Aubrey Plaza, 42, seen for the FIRST TIME holding her newborn baby

Aubrey Plaza was spotted cradling her newborn baby in her first public sighting since giving birth. 

The actress, 42, sweetly held the little one against her chest as she stepped out with her family in New York City on Sunday. The newborn is the first child for both Plaza and her boyfriend Christopher Abbott, 40.

For the warm summer day outing, she wore a black tank top and sunglᴀsses, putting on a casual display as she brought their baby out to Manhattan.

Plaza was spotted arriving at the Winter Garden Theatre to support her boyfriend at his final performance of the Broadway revival, Death of a Salesman.

She was last pictured with her baby bump two weeks prior while enjoying a walk in New York City on Sunday, July 26. The White Lotus star first confirmed her pregnancy in April. 

The Daily Mail has reached out to Plaza’s reps for comment. 

Aubrey Plaza, 42, was spotted cradling her newborn baby on Sunday as she made her first public sighting since giving birth to her first child

She was seen sweetly holding her baby to her chest as she stepped out with her family in New York City just shortly after giving birth

She revealed she was expecting her first child with her boyfriend Christopher Abbott, 40, in April; pictured in June

In the days since she welcomed her baby, she dressed for comfort, wearing baggy jeans and black, slip-on sneakers.

Aubrey Plaza embraces her baby bump as she bares her blossoming midsection

Plaza had a smile on her face and was a doting new mom as she attentively watched a family member, who also took turns holding her baby.

The Parks and Recreation alum showed off her natural beauty and radiant glow as she stepped out sans makeup and with her dark tresses pulled back in carefree, high ponytail. 

In April, she opened up about becoming a first-time mother, more than a year after becoming estranged from her late husband, Jeff Baena. 

Baena died by suicide in January 2025. Plaza and the screenwriter had been separated since September 2024, an LA County Medical Examiner’s autopsy report obtained by DailyMail.com revealed. 

Plaza and Abbott were first romantically linked in July 2025, several months after her late husband’s death. 

When asked if she was ‘excited’ about taking on motherhood on The View in April, she gushed: ‘I am. Yeah, I’ve always wanted to see what that’s all about, you know?’ 

People first confirmed Plaza was pregnant with her first child in April and said she was due to give birth in the fall.  

With her newborn baby in tow, she was spotted arriving at the Winter Garden Theatre to support her boyfriend at his final performance of the Broadway revival, Death of a Salesman

Plaza had a smile on her face and was a doting, new mom as she attentively watched a family member, who also took turns holding her baby

The Parks and Recreation alum showed off her natural beauty and radiant glow as she stepped out sans makeup and with her dark tresses pulled back in carefree, high ponytail

In the days since she welcomed her baby, she dressed for comfort, wearing baggy jeans and black, slip-on sneakers

For the warm summer day outing, she wore a black tank top and sunglᴀsses, putting on a casual display as she brought her baby out in Manhattan

‘It was a beautiful surprise after an emotional year,’ a source told the publication at the time. 

The couple, who previously starred on Broadway together before falling in love, were said to be feeling ‘very blessed.’

During an appearance on the SmartLess podcast in April, Plaza opened up about impending motherhood. 

‘There’s a baby inside of me right now. Yes, it’s true… I know it’s shocking isn’t it,’ she said.

Plaza also revealed she’s now living in New York and plans to raise her baby on the East Coast: 

‘I’m back in New York … Yeah … [it’s not] totally thought through but East Coast for sure. My family is in Philadelphia and Delaware mainly… One of the reasons I came back here was for that so I could get on a train and go home.’

Plaza’s partner Abbott is best known for playing the on-off boyfriend of Allison Williams’s character Marnie on Lena Dunham’s influential HBO comedy Girls. 

Plaza and Abbott worked together in 2019 on the indie psychological drama Black Bear, in which both actors played dual roles as actors and directors trying to shoot a film in an eerie, isolated lake house. 

The low-budget thriller premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2020 to critical acclaim, with several reviewers singling it out as one of Plaza’s best performances to date. 

Plaza and the father of her baby, Abott, met as costars on the set of Black Bear in 2019, collaborated again in 2023 and started dating in 2025; pictured in November 2023

They were friends for many years before their relationship turned romantic. After just months of dating, they announced their baby news in April; pictured in January 2020

Her baby news comes nearly two years after she and her late husband, Jeff Baena, separated in September 2024. Baena died by suicide in January 2025; pictured in May 2016

In 2023, the pair collaborated together again — this time on stage — in the Off Broadway revival of John Patrick Shanley’s play Danny And The Deep Blue Sea, which ran until January 2024. 

Prior to revealing her pregnancy, Plaza had managed to keep her relationship with Abbott under the radar. 

According to DeuxMoi, a source had spotted Plaza and Abbott looking affectionate at Chatham Berry Farm in upstate New York last June, some five months after the death of Plaza’s estranged husband. 

Earlier this year, the couple made their red carpet debut at the Tony Awards in June after about a year of dating.