What to know about Robert De Niro and his 7 kids
Robert De Niro is well known as a two-time Academy Award winner and current Oscar nominee, but to his seven kids, he is simply “dad.”
De Niro’s Oscar nomination this year for his role in “Killers of the Flower Moon” came less than a year after he welcomed his seventh child, a daughter named Gia, whom he shares with girlfriend Tiffany Chen.
De Niro was 79 when Gia was born last April.
Now 80, the actor has said being a parent later in life has been “great.”
“I’m an 80-year-old dad and it’s great,” he told AARP The Magazine in January. “Everything that I’m consumed with or worried about or this and that just goes away when I look at her. So that in itself, is, you know, wondrous.”
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Robert De Niro is well known as a two-time Academy Award winner and current Oscar nominee, but to his seven kids, he is simply “dad.”
De Niro’s Oscar nomination this year for his role in “Killers of the Flower Moon” came less than a year after he welcomed his seventh child, a daughter named Gia, whom he shares with girlfriend Tiffany Chen.
De Niro was 79 when Gia was born last April.
Now 80, the actor has said being a parent later in life has been “great.”
“I’m an 80-year-old dad and it’s great,” he told AARP The Magazine in January. “Everything that I’m consumed with or worried about or this and that just goes away when I look at her. So that in itself, is, you know, wondrous.”
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“I wanna be around for as long as I can to enjoy it, enjoy her,” he continued.
In addition to Gia, De Niro is also a father to six other children: Drena De Niro, 56, and Raphael De Niro, 47, whom he shares with ex-wife Diahnne Abbott; twin sons Julian De Niro and Aaron De Niro, 28, whom he shares with former girlfriend Toukie Smith; and Elliot De Niro, 25, and Helen Grace De Niro, 12, whom he shares with ex-wife Grace Hightower.
Get to know De Niro’s family below.
Born Sept. 3, 1967, Drena De Niro was adopted by Robert De Niro while he was married to his now ex-wife Abbott, and took his surname. Drena De Niro is Abbott’s daughter from a previous relationship.
After making her debut as a model at New York Fashion Week, she began to work with famed designers including Jean Paul Gaultier, Vivienne Westwood, Giorgio Armani and more. She briefly became a DJ after modeling and worked as a fashion consultant before getting into acting and producing.
In 2013, she and her former boyfriend Carlos Rodriguez welcomed their son Leandro De Niro Rodriguez. However, in 2023, Drena De Niro shared in an Instagram post that Leandro had died. The New York City Chief Medical Examiner’s office later ruled the 19-year-old’s death accidental, stating that he had died from the “toxic effects” of a combination of illicit drugs.
“I have loved you beyond words or description from the moment I felt you in my belly. You have been my joy my heart and all that was ever pure and real in my life,” Drena De Niro wrote on Instagram at the time. “I wish I was with you right now. I wish I was with you.”
Robert De Niro and his ex-wife Abbott welcomed son Raphael De Niro on Nov. 9, 1976. He made a career in real estate, working for the real estate firm Douglas Elliman in Manhattan.
Raphael De Niro wed Claudine De Matos in 2008. They share three kids. The couple eventually split in 2015, finalizing their divorce in 2020.
Raphael De Niro later married stylist Hannah Carnes in 2020.
