Celebrity Parents Robert De Niro & Wife Welcome Baby Girl The actor and wife Grace are parents to Helen, born via a surrogate By Sara Hammel Sara Hammel Sara Hammel is a former writer/reporter at PEOPLE. She left PEOPLE in 2016. People Editorial Guidelines and Julie Jordan Julie Jordan Julie Jordan is an Editor at Large for PEOPLE. She has been with the brand for 25 years, writing cover stories and features and managing special issues including the Beautiful Issue and Sexiest Man Alive. People Editorial Guidelines Published on December 23, 2011 05:05PM EST Photo: Mark Von Holden/WireImage Robert De Niro and his wife, Grace Hightower De Niro, have welcomed a daughter, his rep tells PEOPLE. Helen Grace, born via surrogate, weighed in at 7 lbs., 2 oz. She is the second child for the couple, who first met back in 1987 in London and are already parents to son Elliot, 13. The Academy Award winning actor, 68, also has four other children: daughter Drena, 40, and son Raphael, 35, with former wife Diahnne Abbott, as well as 16-year-old twin sons Julian and Aaron, born via surrogate with ex-girlfriend Toukie Smith.