Amber Laura Heard (born April 22, 1986) is an actress who has appeared in films and television shows in the United States. After a string of modest appearances in cinema and television (2006), Heard earned her first big part in the horror thriller All the Boys Love Mandy Lane. She rose to prominence after appearing in the action film Never Back Down (2008) and the comedy Pineapple Express as a supporting actress (2008).
She went on to star in films like The Joneses (2009), The Ward (2010), The Rum Diary (2011), Drive Angry (2011), Machete Kills (2013), and Magic Mike XXL in the following years (2015).
Heard joins the DC Extended Universe in 2017 to portray Mera, the Atlantean queen, in the films Justice League (2017), Aquaman (2018), and Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021). Heard has been a worldwide spokeswoman for cosmetics company L'Oréal Paris since 2018, in addition to performing. She is also an activist for human rights.
From 2015 until 2017, Heard was married to actor Johnny Depp. Their divorce drew a lot of media attention because she claimed he was abusive for the majority of their relationship.
After Heard wrote an op-ed about being a public victim of domestic violence, he sued her for defamation in 2019. In a related libel suit in England, he sued The Sun's publishers.
Depp lost his libel case in 2020, with the High Court of Justice of England and Wales ruling that the majority of Heard's allegations had been proven to a civil standard.
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Sean Faris, Amber Heard, Cam Gigandet, and Djimon Hounsou feature in Never Back Down, a 2008 American martial arts film directed by Jeff Wadlow and starring Sean Faris, Amber Heard, Cam Gigandet, and Djimon Hounsou.
On March 14, 2008, the film was released. The story follows a disgruntled and troubled adolescent who discovers an underground fight club after he transfers to a new high school.
The new high school proves to be more trouble than he reckoned when Jake's friends and family face a threat. He seeks the mentoring of a mixed martial arts veteran to train him for a final fight.
Drive Angry (also known as Drive Angry 3D) is a 2011 American fantasy action film directed by Patrick Lussier, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Todd Farmer.
Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner, Billy Burke, Charlotte Ross, Katy Mixon, and Tom Atkins are among the cast members. On February 25, the picture, which was shot in 3D, was released.
John Milton escapes from Hell to find his daughter's killers and rescue his granddaughter from the clutches of a satanic cult that wants to sacrifice her to the devil on the full moon night.
London Fields is a 2018 mystery thriller film directed by Mathew Cullen and based on Martin Amis' 1989 novel of the same name. Roberta Hanley and Martin Amis wrote the script.
Billy Bob Thornton portrays Samson Young, a terminally ill writer who has had writer's block for 20 years. The cast also includes Amber Heard, Jim Sturgess, Theo James, Jason Isaacs, Cara Delevingne, Obi Abili, and Jaimie Alexander.
It was initially planned to premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival's Special Presentations section, but it was subsequently pulled when director Mathew Cullen sued the film's producers, accusing them of fraud and using his name to promote a version of the film that he does not endorse.
After the producers made a compromise with Cullen in a separate case, London Fields was released theatrically in the United States on October 26, 2018. It was a critical and financial failure.
Nicola, a clairvoyant femme fatale, lives with a premonition that she will be murdered. However, she begins a love affair with three different men at the same time.
Pineapple Express is a 2008 American stoner comedy film directed by David Gordon Green and starring Seth Rogen and James Franco. It was written by Rogen and Evan Goldberg and directed by David Gordon Green. After seeing hitmen and a dishonest police officer commit a murder.
A process server and his marijuana dealer are forced to run from hitmen and a corrupt police officer. The screenplay was developed with the help of producer Judd Apatow, who previously collaborated with Rogen and Goldberg on the films Knocked Up and Superbad.
On August 6, 2008, Columbia Pictures released the picture, which made $102 million worldwide on a $26 million budget. Critics gave the picture mostly good reviews, and it has since gained a cult following. Franco's performance earned him a Golden Globe nomination.
Dale, a pot-smoking process server, and his drug dealer, Saul, must run for their lives after Dale drops his stash at the spot where they witness a corrupt cop and a drug lord murder an Asian man.
The Danish Girl is a 2015 historical romantic drama film directed by Tom Hooper and partly based on the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. It is based on David Ebershoff's 2000 book of the same name.
With Ben Whishaw, Amber Heard, and Matthias Schoenaerts in supporting roles, the film stars Eddie Redmayne as the Elbe, one of the first known patients of sex reassignment surgery, Alicia Vikander as Wegener, and Sebastian Koch as Kurt Warnekros.
