How many children does Steven Spielberg have? All we know about his kids as stepdaughter reveals he cut her out of his films

Steven Spielberg, 78, is a stepfather to the Grey's Anatomy actor Jessica Capshaw. In a recent episode of the Call It What It Is podcast, she made a surprising revelation about her stepdad.

While speaking with co-host Camilla Luddington, she disclosed how Steven Spielberg has cut her out of many films. According to a Newsweek report, he is impartial in his professional field.

She shared,

"You have no idea how many Spielberg movies I've been cut out of."

She even said that her scenes were cut from Schindler's List.

Oscar-winning Steven Spielberg is a proud father of seven kids. Though he spent years and raised a big family, experiencing fatherhood was not his first plan. However, the E.T. film changed his idea. In a conversation with Vanity Fair, he shared,

"I didn't want to have kids because it was not a kind of equation that made sense for me as I went from movie to movie to movie, script to script. It never occurred to me till halfway through E.T.: I was a parent on that film. I was literally feeling like I was very protective of Henry [Thomas] and Mike [McNaughton] and my whole cast, and especially Drew [Barrymore], who was only 6 years old. And I started thinking, ‘Well, maybe this could be my real life someday."

As per a Parade report, he further continued,

"It was the first time that it occurred to me that maybe I could be a dad. And maybe in a way, a director is a dad or a mom."

Here's all we know about Steven Spielberg's children

In 1985, Steven Spielberg married Amy Irving, and they welcomed a son, Max Samuel Spielberg, on June 13, 1985. Later in 1989, they got divorced.

On October 12, 1991, Steven Spielberg married actress Kate Capshaw, and they raised a big family together. Jessica Capshaw is Kate Capshaw’s daughter from her previous marriage. Kate also adopted Theo Spielberg later. The couple also adopted a daughter, Mikaela George Spielberg. They are biological parents to daughters Sasha Spielberg and Destry Allyn Spielberg and son Sawyer Avery Spielberg.

Born on August 9, 1976, in Columbia, Jessica Capshaw is Robert Bob Capshaw and Kate's daughter. According to a People Magazine report, she relocated to Los Angeles with her mother after her biological parents' divorce.

Jessica and her mother eventually relocated to Los Angeles following the divorce of her parents, where she completed her high school education at Harvard-Westlake. She attended Harvard-Westlake High School and Brown University, and during her studies, she pursued her passion for acting.

Though her debut was The Locusts, the audience got to know and love her after she was cast for Grey's Anatomy. She was a part of the drama series from 2009 to 2018 and played the role of Arizona Robbins. On May 22, 2004, Jessica married Christopher Gavigan, and they have four kids.

As for Steven Spielberg's eldest son, Max—like his parents, he is associated with the film industry, but his crafts cater to different needs in the creative world. According to IMDb, he was a graphic designer for Assassin's Creed: Unity and Battlefield. He was the director and producer of Snap Shot. In 2014, Max married vlogger Valerie LaChance.

In 1988, Kate Capshaw adopted Theo. After tying the knot with Steven Spielberg three years later, the director adopted him, too. He studied at Yale University and explored the musical field professionally. He started Wardell with Sasha Spielberg. According to Wikipedia, he is a drummer, backing vocalist, guitarist, and pianist. Per a Page Six report, he worked as a production assistant for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Kate gave birth to her daughter, Sasha, on May 14, 1990. Like her family, she too got into acting and worked on multiple projects. In a 2018 conversation with Rolling Stone, she shared,

"A lot of the movies that I played tiny roles in stemmed from me auditioning for a bigger role in the movie, and then the director being like, 'OK, you're not right for this role, but I kind of want to still put you in the movie.'"

Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw welcomed their son Sawyer in March 1992. Inspired by his family, he too has followed in their footsteps to enter the creative world. In 2021, he made his grand debut with Honeydew.

The couple adopted a daughter, Mikaela. She made a surprising announcement in February 2020, stating that she had joined the adult entertainment industry. Over the years, she used different platforms to express her thoughts on her mental health struggles.

In a conversation with The Sun, she shared,

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"I came out of there worst [sic] than I was going in — with more anxiety and more attachment issues, more depression and more hatred from my body. I actually developed an eating disorder while I was living there. It's not my parents' fault. They couldn't have known."

Born on December 1, 1996, she is an actress and a filmmaker. Though she was passionate about being an equestrian, later she joined the entertainment field, like her parents. At 19, she worked with DT Model Management as a model, too. She worked as the director of multiple films, such as Rosie and Let Me Go. Destry got engaged to actor Genc Legrand in July 2020.

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