Amber Heard is an in-demand American model and actress. She became famous after filming in the television series Palm Springs and the movie The Rum Diary. The ex-wife of Johnny Depp. The Rum Diary star Amber Heard Childhood Amber grew up in Austin, Texas. Her father was the head of a construction company, and her mother worked in the telecommunications industry. As the actress herself admitted, her father wanted a boy, so he taught her to drive, ride a horse, and also be strong as a man. Amber’s mother recalled that her daughter, from childhood, experienced how far she was able to go and how high she could fly.
Amber was brought up in strict Catholic traditions. Moreover, she studied at the Catholic Academy. The upbringing did not prevent the girl from testing her artistic abilities in the school theater. Publicity and general attention attracted her, and from the age of 13, Amber worked as a lifeguard on the beach and as a cleaner at a local modeling agency to collect money to shoot her portfolio. Amber Heard in her youth When Amber was 16 years old, her best friend died in a car accident. The tragedy completely changed the girl’s life – she became disillusioned with faith and proclaimed herself an atheist. A year later, the girl went to New York, as she could no longer stay in Texas and just tried to avoid apathy.
Career start
In New York, Amber quickly got into the modeling business. It seemed that a childhood dream had come true, but the joy was short-lived. I required something more exotic, and unpredictable, so the girl went to overcome the film industry in Los Angeles. Amber Heard, before becoming famous, Luck was on the side of an ambitious girl – she could easily penetrate the world of cinema. Like most of Hollywood’s celebrity residents, she began with cameo roles in the series: “O. S. – Lonely Hearts “,” Jack and Bobby “, and” Mountain “. Then she was noticed by the directors of the “full length”, followed by larger roles. In 2004, the girl starred in the sports drama In the Rays of Glory, in 2005 – in the low-budget horror film Ghoul’s Potion, the comedy Murderous Sexuality, and Northern Country, a drama about women miners with the incomparable Charlize Theron. This was followed by the first major role in the career of Amber Heard – it was the horror film “All the guys love Mandy Lane”, which, however, did not receive high reviews from critics. Many noted that the plot of the film is too similar to “Jennifer’s Body” and that in this case, Amber Heard would be worth learning about sexuality from Megan Fox.
A significant challenge for Amber was the filming of the TV series Palm Springs, which premiered in 2007. She was approved for the role of Greta Matthews, a girl who lost her mother and loved one. And so the slender actress had to lose 11 kilograms for this role. Alas, out of 12 episodes of the series, viewers saw only 8 – the project was taken off the air due to low ratings.
This was followed by an episode in the iconic TV series Californication with David Duchovny. The young actress had less than a minute of screen time, but the very fact of participating in such a popular project was worth a lot.
First popularity
In 2008, Amber Heard appeared in two commercially successful films: the drama Never Give Up, in which she appeared before the audience as the beloved of the protagonist, forced to go from an outcast to a military arts star. The second film was the comedy “Pineapple Express” with Seth Rogen and James Franco, which tells the story of the adventures of two herbalist friends.
These characters became a turning point in Amber’s career – she impressed the directors with her fearlessness, the fusion of the wisdom of an adult woman, and a real savage, sheer spontaneity and irrepressible appetite for life. Perhaps due to these qualities, she was taken on the cast of the post-apocalyptic black comedy “Welcome to Zombieland”, where she played the neighbor of the character Jesse Eisenberg, a student of Columbus.
A significant event for the actress was the shooting of the film “The Rum Diary” – according to the script she became the partner of the character played by Johnny Depp himself. Amber Heard was delighted with his acting and proudly declared that he was a great actor and an incredible person who helped her to reveal herself as much as possible on the set. Amber even won a Hollywood Film Festival award for her role as Chenot.
After that, Amber’s career skyrocketed: she was lucky to work with Harrison Ford, Liam Hemsworth, and Demi Moore; the young actress was very proud of her role as a CIA agent in Luc Besson’s film Three Days Before the Murder.
