Meet Jerry Seinfeld’s supportive family, from his wife to his kids: cookbook author Jessica, Sascha, Julian and Shepherd joined the Seinfeld alum at his Unfrosted premiere – so who are they?
The family are rarely seen together in public. The 70-year-old comedian has been married to his wife Jessica Seinfeld since 1999, and they share three children together: sons Julian, 21, and Shepherd, 18, and daughter Sascha, 23, per People.
“You don’t want to think about that this is a really big, important job. Like, the pilot never wants to come on the PA system and go, ‘I’m going to try and get this plane in the air.’ You have to be confident,” he told People at the premiere.
Here’s everything we know about his supportive family.
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Who are Jerry Seinfeld’s parents?
Seinfeld was born to his parents Kálmán and Betty Seinfeld in 1954. Per his interview on Time, he described his parents as loving, “but not interested in a good way”.
“They were loners,” he said. “They kind of raised us in a very hands-off way. I said, ‘I want to be a comedian.’ They said, ‘Oh, well, we look forward to hearing about it.’”
Seinfeld has an older sister, Carolyn Liebling, who has remained very low-key over the years.
Who is Jerry Seinfeld’s fashionable wife?
Per The New York Times, Jerry met his then future wife Jessica, 52, at a Reebok gym in New York City in 1998, and they tied the knot one year later. According to the same source, Jessica had been married to theatrical producer Eric Nederlander for two months at the time, but she said their romance had been “irreparably broken”.
Jessica is known for her work with food, and has written five cookbooks and runs a blog, jessicaseinfeld.com, per Cosmopolitan.
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Who are Jerry Seinfeld’s kids?
Jerry has three kids. In a previous interview with Parents in 2020, Jessica said, “He wasn’t immediately pushing strollers and carrying babies. He jokes that it took him a good 10 years to warm up.”
“Jerry’s strength is now, with our three teenagers,” she added. “He’s patient with them. Where I am weaker, he is stronger, and we complement each other. I wouldn’t change anything.”
1. Sascha, 23
The Seinfelds welcomed their first child, Sascha, on November 7, 2000. According to People, celebs like George Stephanopoulos and Andy Cohen attended her bat mitzvah. Per the same article, she graduated from Duke University in 2023, and once helped write a sketch for an episode of Inside Amy Schumer.
2. Julian, 21
Jerry and Jessica’s first son was born on March 1, 2003. Per the same source, he is currently studying sociology at Duke University, the same institution that his sister graduated from.
3. Shepherd, 18
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When did Jerry Seinfeld date a 17-year-old?
On another note …
One of the most-searched questions around Seinfeld still happens to be his controversial former relationship with a teenager, once upon a time. As reported by Far Out Magazine, the Seinfeld actor once dated a 17-year-old when he was 38 in the early 1990s. According to the source, her name was Shoshanna Lonstein and they dated for four years.
“I didn’t realise she was so young,” he said on The Howard Stern Show, around the time she turned 18, writes the source. “This is the only girl I ever went out with who was that young. I wasn’t dating her. We just went to a restaurant, and that was it.”
- Jerry Seinfeld was joined by his entire family – his wife Jessica and 3 kids, Sascha, Julian and Shepherd – at the premiere of his new comedy film Unfrosted on April 30
- The comedian met his then future wife Jessica at a Reebok gym in New York City in 1998, and they tied the knot a year later – but did you know he once controversially dated a 17-year-old when he was 38?