section_path: Personal life/Relationships
section_name: Relationships
paragraph_text: Relationships
  
  Plaza has stated that she falls in love with both women and men. She met and started dating actor Michael Cera when they were filming Scott Pilgrim vs. the World; during their 18-month relationship, Plaza and Cera almost got married as a joke while driving through Las Vegas. Cera explained that "the idea was to then get a divorce right away, so we could call each other 'my ex-husband' and 'my ex-wife' at like 20."
  
  She met writer and director Jeff Baena at a game night in 2011, and they began a relationship. The couple were frequent creative collaborators, with Plaza starring in four of Baena's films. He proposed to her at a site related to the Basque witch trials in Zugarramurdi, before they spontaneously got married in 2021. Deciding to wed on their tenth anniversary together to celebrate, they had a small ceremony in their backyard. They quietly separated in September 2024 after experiencing marital difficulties, and Plaza moved to New York but remained in frequent contact with Baena. On January 3, 2025, Baena was found dead; the cause of death was suicide. Plaza pulled out of presenting at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards (held on January 5) before hosting part of the Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special on February 16, during which she paid tribute to Baena by wearing a tie-dye shirt like the ones they wore for their wedding.
  
  Plaza has stated that she falls in love with both women and men. She met and started dating actor Michael Cera when they were filming Scott Pilgrim vs. the World; during their 18-month relationship, Plaza and Cera almost got married as a joke while driving through Las Vegas. Cera explained that "the idea was to then get a divorce right away, so we could call each other 'my ex-husband' and 'my ex-wife' at like 20."
  
  She met writer and director Jeff Baena at a game night in 2011, and they began a relationship. The couple were frequent creative collaborators, with Plaza starring in four of Baena's films. He proposed to her at a site related to the Basque witch trials in Zugarramurdi, before they spontaneously got married in 2021. Deciding to wed on their tenth anniversary together to celebrate, they had a small ceremony in their backyard. They quietly separated in September 2024 after experiencing marital difficulties, and Plaza moved to New York but remained in frequent contact with Baena. On January 3, 2025, Baena was found dead; the cause of death was suicide. Plaza pulled out of presenting at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards (held on January 5) before hosting part of the Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special on February 16, during which she paid tribute to Baena by wearing a tie-dye shirt like the ones they wore for their wedding.