Robert De Niro's 14-year-old daughter, Helen Hightower DeNiro, has secured a role in a major film directed by John Hamburg, the filmmaker behind the upcoming fourth installment of the Meet the Parents franchise, TMZ has exclusively learned.
According to a contract obtained by TMZ, Helen's parents—Robert and his ex-wife Grace Hightower—signed on her behalf on August 14, 2025. The paperwork lists the project under the tentative title "Lazarus," which may be a production code name. All indications suggest that this is actually the highly anticipated Focker-In-Law, which stars Ariana Grande alongside the original cast and is slated for a November 2026 release.
Under the terms of the contract, Helen's start date was September 26, 2025, and she was paid a daily rate of $1,246.