Johnny Depp’s Family, Girlfriend and Personal Life
His portryal of Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of Caribbean made Johnny Depp one of the most
commercially successful film stars and he earned critical praise for his role in Finding
Neverland.
Considered one of the most successful actors of all time, Johnny Depp has formed a solid
bond with moviegoers spanning multiple generations due to his ability to fully absorb himself
into an assortment of dynamic characters.
The talented actor’s real life story is filled with equally surprising twists and
turns at par with the plots of some of the movies he's starred in throughout his career.
Johnny Depp was born on June 9, 1963 (age 60 years) in Owensboro, Kentucky.
The youngest of the four children of John Christopher Depp and Elizabeth "Betty" Sue
Wells, Depp's early aspirations were rooted in a deep appreciation of rock music.
The actor’s early years were also influenced by frequent moves throughout his childhood
since his father was civil engineer.
By 1970, Johnny and his family called Miramar, Florida home.
At the age of twelve, he received a guitar as a gift from his mother, which would soon
inspire him to play in local garage bands.
Depp's parents divorced when he was fifteen.
He dropped out of high school to pursue his love of rock music.
The aspiring musician made his way to Los Angeles where he was part of ‘Six Gun Method’,
a band that broke up before being signed to label.
He did, however, get signed to ‘Geffen Records’ as a member of the band ‘Rock City Angels’.
In the early 1980s, Johnny's wife, Lori, introduced her husband to a young actor by the name of
Nicholas Cage, who encouraged him to pursue a career in acting.
Depp formed a bond with his mother's second husband, singer Robert Palmer, whom he cited
as an inspirational person in his life.
The versatile actor emerged from his teen idol days to find success in a string box
office hits.
His unique ability to bring characters to life has included high profile collaborations
with top directors and a lucrative relationship with the Disney team in the 'Pirates of the
Caribbean' series.
While he has established a solid reputation for knowing what moviegoers want, Depp has
also a penchant for choosing projects based more on the challenge of the role rather than
the potential for box office success.
He has managed to find just the right balance between choosing roles for the true love of
becoming absorbed into a character's world to reprising familiar roles with renewed enthusiasm.
He has bagged in various awards and accolades for his phenomenal performances, including
a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award.
He has also earned the Academy Award nominations thrice and have been nominated for the BAFTA
twice.
In December of 1983, he married the sister of one of the band members of ‘Rock City
Angels’, Lori Anne Allison.
He supported himself financially by working as a telemarketer while his wife worked as
a makeup artist.
But the marriage culminated in a divorce two years later.
In 1986, he became engaged to, but never married, a then aspiring actress named Sherilyn Fenn
but the relationship ended in the later '80s.
After that the actor had a long-term off and on relationship with French singer Vanessa
Paradis from 1988 through 2012.
Paradis is also the mother of Depp's two children.
Their daughter Lily-Rose Melody Depp was born in 1999, and their son John Christopher Depp
III came along three years later.
Throughout the late '80s and into the early '90s, he also had relationships with Dirty
Dancing star Jennifer Grey, his Edward Scissorhands co-star Winona Ryder and supermodel Kate Moss.
In 2015, Depp married his second wife, actress Amber Heard.
In May 2016, Heard filed for divorce alleging that he had been verbally and physically abusive
throughout their relationship.
In August 2016, a settlement was reached and in January 2017, the divorce was finalized.
Post his much-publicized divorce with Amber Heard, the two have remained in news related
to the accusations by Heard about Depp being an "abusive husband."
The Pirates of the Caribbean star is reportedly dating lawyer Joelle Rich from his UK legal
team that represented him in his libel lawsuits against British tabloid The Sun in 2020, per
People.
US Weekly also revealed that Rich was married when she first met the movie star, but is
now separated and in the process of divorcing her husband, Jonathan Rich.
The ex-couple share two children together.
Despite the many reports of their new romance, the Hollywood actor and the award-winning
lawyer have yet to officially address the news.
The actor’s charity work includes involvement with the ‘Actors Fund of America’ and
extensive efforts to raise funds for the ‘Children's Hospice and Palliative Care Coalition’.