Who is Amber Heard and what is her net worth? (2024)

ACTRESS Amber Heard lost in the defamation lawsuit filed by her ex-husband Johnny Depp.

The decision comes after a month-long court battle between Heard and Depp, who sued her for an op-ed she wrote in The Washington Post.

Who is Amber Heard?

Amber Heard, 36, is originally from Austin, Texas, and first appeared in two music videos in 2004 in country artist Kenny Chesney’s There Goes My Life and rock band Eisley’s I Wasn’t Prepared.

She kicked off her acting career in the 2004 film, Friday Night Lights, followed by the 2006 film, All the Boys Love Mandy Lane.

She was previously known for her roles in Aquaman, The Rum Diary, Drive Angry, Justice League, and 3 Days to Kill and according to Celebrity Net Worth, she has a net worth of $2.5million as of 2022, down from an estimated $8 million in 2021.

In 2009, Heard met fellow actor Johnny Depp on the set of The Rum Diary, and in 2011, she told Vogue,"Working with Johnny was torture. It was better than I ever imagined, which is really saying something."

The pair started dating in 2012 after Heard, who identifies as bisexual, split from then-girlfriend Hawaiian artist and photographer Tasya van Ree.

Two years later, PEOPLE Magazine exclusively reported Heard and Depp were engaged, and a source told the outlet, “... They couldn’t be happier to be engaged and excited to share the rest of their lives together.”

They got married in a private ceremony at their Los Angeles home in 2015, but one year later, Heard filed for divorce, accusing Depp of physical abuse.

Depp has since been cleared of the accusations made against him.

What were Amber Heard's accusations against Johnny Depp?

Heard accused Depp of physical abuse and wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post in October 2018, "I became a public figure representing domestic abuse, and I felt the full force of our culture’s wrath for women who speak out."

She claimed that Depp had hit her and in the op-ed piece, she said the result of speaking out had allegedly resulted in "death threats."

The accusations against Depp resulted in the removal of him from the role of Gellert Grindelwald in the Hollywood blockbuster film, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.

The pair went to court after Depp sued Heard for $50million in a defamation lawsuit, claiming for her op-ed piece, which did not mention him by name, had caused financial loss and his removal from films.

Heard countersued for $100million, claiming that Depp's attorney defamed her by calling her allegations of abuse a hoax and claimed to have only been violent toward Depp in self-defense.

Depp repeatedly denied Heard's allegations and during the trial, he said he had lost "nothing less than everything” from Heard's op-ed article.

“What did it do to me? What effect did it have on me? I’ll put it to you this way: No matter the outcome of this trial, the second the allegations were made against me … once that happened, I lost then,” he said.

What was Amber Heard's reaction to the verdict?

The trial between Heard and Depp came to a close on May 26, 2022, and the jury read out their final verdict after 13 hours of deliberation over three days.

The jury found Heard to be guilty of defamation of Depp on three statements and awarded him $15million, meanwhile Heard won on only one of her three counterclaims, awarding her $2million.

"From the very beginning, the goal of bringing this case was to reveal the truth, regardless of the outcome," Depp said in a statement on June 1, adding, "Speaking the truth was something that I owed to my children and to all those who have remained steadfast in their support of me. I feel at peace knowing I have finally accomplished that.

"The jury gave me my life back. I am truly humbled."

Heard spoke out via her press secretary after the verdict, saying she was disappointed and "heartbroken" over the jury's decision to award Depp all three of his claims against her.

“The disappointment I feel today is beyond words," she said.

"I’m even more disappointed with what this verdict means for other women. It is a setback. It sets back the clock to a time when a woman who spoke up and spoke out could be publicly shamed and humiliated. It sets back the idea that violence against women is to be taken seriously.

"I’m sad I lost this case. But I am sadder still that I seem to have lost a right I thought I had as an American — to speak freely and openly.”

CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson said it was clear the jury took the case seriously and looked in-depth at each claim of defamation.

Speaking on the jury's verdict, Levinson said, "It wasn't just a case of, 'We like Johnny Depp, we don't like Amber Heard.' I think at the end of the day, the punchline is that the jury found they both lied."

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