Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s divorce has been finalized after months of wrangling over the final terms of the break up.
The 53-year-old Hollywood star has agreed to pay Amber Heard $7 million, which the actress says she will donate to two charities.
Amber Heard, 30, will get to keep the couple’s dogs, Pistol and Boo, who were at the center of scandal when she took them to Australia illegally in 2015.
She had accused Johnny Depp of domestic abuse – a claim he denies.
According to court documents, Amber Heard said Johnny Depp had been physically abusive to her, culminating in him throwing a mobile phone at her face during a fight in February 2016.
Johnny Depp’s lawyer denied the allegations, saying Amber Heard was “attempting to secure a premature financial resolution by alleging abuse”. Police officers attending the scene said they had found no evidence of a crime.
Amber Heard had filed for a restraining order, but this was dropped after the majority of the terms of the divorce were settled in August.
The divorce was only finalized this week because lawyers could not agree over whether Johnny Depp should make the payments directly to the charities or not.
Amber Heard said she would donate the money from the divorce settlement to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles.
The actress’ lawyer, Pierce O’Donnell, said it was a “great day” for his client, adding: “All Amber wanted was to be divorced and now she is.”
Johnny Depp’s lawyer, Laura Wasser, said they were “all pleased to put this unpleasant chapter in Mr. Depp and his family’s lives behind them”.
Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, who have no children together, were married for just under 18 months when they split in May 2016.
Johnny Depp has two children from a previous relationship with Vanessa Paradis.
Amber Heard has announced she will donate her $7 million divorce settlement from Johnny Depp to two charities that work with abused women and ill children.
The actress will give half to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to prevent violence against women, and half to the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles.
Amber Heard said she hoped to “help those less able to defend themselves”.
She earlier accused Johnny Depp of striking her and throwing a mobile phone during a fight. He denied the allegations.
Johnny Depp’s lawyer claimed Amber Heard had made the accusations in order to obtain a more favorable settlement.
Announcing their divorce settlement on August 16, Amber Heard and Johnny Depp said their relationship was “intensely passionate and at times volatile, but always bound by love”.
In a statement, Amber Heard, 30, said: “Money played no role for me personally and never has, except to the extent that I could donate it to charity and, in doing so, hopefully help those less able to defend themselves.
“As reported in the media, the amount received in the divorce was $7 million and $7 million is being donated. This is over and above any funds that I have given away in the past and will continue to give away in the future.”
She said the money donated to the ACLU would have a “particular focus to stop violence against women”.
The actress added: “I know these organizations will put the funds to good use and look forward to continuing to support them in the future. Hopefully, this experience results in a positive change in the lives of people who need it the most.”
Amber Heard married Johnny Depp, 53, in February 2015 and they announced their split in May 2016.
She then took out a temporary restraining order against Johnny Depp obliging him not to get in contact and stay 100 yards away from her.
Their settlement came a day before a court hearing into the restraining order was due to take place. The order was then withdrawn.
Amber Heard and Johnny Depp released a joint statement on August 16 saying: “Neither party has made false accusations for financial gain. There was never any intent of physical or emotional harm.”
Actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have reached their divorce settlement.
They said neither of them intended to cause the other any physical or emotional harm.
In a joint statement, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard acknowledged their relationship had been volatile.
“Our relationship was intensely passionate and at times volatile, but always bound by love,” it read.
Lawyers for Amber Heard filed a motion on August 16 to dismiss a temporary restraining order against Johnny Depp.
News of the divorce settlement comes just a day before a hearing regarding the restraining order was due to begin.
The temporary order had ordered Johnny Depp not to contact Amber Heard, and stay 300 feet away from her, after she accused him of striking her and throwing a mobile phone during a fight earlier this year.
Johnny Depp, 53, had always denied abuse allegations made by his former wife.
Amber Heard, 30, filed for divorce in May and obtained the temporary restraining order against Johnny Depp a few days later.
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, who were married for just under 18 months, also came to a financial settlement as part of their divorce.
“Neither party has made false accusations for financial gain. There was never any intent of physical or emotional harm,” the joint statement continued.
The statement said Amber Heard would be donating proceeds from the divorce settlement to an undisclosed charity.
Neither of the actors will comment further on the case.
