Everything we know about Amber Heard, actress accused of defamation by Johnny Depp

During the recent trial, the interpreter flatly denied that he had violated his ex-wife

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Actor Amber Heard speaks to her attorney during Johnny Depp's defamation trial against her at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, U.S., April 20, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool

Since Amber Heard came out as a victim of domestic violence in an essay she published in The Washington Post, she hasn't stopped making headlines. Johnny Depp was directly related to the allegations due to the references that the actress made within her testimony. Faced with this situation, the protagonist of Pirates of the Caribbean decided to file a defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife.

The media trial began a few days ago in a court in Fairfax, Virginia, United States. From the stand, the artists involved have expressed their point of view on the situation and tried to separate themselves from the accusations they have made so far against each other, however, a resolution has not yet been reached.

Before Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's intimacy was exposed, little was known about the young performer's private life and her participation in film projects, with Aquaman (2018) being the most remembered so far. It is planned that by 2023 the sequel to the story starring Jason Momoa will be released, where the participation of the American is planned.

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Amber Laura Heard was born on April 22, 1986 in Texas, United States. It is the result of the marriage between Paige Parsons, a telecommunications specialist, and David Heard, who has worked as an entrepreneur in the construction industry. In 2014, he gave an interview for Vanity Fair where he recalled some experiences he had during his childhood, especially the closeness he maintained with his proganitor, who would have taught him how to shoot.

“My dad is a typical old school Texan, he loves to hunt. Six days a week we ate what killed. He took me to the shooting range as soon as I could, I held a gun and practiced target shooting most of my life,” he said.

As time went on, Amber found that her dreams of becoming an actress could not be realized as she wanted in her homeland, so she made the decision to move to New York. However, after so much searching on Broadway he didn't find the place he expected and decided to try his luck in Hollywood, so he ended up moving to Los Angeles, where he currently resides.

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When I was 16, it was clear that I wasn't going to fit into the machinery they were providing me,” he said for the aforementioned magazine.

Before venturing into film, Amber Heard played Maria in Friday Night Lights, a series starring Connie Britton, Kyle Chandler, Taylor Kitsch, Aimee Teegarden, among others, that hit the small screen in 2006. He also collaborated in North Country (2005), where he played Josey Aimes (Charlize Theron) in his young version.

He later shone in Never Back Down, Pineapple Express, Ron's Diary, The Adderall Diaries, Magic Mike XXL, The Danish Girl and it wasn't until 2018 that he would gain worldwide fame as Tomas Curry in Aquaman.

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Amber Heard and Johnny Depp met on The Rum Diary, a story that tells the adventures of a freelance journalist played by the renowned actor. The film was released in 2011 and is currently available on Prime Video. According to the actor from Alice in Wonderland, he was stunned by the actress's presence on the set, but it would not be until the shower scene that he would end up falling in love with her.

At that time both artists were committed to their respective relationships. So it took about two years before they met again at the press conference to promote the film and it would have been after that moment when Depp tried to agree with the performer. They then began a relationship that was formalized in 2015, when they married in the Bahamas.

“There always seemed to be one reason or another why she didn't discuss it, or if we discussed it, it became a problem that would lead to dislikes and arguments,” said J ohnny Depp during the trial on the prenup and postnuptial agreement he requested from his then partner.

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“When you start to realize that you are in a relationship with your mother, and I know it sounds perverse and obtuse, but the fact is that some people look for people's weaknesses (...) There were times when I just went and locked myself in the bathroom or in a place she couldn't get to,” she added about what it was like to live together.

In the end, the couple divorced in 2016.

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