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Amber Heard

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Amber Heard
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Heard in Paris at a The Rum Diary premiere, November 2011
BornAmber Laura Heard
April 22, 1986 (age 30)
Austin, Texas, United States
OccupationActress
Years active2004–present
Spouse(s)Johnny Depp (m. 2015)
Amber Laura Heard (born April 22, 1986)[1] is an American actress. Heard made her film debut in the sports drama Friday Night Lights, starring Billy Bob Thornton. After small roles in North Country and Alpha Dog, Heard played her first leading role in All the Boys Love Mandy Lane and appeared in The CW television show Hidden Palms.
Her breakthrough came in 2008 with roles in Never Back Down and Pineapple Express. She received the Breakthrough Award at Young Hollywood Awards. She got widespread attention after her appearance in films such asThe Informers, The Stepfather, Zombieland and The Joneses. She next starred in John Carpenter's The Ward, alongside Nicolas Cage in Drive Angry, and alongside Johnny Depp in The Rum Diary, for which she won a Spotlight Award at Hollywood Film Festival. Recently she appeared in films 3 Days to Kill, Magic Mike XXL and The Danish Girl.
Heard has appeared in magazines' Most Beautiful and Sexiest lists.[2][3][4] She is also involved in social activism for causes such as LGBT rights and is a supporter of Habitat for Humanity, Girl Up United Nations Foundation, The Art of Elysium and Amnesty International.[5][6]

Early life[edit]

Amber Heard was born in Austin, Texas, the daughter of Patricia Paige (née Parsons), an internet researcher, and David Clinton Heard, a contractor.[1][7][8] She has a sister, Whitney.[1] She dropped out of high school, eventually earning a diploma through a home-study course.[9] When Heard was 16, her best friend died in a car crash and Heard, who was raised Catholic, subsequently declared herself an atheist after being introduced to the works of Ayn Rand by her then-boyfriend.[9] She has said of Rand, "I've read all of her books. Ever since then, I have been obsessed with her ideals. All I've ever needed is myself."[9]

Career[edit]