Johnny Depp has two children from a previous relationship with Vanessa Paradis.
Johnny Depp has been ordered to stay away from his estranged wife, Amber Heard, after the actress alleged he assaulted her.
Amber Heard said in court on May 27 that Johnny Depp threw her mobile phone at her during a fight on May 21.
The judge also said Johnny Depp should not try to contact Amber Heard.
On May 23, Amber Heard filed for divorce from Johnny Depp, 52, after 15 months of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences.
Amber Heard brought a photograph of herself with a bruised cheek and eye to the Los Angeles Superior Court.
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard celebrated their engagement with an intimate party in downtown Los Angeles
The actress wrote in a sworn declaration: “I live in fear that Johnny will return to (our house) unannounced to terrorize me, physically and emotionally.”
She said Johnny Depp was high and drunk when the incident occurred and that he pulled her hair, screamed at her, grabbed her face and hit her.
Amber Heard’s filing alleged a history of abuse throughout the relationship.
Her lawyer, Joseph Koenig, told reporters outside court: “The judge has reviewed the evidence that we presented.
“He issued a restraining order based on the evidence that he received and there will be a further hearing.”
Johnny Depp’s lawyer wrote in a court filing that the actor would agree to a mutual-stay order.
He is currently in Portugal with his band Hollywood Vampires.
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard met while co-starring in the 2011 film The Rum Diary. They have no children.
Johnny Depp’s wife Amber Heard has avoided a conviction for illegally taking her dogs into Australia.
Amber Heard had pleaded guilty in court to making a false statement on her immigration card about the couple’s Yorkshire terriers.
However, the Queensland judge gave her a one-month good behavior bond with no conviction recorded. If she breaks the bond she must pay A$1,000 ($770).
The authorities also released an unusual video apology from the couple.
In the video, which was shown in court and made public by the Department of Agriculture, the couple expressed remorse and advised travelers to respect Australian quarantine laws.
Amber Heard and Johnny Depp both attended Southport Magistrate’s Court in Queensland state, amid a media scrum.
The actress’ guilty plea meant Johnny Depp was excused from giving evidence to the court.
Two illegal importation charges against her were dropped earlier.
They had carried a maximum penalty of 10 years in jail or fines of up to A$265,000.
Amber Heard, 29, brought the dogs, Pistol and Boo, to Queensland in a private jet in May 2015 to visit Johnny Depp, who was filming Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.
The dogs’ presence in Australia was noticed after a local dog groomer posted a photo of them on social media.
Amber Heard had pleaded guilty to declaring “No” on her immigration card under the section asking if she was bringing anything, including animals, into Australia.
Her lawyer argued that the actress had done so because she thought Johnny Depp’s assistants had already sorted out the dogs’ travel documents.
The dogs were quickly taken out of Australia and Amber Heard vowed never to return to Australia.
Australia’s tough quarantine laws are designed to keep disease at bay. Dogs entering from the US must spend 10 days in quarantine.
An Australia case to hear dog-smuggling charges against Amber Heard has been adjourned.
Johnny Depp’s wife had been ordered to appear in an Australian court on September 7 on charges of failing to declare her terrier dogs to Customs officials.
Amber Heard failed to appear but the case has now been adjourned until November 2.
She faces a possible 10-year jail term or a hefty fine for illegally importing the dogs into Australia and of producing a false document.
The discovery of the dogs in a Gold Coast mansion where Johnny Depp and Amber Heard were staying earlier this year sparked a public spat with Australia’s Agriculture Minister, attracted international media attention and was dubbed the #WarOnTerrier by social media.
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Johnny Depp does not face any charges over the dogs.
Australia has strict quarantine laws to prevent diseases being imported into the island nation.
Amber Heard was spotted over the weekend supporting her husband at the Venice Film Festival.
The dogs, Boo and Pistol, are understood to have arrived in Australia on board Johnny Depp’s private jet in April this year.
Johnny Depp was in Australia filming the fifth movie in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise on Australia’s Gold Coast.
At the time, Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce said the dogs would be put down if they stayed.
The dogs left the country unharmed a few days later.
Johnny Depp recently took aim at Barnaby Joyce at a press conference in Venice.
“I killed my dogs and ate them under direct orders from some kind of, I don’t know, sweaty, big-gutted man from Australia,” Johnny Depp said.
