Teresa Giudice and Joe Giudice’s eldest daughter, Gia Giudice, has grown up before Bravo fans’ eyes.
Gia was 8 years old when Real Housewives of New Jersey, which also featured her sisters Gabriella (born 2004) and Milania (2005), filmed season 1. At the first reunion, fans learned Teresa was pregnant with her fourth baby girl. Teresa gave birth to daughter Audriana in September 2009.
When Gia was 13, her parents pleaded guilty to several counts of fraud. Teresa served 11 months in jail and was released in December 2015. After she came home, Joe served his three-year sentence. Following his 2019 release, Joe was deported to his native Italy and has since permanently relocated to the Bahamas.
While Joe and Teresa continued to live separate lives, Gia went on to study criminal justice at Rutgers University after her family experienced several legal issues of their own.
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In April 2025, Bravo announced that Gia would appear on a new show titled Next Gen NYC with several other kids from the Real Housewives, including Kim Zolciak’s daughter Ariana Biermann and Kandi Burruss’ daughter Riley Burruss.
Keep scrolling to learn more about Gia’s life through the years:
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Pre-‘RHONJ’
Gia was born in 2001, eight years before Bravo cameras started following her family.
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2009
RHONJ premiered in May 2009.
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2011
The Giudice-Gorga family drama was front and center on RHONJ for several seasons after Melissa and Joe joined the cast for season 3.
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2012
Teresa often brought Gia to red carpets as the success of RHONJ continued.
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2013
Gia has embraced the spotlight, even launching her own girl band for a brief period of time called 3KT.
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2016
Viewers watched Gia step up and help her dad with her sisters during Teresa’s stint in prison in 2015. In March 2016, Joe began his 41-month sentence.
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2017
Gia turned 16 in 2017.
