American actress Aubrey Plaza has said it is a “daily juggle” following the death of her estranged husband Jeff Baena at the start of this year.
The filmmaker died in January 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, with the cause of his death determined as hanging.
Aubrey released a statement with Jeff’s family when his death was confirmed in January but this marks the first time she has opened up about her grief. The Agatha All Along star wore a subtle tribute to her late spouse on her return to TV in February when she appeared on Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary show.
The star, who made her red carpet return at the Cannes Film Festival in May, discussed dealing with grief during an appearance on her Parks and Recreation co-star Amy Poehler’s podcast.
She said: “Right in this very, very present moment, I feel happy to be with you. Overall, I’m here and I’m functioning. I feel really grateful to be moving through the world. I think I’m ok, but it’s like a daily struggle, obviously”.
She told Amy’s Good Hang podcast that she compared her grief to the 2025 movie The Gorge, which stars Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy.
She said: “This is a really dumb analogy and it was kind of a joke at a certain point, but I actually mean it. Did you see that movie The Gorge? … In the movie, there’s a cliff on one side and there’s a cliff on the other side, then there’s a gorge in between and it’s filled with all these monster people that are trying to get them.
” I swear, when I watched it, I was like that feels like what my grief is like … or what grief could be like. At all times, there’s like a giant ocean of awfulness, that’s right there and I can see it.
“Sometimes, I just want to get right into it and just like be in it.” Then I occasionally just keep looking at it and occasionally retreat. However, it is always present.
According to a report from the Los Angeles County Coroner Investigator, Aubrey and Jeff broke up in September 2024. The couple got married ten years later after dating since they had been together since 2011.
After getting “a little bored one night” during the Covid pandemic, the actress revealed to The Ellen DeGeneres Show in December 2021 that they had decided to tie the knot. The Little Hours and the 2014 horror film Life After Beth were co-written by the two.
In the workplace comedy Parks and Recreation, where Poehler portrayed politician Leslie Knope, Aubrey is best known for her role as April. She is also renowned for her roles in Agatha All Along and The White Lotus, the second season of Marvel. She has also appeared in movies like Emily The Criminal, Megalopolis, My Old Ass, Ingrid Goes West, and Dirty Grandpa.
Baena also wrote the 2004 comedy I Heart Huckabees, starring Jude Law, Jason Schwartzman, Dustin Hoffman, and Mark Wahlberg, as well as the 2020 thriller Horse Girl, which stars Alison Brie, and the 2022 dark comedy Spin Me Round, both of which he also directed.
Additionally, he co-wrote the comedy anthology series Cinema Toast, which featured Alison Brie as the lead actress and Alison Brie as the lead actress.
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