Amber Heard has been summoned to appear in court over allegations that she smuggled the couple’s dogs into Australia.
Johnny Depp’s came under fire in April for failing to declare Yorkshire terriers Pistol and Boo to authorities on their arrival in Brisbane.
Australia has strict animal quarantine laws to prevent importing infections.
At the time, a minister said the dogs would be put down if they stayed.
“It’s time Pistol and Boo buggered off back to the United States,” agriculture minister Barnaby Joyce said.
The dogs left Australia unharmed at few days later.
However, a subsequent Senate hearing was told that Johnny Depp and Amber Heard could be sentenced to as long as 10 years in jail, or be forced to pay a fine of up to $265,000 if they were found guilty of illegally importing then.
Johnny Depp is currently filming the latest installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise on Australia’s Gold Coast.
It is Amber Heard who has been ordered to appear in court, Australia’s department of agriculture confirmed.
“Ms Amber Heard was served with a summons issued by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions on July 14,” a statement read.
“The CDPP’s action follows an incident where a biosecurity officer attended a Gold Coast property in April and found two dogs alleged to be illegally imported.
“All animals entering Australia must have an import permit, and have undergone relevant testing and health checks signed off by a government veterinarian from the exporting country to ensure pests and diseases from overseas are not brought here.”
Amber Heard previously criticized the way the case had been handled, and suggested she would not return to the country.
“I have a feeling we’re going to avoid the land Down Under from now on, just as much as we can thanks to certain politicians there,” Amber Heard told Australia’s NBC.
“I guess everyone tries to go for their 15 minutes, including some government officials.”
Johnny Depp’s Yorkshire Terriers Boo and Pistol have been flown out of Australia after facing being put down, the country’s agriculture minister has said.
Barnaby Joyce tweeted: “Dogs gone.”
Johnny Depp was accused of not declaring the dogs to customs officials when they flew into Queensland by private jet in April.
Thanking Johnny Depp and his wife Amber Heard for co-operating, Barnaby Joyce said Australia had “strict biosecurity requirements for good reasons”.
Australia’s agriculture minister had given Johny Depp a deadline of May 16 to return the dogs to the US or they would be put down.
Australia’s quarantine regulations aim at preventing diseases such as rabies reaching its shores.
Barnaby Joyce has been criticized for his strong stance, with thousands signing a petition to spare them. He received praise and condemnation from people using the #WarOnTerrier hashtag.
The minister defended his position by saying: “If we start letting movie stars… to come into our nation, then why don’t we just break the laws for everybody?”
The dogs’ illicit entry appears to have been uncovered after a grooming salon on the Gold Coast posted pictures of them on its Facebook page.
Biosecurity officials then visited the vast Gold Coast house Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are renting on May 13 and ordered the dogs into quarantine.
Johnny Depp is in Australia to shoot the fifth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean series.
Johnny Depp’s pet dogs are preparing to leave Australia to escape death penalty.
Australia’s Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce had said Boo and Pistol would have to be put down by May 16 if they did not leave, because they were “snuck in” from the US.
Johnny Depp, 51, is currently living in Australia while filming Pirates of the Caribbean 5, Dead Men Tell No Tales.
The actor and his wife Amber Heard are accused of not declaring the Yorkshire Terriers to customs officials when they flew into Queensland by private jet last month.
Australia has strict import laws to prevent non-native diseases entering the country.
The fate of Johnny Depp’s dogs has gripped Australia and world media.
An online petition calling on Barnaby Joyce to spare them now has more than 17,000 signatures and it sparked a debate about the #waronterrier on Twitter.
The dogs should have been properly checked and certificated and then quarantined after arriving in Australia.
Their illicit entry appears to have been uncovered after a grooming salon on the Gold Coast posted pictures of them on its Facebook page.
Barnaby Joyce said on May 14: “If we start letting movie stars… to come into our nation, then why don’t we just break the laws for everybody?
“It’s time that Pistol and Boo buggered off back to the United States.”
Meanwhile, the minister had demanded an apology from a radio presenter who accused him of over-reacting.
