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NEED TO KNOW
- Amber Heard has dated a few high-profile artists and filmmakers over the years
- After her highly publicized divorce and defamation trial with Johnny Depp, she dated Elon Musk
- In May 2025, Heard announced that she had welcomed twins “by myself and on my own terms”
Amber Heard expanded her family in May 2025.
The Aquaman actress’ spokesperson told PEOPLE on May 11, 2025, that she had welcomed twins, daughter Agnes and son Ocean. Heard shared the news by posting a photo of the newborns’ feet alongside her eldest daughter, Oonagh Paige, whom she welcomed in April 2021.
“Mother’s Day 2025 will be one I’ll never forget,” she wrote. “This year I am elated beyond words to celebrate the completion of the family I’ve strived to build for years.” Heard also clarified that she became a mother “by myself and on my own terms.”
Prior to welcoming her three children, Heard had a tumultuous few years of legal battles with her ex-husband, Johnny Depp. The pair married in February 2015, but after 15 months of marriage, they filed for divorce. She filed for a domestic violence restraining order against Depp while he adamantly denied the allegations.
Heard went on to write an op-ed for The Washington Post in 2018 about her experience coming forward publicly with allegations of assault. Although she didn’t mention Depp by name, it marked the beginning of a lengthy legal battle for the former couple. Over the next few years, Heard and Depp went to court over multiple claims of defamation. In 2022, a seven-person jury in the U.S. ruled largely in favor of Depp.
Before she married Depp, Heard came out as bisexual while in a relationship with photographer Tasya van Ree in 2010. Years later, she dated billionaire Elon Musk.
From her marriage to Johnny Depp to her relationship with Elon Musk, here’s a look back at Amber Heard’s dating history.
Tasya van Ree
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In 2008, Heard began dating photographer Tasya van Ree. The couple kept the first two years of their relationship mostly under wraps; it wasn’t until 2010 that they began appearing at public events as a pair. In February of that year, they attended their first event together as Heard hosted a charity art exhibition featuring van Ree’s photos.
In December 2010, Heard publicly came out as bisexual during GLAAD’s 25th Anniversary party — although she said she was never actively hiding her sexuality. She spoke to AfterEllen.com at the event as an “out actress” for the first time and opened up about her relationship with van Ree.
“She’s so beautiful,” Heard said. “I mean, you’d have to be crazy not to want to go out with her!”
The actress legally changed her last name to van Ree — although they were unable to tie the knot as same-sex marriage was not yet legal across the U.S. However, the couple called it quits in 2012, and Heard restored her name.
Despite the pair going their separate ways, their relationship made headlines years later when news surfaced that Heard had been arrested in 2009 for domestic violence against van Ree. The Pineapple Express actress allegedly grabbed and struck van Ree’s arm in an altercation at a Seattle airport. The prosecutor declined to file charges, and in 2016 van Ree said the situation was “over-sensationalized.”
“In 2009, Amber was wrongfully accused for an incident that was misinterpreted and over-sensationalized by two individuals in a power position,” van Ree said in a statement. “It’s disheartening that Amber’s integrity and story are being questioned yet again. Amber is a brilliant, honest and beautiful woman and I have the utmost respect for her. We shared 5 wonderful years together and remain close to this day.”
Since then, Heard and van Ree have remained friendly and were even spotted spending time together in 2018, per the Daily Mail.
Johnny Depp
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Heard was first introduced to Depp while they were both working on The Rum Diary in 2009. At the time, Heard was still dating van Ree and Depp was in a relationship with Vanessa Paradis. When filming wrapped, Depp said Heard remained in his head and in 2011, they reconnected during the film’s press tour.
After that wrapped, Heard and Depp began a private relationship as the actor had not publicly announced his split from Paradis. They were first photographed holding hands in 2013.
Less than a year later, Depp proposed to Heard at a London hotel — even though he didn’t have a ring. A source confirmed their engagement in January 2014, telling PEOPLE that the couple “couldn’t be happier to be engaged.” Heard and Depp tied the knot in a civil ceremony at their Los Angeles home in February 2015. Then, just a few days later, they hosted a second ceremony on Depp’s private island in the Bahamas.
The couple’s marriage was short-lived, and 15 months after their wedding, Heard filed for divorce in May 2016. Less than a week later, she accused Depp of domestic abuse and sought a domestic violence restraining order against the actor. In court paperwork, Heard recalled alleged violent altercations, including an incident where Depp allegedly threw a cell phone at her face.
Depp denied the claims and a spokesman for the LAPD told PEOPLE that officers on the scene at the time saw “no evidence of any crime.” In August 2016, the exes reached a $7 million divorce settlement outside of court and the domestic violence case against Depp was dismissed.
While the pair went their separate ways, it wasn’t the end of the drama between them. Two years after their split, Heard wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post, in which she discussed her experience as a woman coming forward with domestic violence allegations. Heard said that she “felt the full force of our culture’s wrath for women who speak out” against domestic violence. She added that she allegedly lost numerous career opportunities and even faced death threats. While she didn’t specify Depp by name, it became the start of a lengthy legal battle between the former couple.
Also in 2018, The Sun wrote about Heard’s op-ed and described Depp as a “wife beater.” Depp sued the publication for libel. Both actors testified in court in the U.K. in July 2020; based on their testimony, a judge ruled against Depp, finding that The Sun‘s article was “substantially true.”
