Robert De Niro and Tiffany Chen Have Date Night atMegalopolisPremiere in New York City

Mar. 15, 2025

Robert De Niro on Sept. 23, 2024.Photo:Marion Curtis/Starpix for Lionsgate/Shutterstock

Marion Curtis/Starpix for Lionsgate/Shutterstock

Robert De NiroandTiffany Chenare supporting their friend’s new movie.

On Monday, Sept. 23, De Niro, 81, and his partner Chen attended a special screening ofFrancis Ford Coppola’s new movieMegalopolisin New York City. The couple, who share one-year-old daughterGia, smiled and held hands as they walked the red carpet for the movie’s premiere.

While De Niro does not star inMegalopolis, his friendship with filmmaker Coppola, 85, dates back to the pair’s collaboration together on 1974’sThe Godfather Part II, in which De Niro famously played a younger version of Marlon Brando’sGodfathercharacter.

De Niro, Coppola and Spike Lee appeared for a short question-and-answer session prior to Monday’s screening of Coppola’s new movie, which starsAdam Driver,Aubrey Plaza,Giancarlo Esposito,Laurence Fishburne,Jon Voight,Grace VanderWaal,Shia LaBeoufandDustin Hoffmanin an ensemble cast.

Tiffany Chen and Robert De Niro on Sept. 23, 2024.Guerin Charles/ABACA/Shutterstock

Guerin Charles/ABACA/Shutterstock

De Niro and Chen’s date night at the premiere comes just over a month after De Niromarked his 81st birthdayon Aug. 17. The two-timeAcademy Awardwinner and Chen first met in 2015 on the set of his movieThe Intern, but they were not publicly romantically linked until August 2021, when they were seenvacationing togetherin France.

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De Niro and Chen share one daughter,Gia Virginia Chen De Niro, whom they welcomed on April 6, 2023. TheKillers of the Flower Moonactor also has six older children. He and his first wifeDiahnne Abbottshare daughter Drena, 56, and son Raphael, 47. In 1995, he welcomed twin sons Julian and Aaron, 28, with his former girlfriend, model and actress Toukie Smith. He also shares son Elliot, 26, and daughter Helen Grace, 12, with his ex-wifeGrace Hightower.

Tiffany Chen and Robert De Niro on Sept. 23, 2024.Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock

Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock

Coppola’s new movieMegalopolispremiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May; it releases in theaters Sept. 27.

source: people.com