Johnny Depp is an American actor, producer, and musician.
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Johnny Depp is the recipient of multiple accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards and two British Academy Film Awards.
Johnny Depp was born on June 9, 1963, in Owensboro, Kentucky, the youngest of four children of waitress Betty Sue Palmer (née Wells) and civil engineer John Christopher Depp.
Johnny Depp was born on a Sunday and celebrates his birthday on June 9.
Johnny Depp is of primarily English descent, with some French, German, and Irish ancestry.
His surname comes from a French Huguenot immigrant (Pierre Dieppe, who settled in Virginia around 1700).
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Johnny Depp is also descended from colonial freedom fighter Elizabeth Key Grinstead (1630–1665), daughter of English planter and member of the Virginia House of Burgesses Thomas Key and an enslaved black woman.
In interviews in 2002 and 2011, Johnny Depp claimed to have Native American ancestry, saying:
“I guess I have some Native American somewhere down the line.”
“My great-grandmother was quite a bit of Native American. She grew up Cherokee or maybe Creek Indian. Makes sense in terms of coming from Kentucky, which is rife with Cherokee and Creek Indian.”
Johnny Depp’s family moved frequently during his childhood, eventually settling in Miramar, Florida, in 1970.
Johnny Depp had a relatively difficult childhood as his parents divorced in 1978 when he was 15, and his mother later married Robert Palmer, whom Depp has called “an inspiration”.


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