside Baena on Small hoursin which she played a nun named Sister Fernanda.
Aubrey Plaza and Jeff Baena. George Pimentel/Getty Images for Sundance Film Festival
2020
Plaza’s dark humor inspired a unique Valentine’s Day Instagram post with her husband. The two took a picture, but Plaza put a dagger to Baena’s face. “And Happy Valentine’s Day,” she captioned the photo, adding a heart emoji.
2021
In celebration of Baena’s film Spin me in May, Plaza quietly announced that she and Baena had tied the knot. “So proud of my beloved husband,” she wrote on Instagram.
She later shared the whole story further The Ellen DeGeneres Show in December of that year.
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“We were a little bored one night,” he said Parks and Recreation alum revoked. “We got married and I’ll tell you how: Onehourmarriage.com. That’s right, look at it.”
Plaza went on to explain how she had to negotiate to get the officiant to agree to drive to her home and perform the ceremony in their backyard. She enlisted her neighbor—whom she described as a true witch—to receive her spiritual blessing.
“I created a very quick altar of love in our yard. The facts of our love, stones, smoke, fire. Things of that nature. Then the Alhambra man appeared,” Plaza continued. “I don’t remember much, it was a blur. But I’m pretty sure it was legal.”
Aubrey Plaza and Jeff Baena. Michael Tran/FilmMagic
2022
Spin me premiered in the United States in August, starring Plaza alongside a co-writer Alison Brie.
A few months later, the Plaza opened GQ on her marriage to Baena, comparing her life to that of her characters on White lotusHarper.
“I’ve been with my husband for 12 years,” she said in November. “I relate to being in a relationship that has its ups and downs and going through a rough patch and comparing myself to another couple that seems perfect.”
January 2025
News broke it Baena died at the age of 47. The cause of death was not immediately released, and Plaza did not issue a statement.