Amber Laura Heard born April 22, is an American actress. Heard was married to actor Johnny Depp from to Afterward, the pair accused each other of domestic abuse and engaged in two lengthy and high-profile defamation cases, the Depp v.
NGN trial and the widely publicized Depp v. Heard trial, where she was found liable for defaming Depp. She made her film debut in a minor role in the sports drama Friday Night Lights , followed by brief supporting roles in films Drop Dead Sexy , North Country , Side FX , Price to Pay , Alpha Dog , and Spin , and a guest-starring spot in an episode of the police procedural crime drama television series Criminal Minds.
Heard received her first leading role in the unconventional slasher film All the Boys Love Mandy Lane , which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival , but was not released in Europe until and in the US until due to distribution problems. In , Heard played the love interest of the main character in The CW 's teen drama Hidden Palms , which the network aired to replace summer reruns of other series aimed at teenage audiences.
That same year, Heard also appeared in the short movie Day 73 with Sarah , [ 16 ] in the teen drama Remember the Daze , and in an episode of the Showtime series Californication.
Heard gained mainstream recognition in [ 18 ] [ 19 ] with supporting roles in the Judd Apatow -produced stoner comedy Pineapple Express and the martial arts drama Never Back Down. She also appeared as part of an ensemble cast in an adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis 's novel The Informers Heard's first film release in was Drive Angry , a supernatural action thriller in which she was paired with Nicolas Cage. After poor reviews and ratings as well as protests from both feminists [ 28 ] and conservative groups, [ 29 ] the series was canceled after only three episodes had aired.
