Robert De Niro looked like he was in seventh heaven in a sweet new photo of himself with his baby daughter Gia.
In a new photo taken at home, the 80-year-old acting legend cuddled up to her adorable 10-month-old daughter.
The “Taxi Driver” star even realized that he saw “a lot of similarity” between his youngest daughter and himself when he was her age, he told People on Wednesday.
The connection was undeniable when compared to photos of him as a small child with his father, the abstract expressionist painter Robert De Niro Sr., whom he would later be a spitting image of.
Apparently he didn't miss out on spending some quality family time with the child he shares with his partner Tiffany Chen, 45.
Robert De Niro looked like he was in seventh heaven in a sweet new photo of himself with his baby daughter Gia. In a new photo taken at home, the 80-year-old acting legend cuddled up to her adorable 10-month-old daughter
He shares Gia with his partner Tiffany Chen, 45. The couple keeps a low profile and only made their public debut in 2021; seen on January 4th in Palm Springs, California.
And despite some critics criticizing De Niro and other old dads like his friend Al Pacino for having children so late in life, the Goodfellas actor chose to revel in the “joy” that brought him his Daughter prepares.
“She is such an adorable baby. “So cute,” he said of the sweet tot. '[When I] Look at her, everything else disappears. So it is a great joy and relief to be with her at this moment.”
He added that his other children “all enjoy her.”
“Even the grandchildren.” She is their aunt – [and] They're about to be teenagers!' he joked.
After splitting from his second wife Grace Hightower in 2018, De Niro moved on with his current love, Tiffany.
The two had met years earlier in 2015 when Chen, a martial arts instructor, was filming a small role for his comedy The Intern, which starred Anne Hathaway.
However, it wasn't until 2021 that Robert and Tiffany were seen together in public.
The couple remained remarkably private and said almost nothing about their relationship, perhaps hoping to avoid the publicity that accompanied their recent divorce.
In fact, when he announced he had welcomed his new daughter in May last year, he didn't even reveal who her mother was.
De Niro wasn't even the first to reveal Gia's mother; Instead, it was his About My Father co-star Kim Cattrall who revealed the truth in an interview.
Despite their secretive nature, things seem to be going well between the casino star and his latest love, who is regularly by his side at film festivals and high-profile public events.
The “Taxi Driver” star realized he saw “a lot of similarity” between his youngest daughter and himself when he was her age, he told People on Wednesday; pictured with his father, Robert De Niro Sr.
He and Chen met in 2015 when Chen, a martial arts instructor, had a small role in his comedy The Intern; seen in May 2023 in Cap d'Antibes, France
De Niro now has seven children. His eldest daughter Drena, whom he adopted from his first wife Diahnne Abbott's previous marriage, is old enough to be Gia's grandmother at 52; Seen in 2016
He and Abbott later welcomed 47-year-old son Raphael, who became a successful real estate agent; pictured with his second wife Grace Hightower in NYC in 2004
De Niro has twins Julian and Aaron, 28, with girlfriend Toukie Smith, and he and Hightower later welcomed their son Elliot, 25, and daughter Helen Grace, 12 (pictured in 2019).
Gia is the seventh child of De Niro, whose eldest daughter Drena is old enough to be Gia's grandmother.
Drena, 52, was born in 1971 and is the eldest child of the actor's first wife, Diahnne Abbott, and her former husband. However, De Niro adopted her when he married Abbott in 1976.
De Niro's family suffered tragedy when his daughter-turned-model-turned-film producer's son Leandro died of an accidental overdose in 2023 at just 19 years old.
Later, Robert and his wife Diahnne welcomed their son Raphael, 47, who has become a successful real estate agent and given his parents three grandchildren.
After his divorce from Abbott in 1988, De Niro began dating Toukie Smith that same year, and in 1995 they welcomed twin sons Julian and Aaron, 28.
Julian was the public face of the Sons, making a name for himself as an actor in recent years, but Aaron was far more private and little is known about him.
De Niro married his second wife Grace Hightower in 1997 and the following year they had their 25-year-old son Elliot, who the actor later revealed had autism.
Before baby Gia was born, De Niro's youngest daughter was 12-year-old Helen Grace, whom he and Hightower welcomed as a surrogate in 2011.
He told People that he thought Helen bore a particularly strong resemblance to him as a child.
De Niro is doing his best to remain an active father, and he doesn't seem to be slowing down when it comes to acting.
His recent reunion with longtime collaborator Martin Scorsese for Killers Of The Flower Moon earned the film star an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
Just as De Niro hasn't slowed down with his family, he's staying busy after gaining recognition for his role in Martin Scorsese's Killers Of The Flower Moon
De Niro received an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor for playing a corrupt cattle baron who plans to murder members of the Osage Nation to steal their oil money. pictured with Leonardo DiCaprio
The film, based on the non-fiction book of the same name, tells of a crime series in the 1920s and 1930s in which numerous members of the Osage Nation were murdered.
The tribe had discovered oil on land it had been pushed onto by white settlers decades earlier, making its members excessively wealthy, but their white neighbors then launched a campaign to marry the Osage before murdering them to inherit their wealth.
Other tribal members were placed under corrupt guardianships so that the whites who oversaw their finances could profit from them.
De Niro plays cattle baron William King Hale, who is one of the masterminds of the criminal conspiracy.