Kiis FM “shock jock” Kyle Sandilands told Barnaby Joyce in an angry telephone interview on Friday that he sounded “like an absolute clown” who made Australians “sound like a bunch of hillbilly redneck losers” by publicly threatening the life of someone’s pets.
“Sound like a classy guy. You’re a government minister. Have some decency.”
Barnaby Joyce replied “it’s the law, mate; that’s how it works,” before he was cut off.
Customs officials are facing questions over how the dogs were let in despite the strict regulations, while Johnny Depp and Amber Heard could face a fine.
Johnny Depp’s dogs face death in Australia if they are not removed from the country until May 16.
The 51-year-old Hollywood star and his wife, Amber Heard, are accused of breaking import laws by not declaring their Yorkshire Terriers, Boo and Pistol, to customs when they flew in to Queensland by private jet last month.
Australia has strict quarantine laws to prevent the accidental import of animal disease and infections.
Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce said the laws applied to everyone.
Barnaby Joyce said Boo and Pistol had been “snuck in” to Australia and were discovered when they were taken to a dog groomer.
“Mr. Depp has to either take his dogs back to California or we’re going to have to euthanise them,” he told reporters on May 14.
“He’s now got about 50 hours left to remove the dogs. He can put them on the same charter jet he flew out on and fly back out of our nation.”
Dogs brought into Australia must be law be quarantined for a minimum of 10 days after arrival, longer if they are suspected of carrying any diseases or tics.
An online petition to save the “cute dogs” had received more than 1,300 signatories by midday on May 14.
“Have a heart Barnaby! Don’t kill these cute puppies,” it appealed.
There was no immediate comment from Johnny Depp or Amber Heard.
Johnny Depp is in Australia filming the fifth film in the Pirates of the Caribbean series, Dead Men Tell No Tales.
The actor’s spokesman, Brett Chant, said the dogs were in “home quarantine”, but he did not specify where, the AP reported.
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard got married on February 3 at their Los Angeles home.
They legally wed in the US days before they are set to exchange vows on his private island Little Hall’s Pond Cay in the Bahamas.
Johnny Depp, 51, and Amber Heard, 28, are slated to have a slightly bigger island wedding reception over the February 7-8 weekend, with around 50 guests, including the actor’s kids with Vanessa Paradis, Lily Rose and Jack.
Some family members and friends will stay at Johnny Depp’s house on the island, while others will camp out on his 156-foot yacht Vajoliroja.
Amber Heard will walk down the aisle in a Stella McCartney wedding dress. It’s not known, at this time, what the bride and groom wore for their more private wedding on February 3.
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard started dating in 2012 after meeting on the set of The Rum Diary and got engaged in January 2014.
The wedding marks the first marriage for Amber Heard and the second for Johnny Depp, who was married to Lori Anne Allison from 1993 to 1995.
Johnny Depp was in a long relationship with Vanessa Paradis, with whom he had his children, before they split up in 2012.
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard celebrated their engagement with an intimate party in downtown Los Angeles on Friday.
According to Us Weekly, Johnny Depp, 50, and Amber Heard, 27, enjoyed a party at The Carondelet House. They reportedly arrived an hour after guests, which included Marilyn Manson, Steven Tyler, Mandy Moore, Pirates of the Caribbean producer Jerry Bruckheimer, and Rick Ruben.
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard celebrated their engagement with an intimate party in downtown Los Angeles
Amber Heard wore a white silk spaghetti-strap “vintage dressy” ensemble for her big night, with her blonde locks down.
Johnny Depp went for a casual black suit and matching top hat.
Amber Heard’s sister arrived with the couple, as well as Johnny Depp’s 11-year-old son, Jack.
Johnny Depp, who celebrates his 50th birthday today, was hailed as the world’s sexiest man, but he still has not achieved the stable home life he longed for.
Sources told The Sunday People part of it is that Johnny Depp always acts like a teenager with women, rather than a middle-aged dad of two.
And his psyche must owe a lot to a childhood in which his volatile parents uprooted him 30 times in 15 years.
Johnny Depp has loved and lost some of the world’s most beautiful women, including British supermodel Kate Moss.
He was shattered when his 14-year relationship with French singer Vanessa Paradis, 40, ended last year.
Yet Johnny Depp soon fell into the arms of bombshell actress Amber Heard, 27. He is already calling the beauty his soulmate and talking of marriage.