Following the publication of Heard’s op-ed, Depp filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit in the U.S. against her in March 2019. His team called her allegations of domestic violence against Depp a “hoax” and “categorically and demonstrably false.” In August 2020, Heard filed a $100 million countersuit, accusing Depp of initiating a “defamatory smear campaign” against her in “an attempt to ruin her life and career.”
Depp’s defamation trial against Heard began in April 2022 and both actors took to the stand to testify. Depp maintained that he did not abuse Heard and alleged that she had harmed him during their relationship.
Heard’s legal team emphasized that she was expressing her right to free speech in the op-ed and that she was not guilty of libel because her statements were based in truth. In June 2022, a seven-person jury reached a verdict in the trial, deciding that Heard had defamed Depp in her 2018 op-ed.
The actor was awarded $15 million in damages, although Virginia law caps punitive damages at $10.35 million. In Heard’s countersuit, she won one of three defamation counts and was awarded $2 million in damages.
Depp later filed an appeal to overturn the countersuit’s decision. In December 2022, Heard announced she was settling the case, not as an “act of concession,” she wrote, but as a way of leaving behind what she called a legal system that was “unable to protect” her or her right to free speech. Ultimately, they settled for $1 million.
Elon Musk
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While Heard was still dating Depp, she appeared in the movie Machete Kills, which featured a cameo from Elon Musk, although she reportedly never met the Tesla founder on set. After filming wrapped, Musk reached out to the movie’s director, Robert Rodriguez, to arrange a dinner with Heard, and, despite a meeting being scheduled, she allegedly never showed up.
After the failed connection, it was several years before the pair would formally meet, though exactly when Heard and Musk crossed paths again is unclear. Heard said in court that she didn’t become friendly with the tech mogul until the 2016 Met Gala, while Depp claimed in court papers that Heard and Musk began seeing each other secretly in 2015.
“He seemed like a real gentleman,” Heard said of Musk during her 2022 defamation trial against Depp. “He was really nice. He sat at a nearby table and we got to speaking that night and eventually became friends.”
Heard filed for divorce from Depp just a few weeks after the May 2016 event, and by that July, she and Musk had become the subject of romance rumors. Although sources told PEOPLE the duo were simply friends, their relationship eventually grew into something more. The couple made things Instagram official during an April 2017 trip to Australia; insiders shared that they were “very serious about each other” just a few weeks later.
In August 2017, however, they went their separate ways. Insiders close to the pair told PEOPLE that Musk had initiated the split due to their busy schedules. Despite the breakup, things remained amicable between them. Musk even left a comment on Heard’s Instagram, telling followers that they were still friends and planned to “remain close and love one another.” After being spotted together again just days later, the pair released an official statement about their split.
“We would like to state directly that we have the utmost respect for one another, and it would be troubling if anyone had the impression that we thought otherwise,” they wrote. “The reality is that this is just a normal relationship with a giant magnifying glass applied.”
Several months after their split, Heard and Musk were spotted sharing a kiss in an L.A. restaurant. Despite the PDA, sources said the pair were just “friendly.” Then, just days later, Heard was seen vacationing with Musk in Chile. By January 2018, it seemed that their romance was fully back on. Their rekindled relationship was short-lived, though, as the pair broke up for the second time that February.
Later reflecting on their connection, Heard said that she had a “beautiful relationship” with Musk and was continuing to have a “beautiful friendship” with him. She added that the pair had bonded over “intellectual curiosity, ideas and conversation, [and] a shared love for science.”
“We just bonded on a lot of things that speak to who I am on the inside,” she told The Hollywood Reporter. “I have so much respect for him.”
Vito Schnabel
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Heard was first linked to art dealer Vito Schnabel in May 2018, just a few months after her split with Musk. The couple were spotted having breakfast together at Italian restaurant Sant Ambroeus in New York City, and over the next few months, they made several low-key appearances around the city.
The duo went public with their relationship in July of that year, attending a tennis match at Wimbledon in London. Heard and Schnabel were seen holding hands as they made their way to the grass courts.
The relatively private couple continued to date over the next year, taking a New Year’s trip to Switzerland and making several outings in L.A. The pair ultimately called it quits in early 2019, which was confirmed when they were both spotted out with other people.
Andrés Muschietti
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In March 2019, Heard was seen kissing Argentinian director Andrés Muschietti. Over the course of the next few weeks, the couple were spotted spending time together.
Later that month, they were photographed while holding party supplies as they headed to a friend’s home. Then, in early April, the pair were spotted spending time together in L.A. as they grabbed coffee and went to a movie.
Bianca Butti
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Heard sparked dating rumors with filmmaker Bianca Butti in January 2020 when they were spotted kissing during a Palm Springs getaway. Though the couple didn’t confirm their romance, they were spotted together again in March as they went grocery shopping and took a trip to buy plants. The pair even appeared to be spending the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic quarantining together.
Later that year, Butti stuck by Heard’s side in London as she spent time in court amid her legal battle with Depp, per the Daily Mail. Although there were rumors that the pair had split sometime in 2021 after Heard welcomed her daughter, Oonagh Paige, they were spotted together again on a trip to Mallorca, Spain, in October 2022.