Heartbroken Aubrey Plaza issues statement after death of husband Jeff Baena at 47
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Actress Aubrey Plaza has issued a statement following the death of her husband, Jeff Baena. It was confirmed on Friday that the filmmaker had died at the age of 47, with the Los Angeles County medical examiner concluding he took his own life. The director and screenwriter was found at a home close to the Fern Dell Nature Trail near the Hollywood Hills, which he shared with Plaza.
![[SILVERLAKE, CA - MAY 21: Jeff Baena and Aubrey Plaza attend Lisa Edelstein's Birthday Party at Private Residence on May 21, 2016 in Silverlake, CA. (Photo by David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_235214740-7158.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Speaking out for the first time since the shocking news broke, Plaza and her family said: ‘This is an unimaginable tragedy. ‘We are deeply grateful to everyone who has offered support. ‘Please respect our privacy during this time.’. Baena worked with Plaza, 40, on the 2014 horror film Life After Beth and the 2017 historical comedy The Little Hours.
They got together romantically around 2011 and married a decade later. While they always remained a very private couple, the star told The Ellen DeGeneres Show in December 2021 that she and Baena ‘got a little bored one night’ during the Covid pandemic and decided to wed after celebrating their 10th anniversary.
![[Editorial use only. No book cover usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Duplass Brothers/Netflix/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock (10555640d) Jeff Baena Director 'Horse Girl' Film - 2020 A socially awkward woman with a fondness for arts and crafts, horses, and supernatural crime shows finds her increasingly lucid dreams trickling into her waking life.]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_234926734-744f.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
She added that after finding a wedding officiant online to perform the ceremony in their garden, she ‘created a very quick love altar in [their] yard’, and they tied the knot. Baena was known for writing the 2020 thriller Horse Girl, starring Alison Brie, and the 2022 dark comedy Spin Me Round, both of which he also directed.