But friends are saying it is a relationship that won’t last. Old schoolmate Yves Bouhadana said: “Johnny falls in love at first sight. When he falls for a girl he really falls for her.”
Yves Bouhadana, who was in a teenage band with Johnny Depp and is still friends with him, added: “He wears his heart on his sleeve. He’s is a genuinely nice guy.
“He doesn’t act around his friends. What you see is what you get.”
Johnny Depp is worth more than $350 million and his agents can command $20 million for a film role.
But his childhood was far from idyllic. He was the youngest of four and witnessed constant rows between his dad John, an engineer, and waitress mum Betty Sue. When the family moved from Kentucky to Florida all of them lived at first in a single motel room.
They moved on average every six months and young Johnny constantly changed schools. The marriage unraveled slowly and painfully and by the time Johnny Depp was 13 he was smoking d**e, drinking heavily and deliberately cutting his arms to hurt himself.
Talking later about his marks, Johnny Depp said: “My body is a journal, in a way. Every important event is marked there.”
His parents’ marriage ended when he was 15.
Johnny Depp’s first and most lasting love was music. His mother bought him a guitar for his 13th birthday and he spent hours learning to play.
He made friends with a group of like-minded boys, including Yves Bouhadana, and they formed heavy metal bands.
They discovered groupies and Johnny Depp lost his virginity in the back of a van after a concert at a school.
He described it as “forgettable” and it even put him off casual s**.
While band mates picked up all the girls, Johnny Depp concentrated on his music. Then he fell head over heels in love with make-up artist Lori Anne Allison after a 1980 gig in Florida. He was 17 and she was 22. He proposed marriage almost immediately but they did not tie the knot until Christmas Eve 1983, in Miami. Johnny Depp was 20.
Johnny Depp, who celebrates his 50th birthday today, was hailed as the world’s sexiest man, but he still has not achieved the stable home life he longed for
Yves Bouhadana, now a 49-year-old sales executive living in Ohio, recalled: “She was absolutely beautiful. Still is.”
“Lori was his first serious relationship and he couldn’t wait to marry her. She is a very private person and doesn’t like to talk about the marriage. They are still friends.
“That’s the great thing with Johnny. He hasn’t changed since we were at school. We all still get together.”
Johnny Depp wanted to make it as a rock guitarist and Lori Anne Allison supported him as a make-up artist when they moved to Hollywood with his band The Kids.
But musical success and happiness eluded him. The Kids opened for the Ramones, Iggy Pop, The Pretenders and Talking Heads but the band failed to get a record deal and his marriage fell apart within two years. Biographer Cristopher Heard said: “It ended just simply because of the stress of failure.”
Johnny Depp and Lori Anne Allison were evicted from several apartments and were divorced in 1985. But Lori Anne Allison had introduced him to actor Nicolas Cage and the two became mates. Nicolas Cage persuaded him to get an agent.
Success came quickly with a memorable role in 1984’s A Nightmare on Elm Street, which became an unexpected hit.
Soon Johnny Depp was engaged to Twin Peaks beauty Sherilyn Fenn but they split after two years, blaming work commitments.
Never on his own for long, Johnny Depp dated Dirty Dancing’s Jennifer Grey and – following a familiar pattern – proposed.
But that relationship also lasted only two years and Johnny Depp quickly hooked up with fiancée No4 Winona Ryder, his co-star in 1990’s Edward Scissorhands.
Work got in the way again and after splitting from Winona Ryder he moved on to Kate Moss.
Kate Moss was 23, a supermodel, and he was a 33-year-old film star. The relationship was volatile. Johnny Depp once caused $10,000 damage to his New York hotel room after a row with Kate Moss.
And he was devastated when they broke up in 1998 after four years together.
Johnny Depp said: “I cried for a week after we split. I didn’t give her the attention I should have done. I was a horrific pain in the butt to live with. I’m a total moron at times. I let my work get in the way.
“I will never let it happen again. I think you could say I have truly discovered the meaning of loneliness.”
But within weeks Johnny Depp was spotted out with Vanessa Paradis. And three months later she was pregnant. Their daughter Lily-Rose Melody Depp was born in 1999 and the couple’s son John Christopher “Jack” Depp III came along in 2002.
