Aubrey Plaza made a glowing appearance at the 2026 Tony Awards ceremony, cradling her baby bump alongside her partner, Chris Abbott, on Sunday in New York City. The actress, 41, and Abbott, 40, stepped out in coordinating black looks, with Plaza wearing a floor-length black column dress with white pinstripes. She kept her hair down and her accessories minimal as the duo posed for photos. Abbott complemented her in a black velvet jacket, white shirt, black tie, and black pants.
Aubrey Plaza and Chris Abbott’s pregnancy news
PEOPLE broke the news that the couple was expecting their first child together in April. Plaza spoke publicly about the pregnancy for the first time on the ‘SmartLess’ podcast while chatting with hosts Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, and Sean Hayes. “Well, there’s a baby inside of me,” the ‘Parks and Recreation’ star shared, adding of motherhood, “I’ve always wanted, I’ve always wanted, I’ve always wanted to see what that’s all about, you know? It just seems so interesting, that whole thing.“Abbott first addressed the news while being interviewed alongside his ‘Death of a Salesman’ co-star Nathan Lane. When asked if he could be congratulated, Abbott smiled and replied, “You can,” before joking when the pregnancy was clarified, “I thought you meant for my Tony nom.” He then acknowledged he had a lot to celebrate lately, adding, “It’s too much. That’s very nice. Thank you very much, it’s very exciting.”
Chris Abbott’s Tony nomination and ‘Death of a Salesman’
Abbott was nominated at this year’s ceremony for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play for his role as Biff Loman in the revival of Arthur Miller’s ‘Death of a Salesman’. The production earned nine Tony Award nominations in total. The couple stepped out together in April at the opening night of the show, marking one of their first public appearances since the pregnancy news broke.
Aubrey Plaza and Chris Abbott’s relationship and collaborations
Plaza and Abbott had previously collaborated on the off-Broadway revival of ‘Danny and the Deep Blue Sea’ and the 2020 film ‘Black Bear’.
