Actor Robert De Niro, 79, shares first photo of his new baby girl

Gia Virginia Chen-De Niro, daughter of American actor Robert De Niro and his rumoured girlfriend Tiffany Chen, was born on April 6. Photos: CBS Mornings/Twitter, Reuters

American actor Robert De Niro has revealed details about his new baby, after news broke earlier this week that he is a father again at age 79.

He told host Gayle King of CBS Mornings that his youngest child, his seventh, is a girl named Gia Virginia Chen-De Niro, a few days after promoting his new movie About My Father on the American news programme. She was born on April 6 and weighed 3.8kg.