With homes in France and the Bahamas, they looked settled. But in the later years Johnny Depp started to spend more time working in Hollywood and the split from Vanessa Paradis was announced in June 2012.
True to form he quickly sought solace with Amber Heard. His frends said Johnny Depp was once again acting like a teenager in love. The pair had two bust-ups in the early stages but have since calmed down.
One friend said: “Johnny always goes overboard with women. He has whisked Amber off to his island in the Bahamas and has already introduced her to his children. When they’re apart he sends her poetry. It is very sweet but everyone worries about him getting hurt again.”
This weekend there are several 50th birthday celebrations for Johnny Depp.
Rolling Stone Keith Richards insisted on being there with Johnny Depp and Amber Heard to toast his pal’s landmark.
The friendship began after Johnny Depp revealed he modeled his Pirates of the Caribbean character Jack Sparrow on Keith Richards, 69.
Amber Heard has had a difficult few weeks after claims that she’s the reason for Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis’ split.
Amber Herad, 26, looked downcast in a white linen shirt and black maxi skirt as she was spotted leaving the Western Costume Co alongside a female friend.
However, Amber Heard’s sombre mood is perhaps understandable considering claims that Vanessa Paradis has labeled her a “man-stealing nobody” following her reported relationship with Johnny Depp.
Amber Heard has had a difficult few weeks after claims that she's the reason for Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis' split
Vanessa Paradis is said to have told friends she is determined that Amber Heard, who was first linked to Johnny Depp when the pair starred together in movie The Rum Diary, will not bond with the pair’s children, Lily-Rose and Jack.
A source told Now magazine: “Vanessa’s devastated that Johnny’s dumped her. She blames Amber and calls her a man-stealing, two-bit nobody and has vowed to not let her anywhere near their children.”
Vanessa Paradis and Johnny Depp announced their split last month following a 14-year relationship, causing reports of a romance between the actor and Amber Heard to heat up.
And following the claims, a source told Us Weekly magazine that Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are “100 per cent dating”, adding: “He treats her really well.”
Meanwhile, Vanessa Paradis was seen making her first post-split red carpet appearance at the premiere of her film Je me Suis Fait Tout Petit in Paris on Monday night.
Vanessa Paradis flashed photographers a smile as she posed with her co-stars at the event, and looked groomed and effortlessly chic in jeans and heels with a black T-shirt, silk blazer and layered gold necklaces.
Pictures of Amber Heard have emerged showing The Rum Diary star when she was a fresh-faced teenager, right at the time her rumored beau Johnny Depp had established himself as one of Hollywood’s leading men.
And even as a teenager in Austin, Texas, Amber Heard, 26, had the million dollar features that would make her one of Hollywood’s hottest young starlets.
Of course one striking difference is her hair color, which was a mousy blonde rather than the platinum locks she is now famous for.
Amber Heard was also a cheeky girl who loved sticking her tongue out and making faces for her friends.
This is highlighted in some images taken when she went to a friend’s swimming pool party when she was 15, as she loved hamming it up for the cameras.
Opening his heart about his bisexual Playboy Club star daughter, 62-year-old David Heard did not want to speak about Johnny Depp rumors, saying: “I do not have any comment about anything like that.”
However David Heard did say he is pleased at how well she has done for herself, adding: “I’m proud of her. She’s hard-working, steadfast to her job and doesn’t do anything but go to auditions and meetings.
“She hardly does anything else, she wanted this for her career since she was 12-years-old, from the time she was a little girl.”
Amber Heard, when she was a teenager, right at the time Johnny Depp had established himself as a star
As he revealed Amber was always determined to become a star.
Like Johnny Depp, she was a high-school dropout that left $12,000-a-year private Catholic school St Michaelís Academy at the age of 16 to pursue a career in front of the camera.
David Heard said: “She did modeling first and went to New York. She came home because I begged her.
“But I couldn’t stop her when she was 18. I begged her not to go but she knew what she was doing, and she was right. She’s a very talented actress.”
David Heard lives with his wife Paige in the outskirts of Austin in the same modest detached home to which they moved when was Amber was around nine.
He still runs his own building contracting business but hopes to soon retire.
And while he said he is proud of his daughter’s Texan roots, she rarely returns now.
