Aubrey Plaza’s husband, Jeff Baena, has died at the age of 47

Aubrey Plazahusband, director Jeff Brothersdied at the age of 47, according to the medical examiner records viewed Us Weekly.

The circumstances of Baena’s death are still unknown Deadline. Records show the case status is listed as “open” with an exam scheduled. us reached out for further comment.

Baena is survived by 40-year-old Plaza, who he got married in 2020. They initially started dating in 2011 and often kept their relationship under wraps.

“She is wonderful. I would work with her if she wasn’t my wife, but luckily she is my wife,” Baena said. Talker reel in August 2022 “The opportunity to do something creative (together) where we’re both fulfilled — how rare is that?”

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Aubrey Plaza and Jeff Baena 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. The Plaza director and Horse Girl have collaborated on films including Life After Beth and Joshi in 2016 and (…)

Baena was best known for his work on Life After Beth, Joshy, The Little Hours, Horse Girl, Spin Me Round and I Heart Huckabees. (Life After Beth Small hours and Spin me was a professional collaboration with Plaza.)

After ten years together, Plaza and Baena tied the knot.

“One night we got bored,” Plaza recalls The Ellen DeGeneres Show in December 2021 “We got married and I’ll tell you how: Onehourmarriage.com. It’s real, look.”

She added: “I very quickly created an altar of love in our yard. The facts of our love, pebbles, smoke, fire. Such things. Then the man from Alhambra appeared. I don’t remember much, it was vague. But I’m pretty sure it was legal.’

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Plaza’s marriage even led to her role on HBO White Lotus Season 2in which her character, Harper, was also in a long-term relationship.

“That character is me,” she quipped GQ in 2022. “It’s probably the first project I’ve ever done and I’m like, wow, this is really close to home. … I have no children. My husband and I have been together for 12 years. My attitude is that there are ups and downs in a relationship and I go through a rough patch and compare myself to another couple that seems perfect.’

Baena saw firsthand how Plaza was turning into Harper.

“I went to visit Aubrey. She was shooting White Lotus a couple of weeks ago,” he said Digital trends in the same year. “I’ve been to Sicily before, but I still went to Cefalù, where I’d never been before, and it blew me away. The Amalfi Coast is incredible. We went to Puglia, a place I had never been before. It’s insanely beautiful. People are so nice to me. This is how it happened to me, they say, this is the place. I’m just drawn to it.”

Plaza has not publicly addressed Baena’s death.