All About Kevin Smith's Daughter Harley Quinn Smith

Mar. 15, 2025

Kevin Smith and daughter Harley Quinn Smith in 2019.Photo:Paul Butterfield/Getty

Paul Butterfield/Getty

Kevin Smith’s only daughter followed in her father’s footsteps at a young age.

“I’m very happy for her,” the proud father toldE! Onlineof Harley’s acting success on the show, which aired from 2021 to 2023. “I mean to see somebody get financial independence is great, but also to see her get creatively inspired when the show ended, she was just crying. So when you see your kids swept up in the arts like that means everything, especially being an artsy fartsy kid myself.”

The father and daughter are also alike in many other ways. And while Harley has moved out of her parents’ home, she and her dad still see each other regularly.

Find out everything to know about Kevin Smith’s daughter, Harley Quinn Smith.

She was named after the famedBatmancharacter

Harley Quinn Smith.Harley Quinn/Smith Instagram

Harley Quinn/Smith Instagram

As a huge comic book fan, Kevin named his only child after the iconicBatmanvillain. As an adult, Harley has spoken about people assuming that it is a stage name, especially after the DC filmSuicide Squadpremiered in 2016. In fact, she met the actress who portrayed Harley Quinn in the franchise,Margot Robbie.

Kevin recalled onThe Ankler Hot Seat Podcastin 2022 that he was invited to the movie’s premiere and brought his daughter as his date. Harley begged her dad to introduce her to Robbie, and the pair met and had a “cute conversation,” Kevin said.

Years later, in 2019, Harley appeared inOnce Upon a Time in Hollywoodalongside Robbie, who starred as Sharon Tate — and theBarbieactress recalled their previous meeting.

“Margot says, without missing a beat, ‘Oh, the real Harley Quinn!’ And my kid like, could not f—— believe that she remembered,” Kevin said on the podcast. “[Margot] was like, ‘We met at the premiere’ — really, that’s a class act right there."

She is in a punk band

Harley is a singer and bass player for the bandThe Tenth. The group describes themselves as a “bubblegum punk band.” Taylor Blackwell is the other frontwoman who sings and plays guitar, in addition to Eden Hain on guitar and Kelly Cruz on drums.

She worked alongside her father numerous times

Kevin Smith and daughter Harley Quinn Smith attend the Los Angeles World Premiere of Marvel Studios' ‘Avengers: Endgame’ at the Los Angeles Convention Center on April 23, 2019 in Los Angeles.Jesse Grant/Getty

She is a vegan

Harleygravitated toward veganismand led her father to the diet after he suffered a massive heart attack in 2018.

“That wasn’t so much advice as it was, ‘You have to do this,’ ” she told PEOPLE in 2019.“I didn’t really give him a choice. There was no way that was not going to happen.”

“Going vegan isn’t hard, but it’s definitely something you have to get used to, being super aware,” Harley added of the lifestyle change. “I’ve helped him through it, I’ve held his hand. It’s much easier to go through it when you have somebody.”

She hosts a podcast with her dad

Kevin Smith and daughter Harley Quinn Smith speak at AOL Build Presents Kevin Smith and Harley Quinn Smith Discussing Their Film, “Yoga Hosers” on August 25, 2016 in New York City.Monica Schipper/WireImage

Monica Schipper/WireImage

Harley and Kevin launched their own podcast together in June 2020, calledVegan Abattoir. Their goal is to provide plant-based answers to questions from “a meat-eating and dairy-drinking audience.”

“When I went vegan, my best friend went vegan right before me, so she held my hand, and now I’m holding my dad’s hand for it,” Harley told PEOPLE of the diet change. “I’m really happy I get to be there for him for this.”

Meanwhile, Kevin said he “never imagined” he would go vegan, especially as he’s not big on fruits and vegetables.

She acknowledged her privilege

Kevin Smith and daughter Harley Quinn Smith in a family photo.Harley Quinn/Instagram

Harley Quinn/Instagram

Not many children can say that they acted in an A-list movie as a toddler. Harley knows that some of her roles were because of her famous father and has been keen to carve her own path in the industry.

“I was given a movie for my first job, and that just doesn’t happen,” she toldVanity Fairin 2016. “I was working with my family, my best friends and this cast of actors who I’ve looked up to for a very long time."

“Because of that, I’m constantly working hard and pushing myself out of my comfort zone to prove that I can and will work just as diligently as anyone else,” Harley continued. “I grind twice as hard because my dad is a director and I need to show everybody that I can act, and that even though I got here through him I intend on staying put.”

source: people.com