With at least 65 films under his belt, Johnny Depp is a superstar actor with plenty of wealth
and world experience to his name. But the most humbling fact about Johnny is his close
relationship with his two kids, Lily-Rose and Jack. Despite never marrying their mom,
Vanessa Paradis, a French singer-songwriter, actress, and model, Johnny seems to be a super
hands-on dad who sees the value in the kids being exposed to both his native LA and their
mom’s French homeland. Here’s everything you need to know about
Johnny Depp’s kids.
Lily-Rose Depp. Lily-Rose Melody Depp was born on May 27,
1999, in Paris, France, to Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis. After 14 years of togetherness,
her parents separated in 2012. They have joint custody of Lily, so she spends her time in
both Los Angeles and Paris. In 2016, she dropped out of high school to
pursue a career in acting. She is fluent in English as well as in French. As a young teen,
she suffered from anorexia, and is still being treated for it. Being the daughter of celebrity
parents, she has always been in the media focus since her birth. Her fashionable clothes
also gain her much attention. Lily-Rose Melody Depp started her acting career
in 2014, with a brief role in the film ‘Tusk’ where she played the character of Colleen
Collette. Her father was also featured in the film. She was then featured in the April
2015 issue of the Australian magazine ‘Oyster.’ Her photographs were shot by Dana Boulos and
Maggie Silverman. In the same year, she became the brand ambassador of Chanel’s eyewear
line. She was also seen in Irish rapper Rejjie Snow’s video ‘All Around the World’,
released in October 2015. In 2016, she reprised her ‘Tusk’ character
of Colleen Collette in ‘Yoga Hosers’, a horror-comedy film, written and directed
by Kevin Smith. It was premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. In the same year, she bagged
the campaign for Chanel's new fragrance No.5 L'Eau. She was then cast as Isadora Duncan
in ‘The Dancer’, a French biographical film directed and written by Stéphanie Di
Giusto. It was premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
In 2017, she was cast in an advertisement campaign for Chanel's beauty line. She was
featured along with Laurent Lafitte in the French film ‘Les Fauves,’ directed by
Vincent Mariette. She will reprise her ‘Tusk’ role once again in the upcoming film ‘Moose
Jaws’. In 2015, she began dating Ash Stymest, an
English model who has been featured on the covers of magazines like ‘Vogue Hommes’
and ‘Italian Vogue.’ They parted ways in April 2018.
Jack John Christopher Depp III. Jack was born on April 9, 2002, in the French
town of Neuilly-sur-Seine, where his mother still lives. Jack is sharing their time in
both France and Los Angeles to be with both their parents.
Stardom was bestowed upon Jack the moment he was born. Son of two famous parents, he
was destined to grab the curiosity of the media. Speculations were galore about him
right from the beginning although the family has been able to keep a tight lid on the lives
of the Depp children. Jack has been photographed from time to time by the paparazzi brigade
and the world has seen him transformed from a chubby, cute baby to a handsome teenager
who is looking like his dad more and more as the days a passing.
Already in his teens, Jack is in that age when the possibilities seem endless and yet
it seems scary to grab any one of them. It seems that Jack’s prerogative has been to
live a normal life as much as possible. He is the apple of his father’s eyes and Johnny
Depp has admitted multiple times that despite being quite opposed to having kids in his
youth, having Jack and Lily-rose has changed his life and he is enjoying every moment of
fatherhood. It seems that Jack has caught on the acting
bug, as he is believed to be making his debut appearance in the 2017 horror-comedy movie
‘Yoga Hosers’ alongside his dad and sister Lily-Rose.
Jack is hardly active on social media and that fact alone sets him apart from kids his
age. Johnny as saying that his son has no interest
in being an actor. However, that hasn’t kept Jack from taking part in school plays,
and he also has some drawing skills and shows talent when it comes to playing music.
But Johnny isn’t disappointed that Jack is choosing not to follow in his footsteps-
and in fact, Johnny started out with a dream of becoming a musician, too. Since he’s
already been in his son’s shoes, maybe he’ll support Jack’s goals and one day they’ll
jam together- or with sister Lily-Rose’s godfather Marilyn Manson.
He loves going out with family and is rarely seen on his own. Be it Los Angeles or in France,
Jack always portrays the image of a carefree kid who wants to live life to the fullest.
Johnny Depp started dating Amber Heard after his split from Vanessa, and it is rumored
that Depp’s son and daughter were not in good terms with their step-mother.
Tabloids constantly reported on the kids’ scuffles with their step-mom. Following their
split and Heard’s allegations of abuse, Lily-Rose took to social media to defend her
pops (along with masses of his fans). In 2018 Media reported rumors that Jack was
seriously ill. Allegedly because of this, Vanessa did not even appear at the premiere
of the movie "Knife in the Heart". But, apparently, everything was Ok with him:
In July 2018, Depp's son enjoyed holidays together with his girlfriend, mother and her
new husband, director Samuel Benchetrit, in France. And no hint of illness!