Johnny Depp and Amber Heard divorced after 1 year, 11 months of marriage. The settlement was reportedly about $7M. Full timeline and prenup facts inside.
Figures are reported estimates. Last updated Oct 2026.
Heard donated her $7M settlement to charity, sparking years of legal battles.
Johnny Depp, the film star known for Pirates of the Caribbean and Edward Scissorhands, and Amber Heard, an actress known for Aquaman and The Rum Diary, met on the set of The Rum Diary in 2011 and married on 3 February 2015 in a private ceremony at Depp's home in Los Angeles. Depp was 21 years older, and had two children from his earlier relationship with Vanessa Paradis. Heard was building a film career. The marriage became the subject of intense public attention.
Depp's wealth came from a decades-long film career. He was Hollywood's highest-paid actor in 2012 and 2016, and the Pirates of the Caribbean series earned him tens of millions of dollars per film. He also owned a vineyard, houses and an island in the Bahamas. By the time of the divorce his finances had become the subject of a legal dispute with his former business managers. Heard's wealth was much smaller.
The couple were married for 15 months. Heard filed for divorce in May 2016, shortly after the death of Depp's mother, and obtained a restraining order, accusing him of abuse. Depp denied the allegations. The divorce was finalized in January 2017. The legal disputes continued for years, including libel cases in Britain and the United States. In 2022 a Virginia jury found largely in Depp's favor.
The divorce settlement was reported at about $7 million, which Heard said she would donate to charity, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the Children's Hospital Los Angeles. The agreement was announced in August 2016, and both parties issued a joint statement. In 2022 the dispute about how much of the money was actually donated became part of the trial in Virginia.
The settlement is small compared with Depp's wealth, and it was the result of a short marriage and of the particular circumstances of the dispute. The figure appears to have been agreed in order to end the legal proceedings, and not as a measure of Heard's share of his assets. California law allows for a share of property built up during the marriage, but this was limited by the length of the marriage.
The legal battles cost Depp heavily. He lost his role in the Fantastic Beasts films and was reported to have lost the chance to appear in the Pirates series, though he later regained a measure of public support. In 2022 the Virginia jury awarded him $10 million in compensatory damages plus punitive damages that the judge cut sharply, and awarded Heard $2 million on one counterclaim. Heard's career was also affected.
The Depp and Heard case is not notable for its size but for its extensive litigation and media coverage. It is an outlier on this list in being primarily a dispute over allegations rather than money. Its cost to the participants, in legal fees and lost earnings, far exceeded the headline settlement.
The 2022 Virginia trial was streamed live and attracted a huge audience online. Depp has had a long association with the character of Captain Jack Sparrow. Heard moved to Spain after the trial. The $7 million figure was the amount agreed in 2016.
Amber Heard's reported settlement was about $7 million.
They married in 2015 and divorced in 2017, a marriage of roughly 2 years.
No prenuptial agreement was reported.
Reported assets include: Cash settlement, Los Angeles properties.
The settlement is small compared with Depp's wealth, and it was the result of a short marriage and of the particular circumstances of the dispute. The figure appears to have been agreed in order to end the legal proceedings, and not as a measure of Heard's share of his assets.