Celebrity Children We Didn’t Know Were LGBTQ

Airyn De Niro was born in 1995 to Robert De Niro and model Toukie Smith. She and her twin brother, Julian, were welcomed via surrogate and grew up connected to one of Hollywood’s most famous acting families. Unlike her father, Airyn spent much of her early life outside the spotlight.

In 2025, Airyn publicly came out as a transgender woman in an interview with Them. She said that seeing other trans women be open about their lives helped her speak publicly about her own identity. The interview also addressed her relationship with fame, privacy, and finding her own path apart from her father’s career.