Director Jeff Baena, Aubrey Plaza’s Husband, Dead at 47

The Hollywood community has lost a beloved member.

Director Jeff Baena, the husband of actress Aubrey Plaza, died on Jan. 3 at the age of 47, according to Los Angeles medical examiner records, viewed by E! News.

Additional details on Baena’s death have not yet been confirmed by authorities. 

Baena, a graduate of New York University’s film school, frequently collaborated with Plaza. Indeed, he directed the 2014 film Life After Beth, which Plaza starred in. He also wrote and directed 2022’s Spin Me Round, which Plaza appeared in alongside Alison Brie.

And although Plaza and Baena—who met in 2011—kept much of their relationship private, she did share a few major updates over the years. In fact, it was while working on Spin Me Round in May 2021 that Plaza confirmed they got married.

“So proud of my darling husband @jeffbaena,” she wrote on Instagram at the time, “for dreaming up another film that takes us to italia to cause some more trouble.”