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Amber Heard is an American actress from Texas who has starred in several movies in different and unconventional roles. Ella Ella Started her acting career with the sports drama ‘Friday Night Lights’ and soon appeared in various small characters. Her breakthrough came when she was recognized as a supporting actress in several box office hits including ‘The Pineapple Express’ and ‘Never Back Down’.
Heard was born on April 1986 in Austin, Texas, claim that he had a strict Catholic education.
As a teenager, the death of her best friend affected her deeply. She decided to change her religion and chose atheism. Then, dropped out of school at 17 years old and moved to New York City to pursue modeling. .
His first jobs in the industry were in two music videos: Kenny Chesnet’s ‘There Goes My Life’ and Eisley’s ‘I Wasn’t Prepared’.
Her debut film ‘Friday Night Lights’ in 2004 was a commercial success. In the following years, he appeared in minor roles in various films such as ‘Drop Dead Sexy’ (2004), ‘Price to Pay’ (2006), ‘You Are Here (2007)’ and ‘Alpha Dog’ (2006).
In 2007, he appeared in an episode of ‘Californication’. A year later, her supporting roles in the movies ‘Pineapple Express’ and ‘Never Back Down’ helped her gain mainstream recognition.
Her first meeting with Johnny Depp was on ‘The Rum Diary’ (2011 ), where cast as the female lead. The film was not a success and received mixed reviews.
2016 marked a turning point in his career, since he had four releases in the year, between which she played a photographer in ‘Magic Mike XXL’, a ballet dancer in ‘The Danish Girl’, both were successful at the box office.
In the popular movie ‘Justice League’ (2017), played Mera, the Atlantean queen of Aquaman.
An unconventional private life
Amber Heard testified at an event in 2010 who has had relationships with both men and women.
She dated the Mexican actor Valentino Lanus for a year before separating in 2006. Also with the American actor and singer Mark Wystrach for a while before ending it in 2007.
Later, he was in a relationship with the photographer, Tasya van Ree, from 2008 a 2012, and then began dating her co-star, Johnny Depp, while filming ‘The Rum Diary’ in 2011 and they soon started living together.
They were married in a private civil ceremony on February 3, 2015. A little over a year later, she filed for divorce on 23 May 2016. Her relationship with Depp was turbulent.
She obtained a warrant of temporary restriction of him on the grounds that Depp was verbally and physically abusive. In a series of legal proceedings, there were many other incidents of abuse that came to light. Pictures of his injuries were published by People magazine .
An agreement was reached between Depp and Heard on 17 of August of 2016, and then the divorce was finalized. He was awarded $7 million, which is said to have been donated to the American Civil Liberties Union and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
Currently, they face another trial where evidence has emerged that they both lived in an abusive relationship.
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