While in Los Angeles, Heard made appearances in several TV shows and two music videos, Kenny Chesney's "There Goes My Life" and Eisley's "I Wasn't Prepared". She was cast as Liz in the pilot episode of The WB's Jack & Bobby (2004), as Riley in an episode of The Mountain (2004) and she had a guest starring role as a salesgirl in The O.C. (2005). Her first movie role was Maria in Friday Night Lights (2004), starring Billy Bob Thornton. Based on actual events, the movie was both a commercial and critical success.[10] She next starred as Shay in Side FX (2005), an independent horror film, and had supporting roles in Drop Dead Sexy (2005), Price to Pay (2006) and You Are Here (2006). Heard had a more prominent role in Niki Caro's North Country (2005), in which she played the teenage version of Josey, Charlize Theron's character.[11] She also appeared in a minor role in Nick Cassavetes' Alpha Dog (2006). In the same year, she starred in an episode of Criminal Minds as Lila Archer, a love interest of main character Spencer Reid.
Heard at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival
Heard was next cast in the CW's Hidden Palms. On the show she portrayed Greta Matthews, who suffered the losses of both her mother and boyfriend, Eddie, and befriends Johnny, the antihero of the show. In order to get the part, Heard was asked to lose weight. It took her four months between the pilot and the second episode to lose 25 pounds, giving up alcohol, increasing her workouts and following a macrobiotic diet (no meat, dairy or processed sugar).[9]Hidden Palms premiered in the US on May 30, 2007. Ultimately, the CW wrapped the summer series early; instead of the initial 12-episode arc, only 8 were aired. The show ended on July 4, 2007 two weeks earlier than originally planned.[12]
Heard was cast in the title role in All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, a horror film that premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2006. The film immediately garnered attention and a deal was secured with Harvey Weinstein.[13][14] However, nearly a year after its Toronto début, the movie had not reached theaters. In July 2007, Mandy Lane found a new distribution home and the film finally was released in 2008 with a February UK release and June DVD release.[15] The film's director Jonathan Levine said about Amber's casting in the title role that "there was a certain type of beauty and a certain type of innate intelligence that Amber brought to it that is not something you find every day. Certainly, not something you would find in somebody her age. The wisdom she projects, I thought was pretty remarkable."[16] The Los Angeles Times praised's Heard's acting, saying it's her most "definitive [performance] to date."[17] and The Washington Post stated that Heard gave a "psychologically interesting performance."[18]
In 2007, Heard also appeared in the 16-minute-long short movie Day 73 with Sarah[19] and Jess Manafort's indie drama Remember the Daze (aka The Beautiful Ordinary), which premiered at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival.[20]She then appeared in the Judd Apatow-produced comedy Pineapple Express[21] and the martial arts drama Never Back Down, both of which were released in 2008.[22] Both films were box office successes and brought Heard into mainstream attention, including a win for Breakthrough Award in Hollywood Film Festival. Richard Roeper praised Heard's performance in Pineapple Express.[23] She also made a brief appearance in Showtime's Californication and joined the ensemble cast of 2009's The Informers, based on the Bret Easton Ellis novel of the same title.[22] She filmed the horror film The Stepfather and the comedy film Ex-Terminators back-to-back in 2008 while promoting Never Back Down, Mandy Lane and Remember the Daze.[24]
In late 2008, Heard filmed The River Why and The Joneses; two independent features. Variety highly praised Heard's acting performance, saying "she steals the show" and that she actually delivered better work than film's leading starDemi Moore in The Joneses.[25] James Berardinelli, despite giving a negative review, also praised Heard's performance.[26]
At the beginning of 2009, The Informers made its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Despite an all-star cast, the movie received generally negative reviews. Heard next appeared in Zombieland, playing a small role as the object of Jesse Eisenberg’s affection who turns into a zombie. She subsequently appeared in John Carpenter's The Ward. Carpenter described Heard as "very smart, very driven and very talented."[27] In March, Heard began filming The Rum Diary, opposite Johnny Depp, in Puerto Rico. Heard was reported to have won the role out over Scarlett Johansson and Keira Knightley. In 2010, she starred in and produced And Soon the Darkness, co-starring Odette Yustman and Karl Urban.[28]
Heard at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival
In February 2010, Heard was cast in Drive Angry, a 3-D action thriller directed by Patrick Lussier and released in February 2011.[29] Prominent film critic Roger Ebert stated in his review for Drive Angry that Amber "does everything that can possibly be done" with her character.[30] In February 2011, she appeared on Top Gear in the UK. She talked about her love of guns and muscle cars, and revealed that she used to line-dance in Texas bars.[31] She later appeared in Paranoia, Machete Kills, and 3 Days to Kill, the latter of which was a box office success. Amber also starred in Syrup, a film based on the novel by Max Barry who called Heard "amazing" and that she "annihilated that character. In a good way."[32] Isaac Feldberg of We Got This Covered was not impressed by the film but stated that "only Heard makes a real impression" yet her "great performance can't save Syrup from its half-baked, sluggish script and obnoxious complacency."[33]
In 2015, she starred in The Adderall Diaries alongside James Franco, Christian Slater and Ed Harris. Indiewire gave film a mixed review and stated that Heard was "miscast" but yet "she displays much potential and has succeeded in a bid to be taken more seriously."[34] Nick Leyland of The Movie Network enjoyed the film and praised Heard's performance as well.[35] She also starred in a musical drama When I Live My Life Over Again (retitled One More Time), co-starring Christopher Walken. Heard took singing lessons and learned how to play the piano and guitar for her role.[36] International Business Times described Heard as "talented enough to share a few heartfelt moments in a character that mostly operates on the defensive."[37] Los Angeles Times praised her "superb" performance and The Film Stage stated that Heard does an "admirable job".[38][39]
In September 2014, Heard joined the cast of Magic Mike XXL, sequel to the 2012 film Magic Mike.[40] The film was released in July 2015. She portrayed Zoe, a photographer who flirts with the main character Mike, portrayed byChanning Tatum in the film. Digital Spy described the character as "a convincing girl-next-door type"[41] and Screen International stated that "Amber Heard doesn’t get enough screen time as a potential love interest for Mike, but her tomboyish flirtation delights."[42] Heard was starred in London Fields— co-starring Billy Bob Thornton (her third collaboration with him), Jim Sturgess, Cara Delevingne, and Theo James— a film directed by newcomer Matthew Cullen. London Fields, in which Johnny Depp appears in a cameo role, was supposed to premiere in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival,[43] but it was later pulled from the festival roster after director Mathew Cullen sued the film's producers, accusing them of fraud and using his name to promote a cut of the film he does not support.[44] During its short run, the film received highly negative reviews. Heard's performance was criticized among other members of the cast.[45] However The Hollywood Reporter defended her performance, reminding her "perfectly fine" performances in her early works as in All the Boys Love Mandy Lane andThe Rum Diary, they've felt "it may not be fair to entirely blame her for not being able to carry the film as the role requires; she probably didn’t have much help."[46] It was reported that the film's stars, including Heard, all had written to the producers, objecting to the cut that was seen at press and industry screenings at Toronto.[47] Heard also had a supporting role in Tom Hooper's The Danish Girl (2015). The film premiered at the 72nd Venice Film Festival to positive reviews and was released on November 27, 2015.[48][49] Her performance was described as "minxy" and "staggeringly good."[50][51] Her co-star Alicia Vikander stated in an interview that Heard was in two "extraordinary" dance scenes which were cut from the final release due to length but both Alicia and Eddie Redmayne insisted on putting them on DVD extra materials.[52]
On January 13, 2016, it was reported by The Hollywood Reporter that Heard is in talks to play Mera, Aquaman's Atlantean Queen, in the upcoming 2018 film, Aquaman. This film will be part of the DC Extended Universe film series; the report indicated that Mera will first appear in Justice League Part One, which premieres in 2017.[53]
On March 17, 2016, Amber Heard confirmed on ET her 'Aquaman' role in Justice League Part One. She has been cast as Mera, the undersea queen and wife of Aquaman in the DC Comics canon. Heard will make her first appearance as Mera in 2017's The Justice League Part One before appearing in the 2018 standalone Aquaman film opposite Game of Thrones star Jason Momoa. The actress exclusively dished to ET's Katie Krause about her sea queen costume. "It's interesting. It's like, half suit of armor, half scales," Heard revealed. "It's strange... We're in the process of building it now, so it's coming along."[54]

