Amber Heard starred in El poder del dinero (2013), opposite Harrison Ford, Liam Hemsworth and Gary Oldman. The film was released by "Relativity Media" on August 16, 2013...
She also starred in Robert Rodriguez's Machete Kills (2013), which was released by "Open Road Films" on September 13, 2013 and McG's Tres días para matar (2014), opposite Kevin Costner and Hailee Steinfeld, which will be released in 2014.
She was last seen starring in Los diarios del ron (2011), opposite Johnny Depp, and John Carpenter's Encerrada (2010), which premiered at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival. She also starred in the independent film, And Soon the Darkness (2010), in which she additionally served as a co-producer.
Heard is originally from Texas and currently resides in Los Angeles where she is actively involved with Amnesty International.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: IMDb Editors
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Often plays sexualized teenagers (Luces de viernes noche (2004), Alpha Dog (2006), Hidden Palms (2007), Rompiendo las reglas (2008)).
Trivia
Has been named one of the most beautiful rising stars by Jane Magazine, shared with Kellan Rhude.
Ranked #21 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 Women of 2008 list.
Father's name is David Heard - a successful commercial contractor in Austin, Texas.
Has two sisters.
Has a golden teacup Yorkie dog named Pistol, who was featured
alongside Heard for Teen Vogue's "Young Hollywood" issue in October
2009.
In December 2010 she "came out" to the crowd at the 25th
anniversary celebration for GLAAD (The Gay & Lesbian Alliance
Against Defamation). She also told the website www.afterellen.com that
for several years, her romantic partner has been photographer Tasya van
Ree. They have since split up.
Dropped out of school at the age of 17, to go to New York to start
a career in modeling, she then relocated to Los Angeles to get into
acting.
At the age of 16, her best friend died in a car crash and Heard,
who was raised Catholic, subsequently declared herself an atheist, due
to the influence of the works of Ayn Rand and George Orwell.
Ranked #25 in the 2010 FHM UK list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".
Good friends with Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Voted #35 on Ask men's top 99 'most desirable' women of 2012.
She has Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Welsh ancestry.
In a relationship with Johnny Depp.
Engaged to Johnny Depp [January 17, 2014].
Inducted into the Texas Film of Fame on March 6,2014 in Austin, Texas.
Personal Quotes
I've worked really hard to bring something more to "pretty girl" roles over the years. I consider it a challenge.
[on transitioning from modeling to acting] My father persuaded me
to take classes, and my first agent in Austin paid for them. I'd always
wanted to be an actress. I did it in high school and fell in love with
it, but I was distracted by the modeling industry because I wanted to
travel and get out of my hometown. It was the easier ticket.
[on supposedly "coming out"] - First of all, to say I came out
implies that I was once in. Let me be straight about that - no pun
intended. I never came out from anywhere... It didn't really affect
anything in my career. I don't think the producers and directors I've
worked with care one way or another... I don't want to be labeled as one
thing or another. In the past I've had successful relationships with
men, and now I'm in this successful relationship with a woman. When it
comes to love I am totally open. I don't want to be put into a category,
as in 'I'm this' or 'I'm that.'
I've had amazing, successful relationships with men, and now I
have an amazing, successful relationship with a woman, and the bottom
line is I love who I love.
We women still make up like one, maybe two percent of the
directors [in Hollywood] and until we make up a bigger or I guess a more
significant majority or proportion of the filmmakers or until we have a
larger stake in the prospective makers, then we won't accurately
accomplish that representation.
I don't take parts because they're for the sexy girl. I take the
sexy girl parts and try to give them something else and make them a
character. I just know that, at some point, you have to choose between
the two. We didn't take Charlize Theron seriously until she did Monster
(2003) and became physically ugly. I would love to see women be able to
be powerful, complex, smart, opinionated and taken seriously, even if
they are beautiful. Even more, I would love to see women held to
different standards, other than the superficial ones that we're held to.
I am constantly struggling to show people that there is more to me
than my appearance. You do have to try and overcome those hurdles.
Female actresses need to be given the chance to be more than how they
look. There's two categories for women in Hollywood; you're either sexy
and that's it, or you're not and because of that you often get given
better opportunities. You can't be sexy and get as many good roles,
fact. It's so frustrating to see women compartmentalized in those ways,
but it's not going to change until the amount of female filmmakers and
producers get to anywhere near being half. So many female characters and
stories are written by men. It's a flawed system.
I'm looking to find good stories, not big commercial pieces of work.
The last few years have been non-stop for me. I've been going from
job to job without even going home in-between jobs for the last year.
And I'm doing what I love. I'm enjoying the perks of the job-the travel.
I am having a great time being a shape shifter and I'm really getting a
kick out of it. I love my job.
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