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About Johnny Depp (краткие биографические сведения)

John Christopher Depp II was born on June 9, 1963 in Owensboro USA, Kentucky. His father, John Christopher Depp worked as a civil (1) engineer, and his mother, Betty Sue Palmer, was a waitress. He has two sisters - Debbie and Christie, and brother Daniel. His family was dysfunctional (2). Depp’s parents had regular quarrels (3). Also, the children had to endure (4) constant bullying (5) by their father.

Johnny Depp's grandfather comes from the Cherokee Indian tribe (6) while his great-grandmother came from the Creek tribe.

From the age of 12 Johnny started smoking, drinking, and using drugs. Soon he was expelled (7) from school. Depp has poor eyesight – he has always seen badly from the left eye since childhood. He is short-sighted in his right eye and thus (8) he constantly wears glasses.

Understanding that such a lifestyle is a straight path (9) to death, Johnny started playing music. His mother gave him a guitar that he learned to play by himself. Soon, he joined the group "The Kids" performing in nightclubs.

At the age of 20, Depp married a makeup artist (10) Lori Anne Allison, who was five years older. She introduced Johnny to Nicolas Cage who persuaded (11) Depp to meet with his agent. Cage’s agent arranged (12) a part in the film "The Nightmare on Elm Street," which was the first actor's work of Johnny.

The television series "Jump Street, 21" gave Johnny Depp the status of a teenage idol to girls, which he could not stand (13) and get rid of (14) it.

His first nomination for the Golden Globe, Depp received for the lead role in a film “Edward Scissorhands”. Many of Depp’s other famous films made viewers of different ages and genres (15) love Johnny.

In 1998 he married Vanessa Parady, a French actress and singer. They had two children. In June 19, 2012 they broke up (16). In 2015, Depp married Amber Hurd, but in May of the following year they divorced.

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