She is an actress, an activist, and a model in her own right, and her troubled relationship with Johnny Depp has garnered widespread attention.
While Amber Heard’s rocky relationship with Johnny Depp has garnered attention, the 36-year-old actress and model is also an actor, activist, and model in her own right.
The two are currently locked in a court battle, with Depp suing Heard for $50 million (£38.2 million) in damages after she implied that he assaulted her in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed.
The following is an in-depth look into the life and career of Amber Heard, including her early years, film and television appearances, and everything else in between.
Her Dating History
Heard was in a relationship with photographer Tasya van Ree from 2008 through 2012, and he came out as bisexual in 2010.
Heard and Depp are rumoured to have begun dating in 2012, according to reports. According to legend, the two met on the set of The Rum Diary. The couple got engaged in 2014 and were married in 2015, with Heard filing for divorce five months later in the following year.
In 2016, it was reported that Heard had a relationship with actress and model Cara Delevigne. The allegations that Heard had an affair with Delevigne throughout her marriage to Depp were never substantiated, but Depp’s friend Josh Drew reportedly stated in 2019 deposition – in preparation for the current defamation claim – that Heard had an affair with Delevigne throughout her marriage to him.
Heard is rumoured to have had an on-and-off relationship with billionaire Elon Musk between 2016 and 2018. Depp was suspicious that Heard and Musk were having an affair, and during his case against The Sun, text conversations between Heard and Musk were read aloud in court by Depp’s attorneys.
Following that, she began dating art collector Vito Schnabel in 2018, and the two were together for less than a year before calling it quits.
Her most recent relationship was with filmmaker Bianca Butti, which lasted from 2020 to 2021. Butti even accompanied Heard to many of her court appearances, proving that the two were secretly dating. According to reports, the two had a falling out because of their geographical distance.
Legal Past of Amber Heard
A 2009 arrest for misdemeanour domestic assault charges in Washington State came to light during Depp and Heard’s 2016 divorce proceedings, and it was revealed that Heard had been charged with the crime in 2009. She had allegedly grabbed Van Ree’s arm and struck her in the arm, but she was never prosecuted for it.
Heard was “wrongfully” charged, according to Van Ree, who said that the encounter had been “misinterpreted and exaggerated.”
After an article published in the tabloid newspaper The Sun in April of that year with the headline “Gone Potty: How can JK Rowling be ‘genuinely happy’ casting wife beater Johnny Depp as a villain in the new Fantastic Beasts film?” Depp filed a lawsuit against News Group Newspapers, the company that publishes The Sun, for alleged libel against the company.
The lawsuit was scheduled to go to trial in 2020. Heard appeared in court as a witness for The Sun.
After Depp filed a libel case against her in August 2020, Heard responded by filing a $100 million countersuit against him, accusing him of allegedly conducting a “smear campaign” against her and labelling his own complaint as a continuation of “abuse and harassment.”
Justice Andrew Nicol determined that the defendants had proven that their allegations against Depp were “basically true” in November 2020, according to a report from The Associated Press at the time. Depp was not charged in the libel case.
Activism
In her own time, when she isn’t jet-setting between filming locales, Heard is active in the charity community. She is an advocate for the rights of women and children. She devotes her time to humanitarian organisations such as Amnesty International and Art of Elysium, which work to promote human rights around the world, as well as the Syrian American Medical Society, which provides medical assistance to Syrian refugees.
In 2018, she was also named as the Human Rights Champion of the United Nations Human Rights Council, a position she held previously.
Early Life
Amber Laura Heard’s parents, David Heard and Paige Parsons, welcomed her into the world on April 22, 1986, in Austin, Texas. Whitney Heard, her younger sister, is currently 34 years old and lives in Los Angeles. The two of them were raised in a traditional Catholic home with limited financial resources. Heard used to participate in beauty pageants when she was younger. Heard’s best friend died in a vehicle accident when she was 16, and as a result, she decided to abandon her religious beliefs. She dropped out of school at the age of 17 to pursue a modelling career in New York, before deciding to try her hand at acting in Los Angeles a few years later. Eventually, she was able to get her high school graduation through a home-study programme.
Acting Career
In 2004, Heard participated in two music videos, one for country musician Kenny Chesney’s “There Goes My Life” and another for rock band Eisley’s “I Wasn’t Prepared.” Heard was a guest star in both videos. She has also appeared in a number of television shows, including Jack & Bobby (2004), The Mountain (2004), and The OC (2004), in modest supporting parts (2005).
She made her feature film debut in a supporting part in the 2004 sports drama Friday Night Lights, which went on to become the inspiration for the television show of the same name. Heard’s first leading role was in the thriller All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, which premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival and was her first major role overall. However, due to distribution troubles, it wasn’t released in Europe until 2008 and in the United States until 2013.
In 2007, Heard appeared in two television shows: the teen drama Hidden Palms and the humour Californication. She also appeared in the short film Day 73 with Sarah, as well as the independent film Remember the Daze, all of which were released in the same year.
Best Acting Roles
However, it wasn’t until her performance in the comedy-action picture Pineapple Express, in which she co-starred with Seth Rogen, James Franco, and Danny McBride, that she began to acquire wide public attention.
Later, she participated in the 2009 film Zombieland and in the 2011 film The Rum Diary, which was based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Hunter S Thompson and starred alongside Depp. Another notable appearance came in the 2015 comedy-drama Magic Mike XXL, in which he played the title character.
In the DC-verse, probably her most well-known part is that of Mera in the 2017 film Justice League. She reprised the role in the 2018 picture Aquaman, which she co-starred in with Jason Momoa, as well as its sequel Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, which is scheduled to be released in 2023.
Personal Life
After her mother passed away in 2020, Heard shared an Instagram photo sharing the news.
Following that, she broke the news of the birth of her first child, daughter Oonagh Paige Heard, who was born on April 8, 2021, through a surrogate.
“Four years ago, I made the decision that I wanted to have a kid,” she wrote in the description of the photo. I wanted to be able to do it on my terms. When I think about one of the most essential aspects of our destinies in this way, I realise how revolutionary it is for us as women. “I hope we reach a moment when it is considered normal to not want a ring in order to have a crib,” says the author.
The father’s identity has not been revealed at this point.
Heard has been quiet about parenthood since then, posting images of Oonagh with her face obscured or looking away from the camera on a regular basis.
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