The 2026 Tony Awards will probably be one to recollect for Aubrey Plaza and Christopher Abbott.
Strolling the crimson carpet previous to the ceremony, Plaza and Abbott posed for photographs at Radio Metropolis Music Corridor in New York Metropolis. The couple was all smiles, carrying matching black-and-white seems to be, with Plaza displaying off her child bump. Sunday’s look marked their first crimson carpet arrival since People exclusively reported in April that the pair had been anticipating their first youngster.
Plaza supported Abbott as he was nominated for greatest actor in a featured position in a play for Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. Sadly, Abbott misplaced the award to Alden Ehrenreich (Becky Shaw). The Tony nomination was Abbott’s first, and his different fellow nominees included Danny Burstein (Marjorie Prime), Brandon J. Dirden (Ready for Godot), Ruben Santiago-Hudson (August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone) and Richard Thomas (The Balusters). His co-star, Laurie Metcalf, received for greatest actress.
Whereas it’s unclear when The White Lotus actress and Women star started relationship, the pair beforehand labored collectively, co-starring within the 2020 movie Black Bear, in addition to within the off-Broadway revival of Danny and the Deep Blue Sea from October 2023 to January 2024.
Plaza made uncommon feedback about her being pregnant throughout the SmartLess podcast in April, with hosts Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes.
The Parks and Recreation star stated of motherhood: “Well, there’s a baby inside of me. I’ve always wanted to see what that’s all about, you know? It just seems so interesting, that whole thing.”
Plaza’s husband and screenwriter Jeff Baena died by suicide in January 2025. The couple reportedly had been separated since September 2024.
Discover a complete list of Tony Award winners here and the entire stars who walked the red carpet here.
Plaza and Abbott on the Tonys carpet.
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