David Heard said: “She was born in Austin and raised in Austin. Now she only comes back when she has to.
“She was raised here but she loves travelling the country and the world. She was in China last week.”
David Heard does get to go to LA and visit his daughter “a couple of times a year, to events like the SAG Awards and premieres, I’m usually her date”.
But now it seems he may now have superstar competition to fight off for his daughter’s hand now.
Meanwhile one of her childhood friends said that while Amber Heard was always ambitious, she was a shy girl who ended up being given a less than flattering nickname due to her looks.
Her classmate Meghan Brindley said: “She had a nickname because she was pretty. Some people used to call her <<Amber seen and not Heard>>.
“She also once mixed up the term feminism in theology and so people made fun of her for that, she said something like <<I’m against women’s suffrage>>, it was like uh-oh.
“So just silly little things like that. You know we’ve all made innocent mistakes like that.
“She was very quiet, she always seemed almost like her mind was just off somewhere else and she always said <<I’m going to go and be an actress and that is what I want to do>>.”
As Johnny Depp grows closer to his Rum Diary co-star Amber Heard, it’s being reported that the actor was spending time with other beautiful women as his 14 year union with Vanessa Paradis crumbled.
Johnny Depp, 49 , was forced to deny rumors that he was involved with his Dark Shadows co-star Eva Green who he shared a sensational, supernatural love scene with in the Tim Burton flop.
But a report suggests that Johnny Depp has struck up a more serious bond with his pretty publicist, Robin Baum.
“Robin and Johnny spend a lot of time together obviously because of work but their relationship seems to be getting much closer than just business,” a source told RadarOnline.com.
“Robin is twice divorced and a mom but she and Johnny really seem to have some kind of crazy connection that goes way beyond a professional level.
“They travel a lot together for work and get to spend a lot of time together and they definitely have a total flirty vibe between them. I would put money on them having more than just a friendly relationship.”
A new report suggests that Johnny Depp has struck up a more serious bond with his pretty publicist, Robin Baum
They added that Johnny Depp’s partner Vanessa Paradis was aware of the close relationship between her partner and Robin Baum… and wasn’t happy about it.
“She knew that Johnny and Robin were together a lot and she didn’t like it, but there was nothing she could do because it was a working relationship she was told,” the source said.
But currently, bisexual actress Amber Heard, 26, is a “regular visitor” to the New Mexico set of The Lone Ranger where Johnny Depp is currently filming.
And Johnny Depp, who made an official announcement that he had split from partner of 14 years Vanessa Paradis on Tuesday, is even said to have bought Amber Heard a horse so they can ride together, according to a report in Globe magazine.
A source claims Johnny Depp is smitten by Amber Heard, and reportedly said: “When I first saw Amber, it was like seeing an old-time movie star like Lauren Bacall.”
Amber Heard who was born in Austin, Texas, previously worked as a model and before starring in The Rum Diary alongside Johnny Depp had had small roles in a number of films.
She attended a Catholic school in Austin until her junior year, then the ambitious teen left to pursue a career in Hollywood.
Amber Heard was active in her school’s drama department and appeared in local commercials and campaigns.
While she was raised a Catholic, after the death of her best friend died in a car crash Amber Heard declared herself an atheist.
Amber Heard, 26, has described her role as Johnny Depp’s love interest in the film, The Rum Diary, as “the best experience of my life”.
She gushed to magazine Dazed about Johnny Depp: “He’s such a wonderful presence; he is enigmatic and compelling and a true artist, seriously intelligent and incredibly sensitive.
“Everybody on set respects and likes him, which says a lot about an actor. It’s a grueling job at times and the stress level that everybody feels in the industry is intense – but it doesn’t affect Johnny.
“It seems like he has time to look everybody in the eye and I like that, it was wonderful to see.”
Amber Heard’s profile is set to rise as she recently joined the case of thriller Paranoia as the female lead alongside Gary Oldman, Harrison Ford, and Liam Hemsworth.
She also recently landed a role as an assassin in the sequel Machete Kills.
Vanessa Paradis and Johnny Depp had not been pictured together in public for months, but the Dark Shadows star insisted last month that there was no truth to talk of a split.
Despite Johnny Depp’s denials, a number of publications carried pictures and reports that he and Amber Heard enjoyed a trip together to Las Vegas on a private plane.
