Aubrey Plaza put her baby bump on display for the first time on Wednesday.
The “White Lotus” actress, 41, showed off her pregnant belly while walking her dog in New York City in new photos obtained by Page Six.
Plaza dressed casually in a blue coat, a burgundy shirt, grey sweatpants, Nike sneakers and a pair of black sunglasses.
People broke the news on Tuesday that Plaza is expecting her first child with her partner, actor Christopher Abbott, and is due in the fall.
“It was a beautiful surprise after an emotional year,” a source told the outlet, referring to the death of Plaza’s husband, Jeff Baena, in January 2025.
“They feel very blessed,” the insider added.
Plaza hid her baby bump when she attended Paris Fashion Week last month.
The Emmy nominee wore a red Piqué polo collar dress and a white skirt as she sat front row at the Lacoste show on March 8.
It’s unclear when Plaza and Abbott became an official couple, but they’ve worked together multiple times including in the 2023-2024 off-Broadway revival of “Danny and the Deep Blue Sea” and in the 2020 movie “Black Bear.”
“He cares, but he also doesn’t care; it’s the best recipe for me for a scene partner,” Plaza said of Abbott during an interview with the New York Times in September 2023.
She added, “It’s fun, and it’s also good, and it’s also safe. I like to just throw things out the window, also laugh and mess around, and not take it so seriously. It’s a hard combo to come by.”
Abbott is famous for his breakout role as Charlie in Lena Dunham’s hit HBO show “Girls.”
His other notable projects include the USA Network series “The Sinner,” the Apple TV miniseries “The Crowded Room” and the Hulu show “Catch-22,” which earned him a Golden Globe nomination in 2019.
Plaza’s late husband, Baena, tragically died by suicide in January 2025. He was 47.
They got married in 2021, but separated four months before the director’s death.
Last August, Plaza opened up about her grief during her appearance on her former “Parks and Recreation” co-star Amy Poehler’s “Good Hang” podcast.
“Right in this very, very present moment, I feel happy to be with you,” she said. “Overall, I’m here and I’m functioning.”
Plaza compared her grief to “a giant ocean of just awfulness that’s just right there and I can see it.”
“Sometimes I just want to dive into it and be in it,” Plaza continued. “And sometimes I look at it and sometimes I just try to get away from it, but it’s always there.”
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