The film was presented in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival and in the main competition of the 72nd Venice International Film Festival. Focus Features distributed the picture in a limited release on November 27, 2015, in the United States. The film premiered in the United Kingdom on January 1, 2016, with Universal Pictures Worldwide handling international distribution.
Despite criticism for its erroneous representation of historical events, Redmayne and Vikander's performances were widely praised and got nominations for all of the major acting categories. Vikander was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, while Redmayne was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. The film also got nods for Best Production Design and Best Costume Design. It received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best British Film.
Artist Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to pose as a female model for a painting. Things take an unexpected turn when this act triggers Einar to reignite his suppressed identification.
Zombieland is a 2009 American zombie comedy film directed by Ruben Fleischer in his theatrical debut and written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. The film follows a nerdy college student (Jesse Eisenberg) as he navigates a post-apocalyptic zombie apocalypse, meeting three strangers along the way (Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin) and embarking on a long road trip across the Southwestern United States in search of a safe haven from the undead.
On September 25, 2009, the film had its international premiere at Fantastic Fest, and Columbia Pictures released it in cinemas on October 2, 2009. Zombieland was a critical and commercial success, generating over $60.8 million in only 17 days, overtaking Dawn of the Dead as the highest-grossing zombie picture in the United States from 2004 until World War Z in 2013. A sequel, Zombieland: Double Tap, was released in 2019.
Columbus, a college student, joins forces with three eccentric strangers to survive a zombie apocalypse and travel through the south-western USA to a safe haven.
Magic Mike is a 2012 American comedy-drama film starring Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, and Matthew McConaughey and directed by Steven Soderbergh. The story follows Adam, a 19-year-old who is introduced to the world of male stripping by Mike Lane, a six-year veteran of the industry.
The film is partially inspired by Tatum's experiences as a stripper in Tampa, Florida when he was 18 years old. Several sites in west-central Florida were used to shoot Magic Mike.
The film was a critical and economic triumph when it debuted as the closing feature of the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival on June 24, 2012, and was widely distributed by Warner Bros. on June 29, 2012. On July 1, 2015, a sequel, Magic Mike XXL, directed by Gregory Jacobs, was released.
Mike Lane works as a stripper in a club in Tampa. One day, when Mike randomly meets Adam, a jobless man, he decides to help him and introduces him to his boss.
Robert Rodriguez co-wrote and directed Machete Kills, a 2013 American action exploitation film. It is a sequel to Machete, the third film based on a Grindhouse false trailer, and is based on the eponymous character from the Spy Kids series.
Mel Gibson, Demán Bichir, Amber Heard, Sofa Vergara, Lady Gaga, Antonio Banderas, Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa Hudgens, Alexa Vega, William Sadler, Marko Zaror, and Charlie Sheen (credited by his birth name of "Carlos Est") reprise their roles from the first film and are joined by series newcomers Anthony Gonzalez and John C. Reilly. Mel Gibson, Demán Bichir, Amber Heard, Sofa Vergara, Lady Gaga, Antonio Banderas.
The film follows Trejo's character as he is enlisted by the US President (Sheen) to stop a weapons dealer (Gibson) and a revolutionary (Bichir). The film was released on October 11, 2013, to mediocre reviews and failed to recover its $20 million budget. Overuse of story themes, shoddy CGI, and 'out-of-place science fiction aspects were also highlighted by critics.
Machete is recruited by the government of the United States of America to take down an arms dealer in Mexico who is out to instigate a global war.
Amber Heard's attempt to have Johnny Depp's defamation action dismissed by a court was denied. A Virginia court determined Tuesday that Johnny Depp's two-year-old defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife Amber Heard will not be dismissed, ensuring the case will go to trial next year
Amber Heard's attempt to have Johnny Depp's defamation action dismissed by a court was denied.
In one of the several disputes involving his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard, actor Johnny Depp has won a huge win. On Tuesday, a court in Virginia denied Heard's attempt to dismiss Depp's two-year-old libel action. Heard used a 2020 London court judgment, which Depp lost, as justification for dismissing the libel claim in the United States.
Heard used a 2020 London court judgment, which Depp lost, as justification for dismissing the libel claim in the United States.
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She earned bachelor's degrees in English and Journalism from the University of Kansas before moving to New York City, where she spent a decade at Entertainment Weekly, visiting film sets worldwide.
With over 8 years in the entertainment industry, Elisa is a seasoned journalist and media analyst, holding a degree in Journalism from NYU. Her insightful critiques have been featured in prestigious publications, cementing her reputation for accuracy and depth.
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