Rumors about the nature of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard relationship have been swirling for some time, but it’s being reported that things “seem to be heating up” between them.
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are said to be so close that bisexual Heard, 26, has been a “regular visitor” to the New Mexico set of The Lone Ranger where 49-year-old Depp is currently filming.
And Johnny Depp, who made an official announcement that he had split from partner of 14 years Vanessa Paradis on Tuesday, is even said to have bought Amber Heard a horse so they can ride together, according to a report in Globe magazine.
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are said to be so close that she has been a “regular visitor” to the New Mexico set of The Lone Ranger where he is currently filming
Vanessa Paradis and Johnny Depp had not been pictured together in public for months, but the Dark Shadows star insisted last month that there was no truth to rumors of a split.
“The rumors are not true,” he told The Sun newspaper.
“They are absolutely not true.”
“No matter what I say about this, people believe the opposite. I can’t say enough about it not being over,” he said.
Despite Johnny Depp’s denials, a number of publications carried pictures and reports that he and Amber Heard enjoyed a trip together to Las Vegas on a private plane.
Johnny Depp was in town promoting Dark Shadows, and Vanessa Paradis was nowhere to be seen.
It’s unclear why Amber Heard was in the gambling town.
Amber Heard was alleged to have joined Johnny Depp in Vegas, and was pictured boarding his private plane the next day,
Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis have declined to appear at their respective premieres and public events together recently, with the French actress attending her premiere, of Café de Flore in Paris alone, and not accompanying the actor on promotional duties for Dark Shadows.
Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis are parents to Lily Rose,12, and ten-year-old Jack.
Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis have officially announced their split after nearly 14 years together.
Johnny Depp’s publicist announced this afternoon that the couple had “amicably separated” and added: “Please respect their privacy and, more importantly, the privacy of their children.”
Vanessa Paradis and Johnny Depp, who have two children, Lily-Rose, 13, and nine-year-old Jack, haven’t been seen at a public event together since 2010 but recently denied the split rumors which have been circulating since January.
Their relationship has said to have been in trouble for several months and recent rumors linked Johnny Depp to his bisexual co-star Amber Heard.
But news of the split comes just a month after it was claimed the couple were “working on” getting their relationship back on track.
A source said recently: “For the first time in a long time, he is talking about her. They both want to make it work.”
Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis have officially announced their split after nearly 14 years together
Johnny Depp recently blasted untrue speculation about his relationship being over and said: “The rumors are not true. They are absolutely not true.
“No matter what I say about this, people believe the opposite. I can’t say enough about it not being over.”
But recently, rumors have circulated about Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, the bisexual actress he starred with in The Rum Diaries.
A number of publications carried pictures and reports that Johnny Depp and Amber Heard enjoyed a trip together to Las Vegas on a private plane as he was in town promoting Dark Shadows.
But Vanessa Paradis was nowhere to be seen and didn’t accompany him on any of his promotional duties for the film.
Last month they continued to deny that their relationship was on the rocks, but Vanessa Paradis was snapped walking round Los Angeles looking rather glum and hiding under a big hat.
Last week she scowled at photographers as she flew out of Los Angeles under another huge hat as she jetted to France for the Cabourg Film Festival.
And ever the professional, three days later she flashed her sexy gap-toothed smile as she joined her co-stars for the photocall for her new movie Je Me Suis Fait Tout Petit (I Was Made Very Small).
And throughout the day she did not shy away from meeting people and was happy to sign items for fans, even though the announcement of her split from Johnny Depp was imminent.
Johnny Depp, 48, and Vanessa Paradis, 39, got together in 1998 when they met in the Costes Hotel in Paris while he was filming the Roman Polanski film The Ninth Gate.
He had had a high-profile engagement to Winona Ryder and a long-term relationship with Kate Moss and she had just come out of a relationship with French-Slovenian actor Stanislas Merhar, having been reportedly previously engaged to singer Lenny Kravitz.
A year after they got together, Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis’s first child, daughter Lily-Rose Melody was born followed by their son John “Jack” Christopher in 2002.
Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis never married but he recently stated that having children cemented roots for him and added that they gave him “real foundation, a real strong place to stand in life, in work, in everything”.
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