Personal life[edit]

Heard came out in 2010, at GLAAD's 25th anniversary event,[55] but has stated, "I don't label myself one way or another—I have had successful relationships with men and now a woman. I love who I love; it's the person that matters."[56] At the aforementioned GLAAD event, she stated of her decision to come out: "I think when I became aware of my role in the media, I had to ask myself an important question 'Am I part of the problem?' And I think that when millions and millions of hard-working, taxpaying Americans are denied their rights and denied their equality you have to ask yourself what are the factors that are an epidemic problem and that's what this is."[55] Heard has also spoken out for secular causes and is scheduled to speak at Reason Rally 2016.[57]
Heard dated photographer Tasya van Ree.[55] She met actor Johnny Depp while filming The Rum Diary. In the October 2009 issue of Teen Vogue, she described her role as Depp's love interest in the film as "the best experience of my life."[58] They began dating in 2012.[59][60] On February 3, 2015, Heard married Depp in a private civil ceremony at their home in Los Angeles.[61]
In an incident the Australian press dubbed Terriergate, it was alleged that "Pistol" and "Boo", two Yorkshire Terrier dogs belonging to Heard and Depp, had not been declared to the Australian Customs Service when they flew into Queensland by private jet,[62] for which Heard was charged with two counts of illegally importing the dogs into the country and one count of producing a false document.[63] In April 2016, Heard appeared in the Southport Magistrates Court and pleaded guilty to falsifying quarantine documents. The two biosecurity charges were dropped. A minute-long video of Heard and Depp was played to the packed courtroom in which Heard apologized for not declaring Pistol and Boo. Her lawyer told the court the actress was sleep deprived and had made a mistake when she filled out the quarantine documents incorrectly.[64] She escaped conviction for failing to declare her dogs and was put on a one-month good behaviour bond and fined $1000 for producing a false document.[65][66]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

YearFilmRoleNotes
2004Friday Night LightsMaria
2005Side FXShay
2005Drop Dead SexyCandy
2005North CountryYoung Josey Aimes
2006Price to PayTrish
2006The PrinceSerena
2006Alpha DogAlma
2006All the Boys Love Mandy LaneMandy Lane
2007SpinAmber
2007Day 73 with SarahMaryShort film
2007Remember the DazeJulia
2008Never Back DownBaja Miller
2008Pineapple ExpressAngie Anderson
2008The InformersChristie
2009ExTerminatorsNikki
2009The JonesesJenn Jones
2009Zombieland406
2009The StepfatherKelly Porter
2010And Soon the DarknessStephanieAlso co-producer
2010The River WhyEddy
2010The WardKristen
2011Drive AngryPiper
2011The Rum DiaryChenault
2013SyrupSix
2013ParanoiaEmma Jennings
2013Machete KillsMiss San Antonio
20143 Days to KillAgent Vivi
2015The Adderall DiariesLana Edmond
2015One More TimeJude
2015Magic Mike XXLZoe
2015The Danish GirlUlla
2016London FieldsNicola SixPost-production
2017Justice League Part OneMeraFilming
2018AquamanMera / HilaPre-production
2019Justice League Part TwoMeraPre-production

Television[edit]

YearShowRoleEpisode(s)
2004Jack & BobbyLiz1×01 – "Pilot"
2004The MountainRiley1×08 – "A Piece of the Rock"
2005The O.C.Salesgirl2×15 – "Mallpisode"
2006Criminal MindsLila Archer1×18 – "Somebody's Watching"
2007CalifornicationAmber1×08 – "California Son"
2007Hidden PalmsGreta Matthews8 episodes
2011Top GearHerself16×05
2011The Playboy ClubBunny Maureen7 episodes (4 unaired)[67][68] Source confirmed to be Laura Benanti by her official website[69]

Accolades[edit]

YearNominated workEventAwardResult
2008HerselfYoung Hollywood AwardsBreakthrough of the YearWon
2009ZombielandDetroit Film Critics Society AwardsBest EnsembleNominated
2010ZombielandScream AwardsBest EnsembleWon
2010HerselfDallas International Film FestivalDallas Star AwardWon
2011The Rum DiaryHollywood Film FestivalSpotlight AwardWon
2014HerselfTexas Film Hall of FameInducteeWon
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