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Johnny Depp is an American actor and musician who was born on June 9, 1963, in Owensboro, Kentucky. He is the youngest of four children of waitress Betty Sue Depp and civil engineer John Christopher Depp. During his early life, the Depp family moved around frequently, with Johnny Depp later telling Oprah Winfrey that he had moved house “maybe 40 times” before he reached the age of 15. At age 16, Depp dropped out of high school to pursue a music career. He fronted a series of music-garage bands, including one named 'The Kids'. In 1983, he left for California to pursue a music career, eventually turning to acting on the advice of a young Nicolas Cage. Depp's first film release was in 1984 when he made his film debut as a teenager eaten by his own bed in A Nightmare on Elm Street. He rose to fame with the television series 21 Jump Street in 1987 before moving on to a successful Hollywood career in films such as Pirates of the Caribbean, Donnie Brasco, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and two BAFTA awards and is the recipient of multiple accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Depp has been romantically linked to several female celebrities and has been engaged to Sherilyn Fenn, Jennifer Grey, Winona Ryder, and Kate Moss. He was married to Lori Anne Allison in 1983 but divorced her in 1985. Depp has two children with his former long-time partner, French singer/actress Vanessa Paradis.

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Johnny Depp is an American actor and musician who was born on June 9, 1963, in Owensboro, Kentucky. He is the youngest of four children of waitress Betty Sue Depp and civil engineer John Christopher Depp. During his early life, the Depp family moved around frequently, with Johnny Depp later telling Oprah Winfrey that he had moved house “maybe 40 times” before he reached the age of 15. At age 16, Depp dropped out of high school to pursue a music career. He fronted a series of music-garage bands, including one named 'The Kids'. In 1983, he left for California to pursue a music career, eventually turning to acting on the advice of a young Nicolas Cage. Depp's first film release was in 1984 when he made his film debut as a teenager eaten by his own bed in A Nightmare on Elm Street. He rose to fame with the television series 21 Jump Street in 1987 before moving on to a successful Hollywood career in films such as Pirates of the Caribbean, Donnie Brasco, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and two BAFTA awards and is the recipient of multiple accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Depp has been romantically linked to several female celebrities and has been engaged to Sherilyn Fenn, Jennifer Grey, Winona Ryder, and Kate Moss. He was married to Lori Anne Allison in 1983 but divorced her in 1985. Depp has two children with his former long-time partner, French singer/actress Vanessa Paradis.

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