Amber Heard is among the most successful Hollywood actresses today, as well as a controversial one. She started as a model but eventually, she landed opportunities to star in various television shows and movies.
Aside from acting, Amber is also an advocate of LGBTQ rights.
Born on April 22, 1986, in Austin, Texas, Amber Laura Heard was raised outside Texas with her one sibling. She grew up having the skills of horse riding, hunting, and fishing.
In high school, Amber studied in a Catholic school and joined beauty pageants as a teen. However, she eventually became disillusioned with religion and the Texan lifestyle around her. Subsequently, Heard dropped out of school and moved to New York City at the age of 17. She initially landed a job as a model in the Big Apple, but she focused more on acting and moved to Los Angeles later on.
Impressive Career
Amber's first starring part was in 2006's All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, and she followed up with roles in Never Back Down and Pineapple Express in 2008, while his subsequent work mixed successful films with flops and negative reviews.
After parts in films such as ExTerminators, The River Why, and And Soon the Darkness, Heard starred in The Rum Diary in 2011, her first collaboration with ex-husband Johnny Depp. It was preceded by roles in Drive Angry, Paranoia, Machete 3 Days to Kill, and Syrup.
The year 2015 is considered one of the best years in Amber Heard's career as she landed roles in commercially successful movies such as Magic Mike XXL, The Danish Girl, The Adderall Diaries, London Fields, and One More Time, as per Marca story.
In 2017, she played the role of Queen Mera of Atlantis in the superhero movie Justice League and in Aquaman the following year.
What is Amber Heard's Net Worth?
Amber Heard's Net Worth in 2022 is $8 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
Her fortune is said to be a fraction of that of her former husband, Johnny Depp, who has a net worth of $100 million.
Depp and Heard began dating in 2012 and married in 2015 without a prenuptial agreement. In 2016, Heard filed for divorce from Depp and secured a temporary restraining order against him, stating that he had abused her verbally and physically when intoxicated, per Style Caster.
In the same year, Heard and Depp signed an agreement. Depp and Amber Heard's divorce was finalized in 2017. Heard allegedly demanded Depp $50,000 per month in spousal support depending on her "marital lifestyle," but her lawyer later withdrew the request.
Heard further declared that she would donate the remaining portion of her settlement to the ACLU and the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles.
Depp requested proof from the court in 2021 that Heard had donated her settlement to the institutions. Heard's lawyers responded by saying she had done "nothing dishonest" with her payments to the ACLU and the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, and that she had "pledged to pay over 10 years," which the charities had agreed on.
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