Lily-Rose Melody Depp was born May 27, 1999 and is a French-American actress and model, born to parents Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis.
Depp began her acting career with a small role in Tusk (2014), and went on to star in the period dramas The Dancer (2016), in which she played Isadora Duncan, Planetarium (2016), and The King (2019).
She was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, a city west of Paris. Lily has a younger brother, John “Jack” Christopher Depp III. The French actress Alysson Paradis is her aunt. Depp is also a descendant of colonial freedom fighter Elizabeth Key Grinstead.
In 2012, after 14 years together, Depp’s parents separated and arranged joint custody of Depp, who divides her time between Los Angeles and Paris.
Depp next appeared in Netflix short documentary Period. End of Sentence. with Priyanka Chopra explaining how The Pad Project helped the women in Delhi start their own business making sanitary pads. The documentary won Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 91st Academy Awards. It was distributed by Netflix in February 2019.
Depp is the goddaughter of singer Marilyn Manson. Since her birth, Depp has been the subject of tabloid and media reporting, including birthdays, attendance at society events, and reviews of her fashion choices. She is fluent in both English and French. Depp dropped out of high school in 2016 to focus on her acting career. She has struggled with anorexia in the past and has recovered.
Depp and her mother Vanessa Paradis were photographed for Our City of Angels magazine in February 2017; the sales proceeds for the issue were donated to Planned Parenthood.
