Amber Heard Net Worth: All Important Updates!

By Jaslin Last updated Jan 22, 2023

Amber Laura Heard was born in Austin, Texas on April 22, 1986. She competed in beauty pageants as a child before dropping out of high school and relocating to Los Angeles to pursue a career as an actress. Heard first appeared in two music videos in the early 2000s, followed by minor roles on many television shows, including The O.C. and Jack & Bobby.

She made her debut appearance on the big screen in a minor role in Friday Night Lights in 2004. She went on to appear in films such as Side FX, Price to Pay, and Drop Dead Sexy. She has appeared as a guest star on the television shows Criminal Minds and Californication.

Her first leading role was in the 2006 slasher picture All the Boys Love Mandy Lane. The film premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival, but it was not distributed in Europe until 2008, and it was not released in the United States until 2013. Amber Heard is an actress.

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Amber Heard Early Years

Heard’s first major triumphs were supporting appearances in Judd Apatow’s Pineapple Express and Never Back Down. She co-starred in the comedy-drama The Joneses with Demi Moore and David Duchovny, as a secret nymphomaniac. From 2009 to 2010, Heard primarily appeared in independent films.

Heard subsequently participated in a string of critical flops, including Drive Angry, in which he co-starred with Nicolas Cage, and The Playboy Club, which was canceled after only three episodes. She played Johnny Depp’s love interest in The Rum Diary in 2011. The film was another letdown, but she met her future spouse during filming. As seems to be the case, Heard starred in several more flops in 2013, including Paranoia, Syrup, and Machete Kills.

Amber Heard’s Professional Life

Heard starred as Channing Tatum’s love interest in the movie office hit Magic Mike XXL in 2015. She later appeared in The Adderall Diaries alongside James Franco and had a small part in the historical drama The Danish Girl.

Heard also played a struggling singer-songwriter in the 2015 television film One More Time, which also starred Christopher Walken. She studied voice, guitar, and piano to prepare for the role, and her performance earned good feedback.

Heard made her first appearance as the Atlantean princess Mera in the 2017 film Justice League. She repeated her role in Aquaman in 2018 and will appear in the sequel Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom in 2023. The film grossed more than $1 billion, making it her first major commercial triumph. Heard has played a variety of other supporting parts since then.

Amber Heard’s Relationship History

Heard came out publicly in 2009 but did not label herself, instead indicating that she was in a relationship with a woman. She was married to photographer Tasya van Ree from 2008 until 2012, during which time she legally changed her last name to van Ree.

Heard was arrested at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in 2009 for misdemeanor domestic violence after reportedly striking van Ree, but she was not charged. In 2014, she reverted her legal name back to her birth name.

In 2009, Heard met Johnny Depp while filming The Rum Diary. They started dating in 2012 and were married in February 2015. In May 2016, she filed for divorce and got a temporary restraining order against him, claiming that Depp had been physically and verbally abusing her throughout their relationship.

Amber Heard’s Net Worth

Heard’s highest-earning year to date was 2019 when she earned around $3 million. Heard also inked a deal with Warner Bros. that paid her $1 million for the first Aquaman picture and promised her $2 million for the sequel, with an additional $3 million to $4 million if a third feature is made.

In reaction to an op-ed she published for The Washington Post in 2018, Heard’s ex-husband, Johnny Depp, launched a $50 million defamation claim against her in 2019. She filed a $100 million countersuit, but once all was said and done, the court found primarily in Depp’s favor, with the net sum owing to Depp being roughly $8.35 million. Following the verdict in June 2022, Heard’s own counsel indicated that she would be unable to pay the damages on her own, despite her net worth of around $2.5 million at the time.