Lily-Rose Melody Depp (born May 27, 1999) is a French and American actress. Born to actors Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis, she began her acting career in film with a minor role in Tusk (2014) and pursued a career as a fashion model. She appeared in the period dramas The Dancer (2016) and The King (2019), and the romantic comedy A Faithful Man (2018).
In 2023, Depp starred in the HBO television drama series The Idol and contributed to its soundtrack with her single "One of the Girls", which charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and surpassed one billion streams on Spotify. She received praise for her starring role in the gothic horror film Nosferatu (2024).
On her father's side, she is of primarily English descent, with some French, German and Irish descent,[6][7] as well as African descent through an eighth great-grandmother of her father, Elizabeth Key Grinstead, the first African American in the North American colonies to sue for her freedom and win in 1656.[7]
Depp is the goddaughter of novelist François-Marie Banier and singer Marilyn Manson.[8] Since her birth, she has been the subject of tabloid and media reporting, including birthdays,[9][10] attendance at society events,[11] and reviews of her fashion choices.[12]
In 2012, after 14 years together, Depp's parents separated and arranged joint custody of her.[13] She divides her time between Los Angeles, Paris,[13] and New York City.[14] Depp dropped out of high school in 2016 to focus on her acting career.[15]
Career
2014–2018: Early work in independent films and modeling
Depp made her acting debut in 2014, with a minor role in the horror comedy film Tusk.[16][17] In 2015, at age 16, Depp began her modeling career as a brand ambassador for the French fashion house Chanel,[18][19] in a decision personally overseen by Karl Lagerfeld[20] (In 1991, her mother was also an ambassador, and promoted the fragrance Coco for Chanel, in an advertisement shot by Jean-Paul Goude.) Depp has since become closely associated with Chanel, serving as one of its most prominent faces.[21][22][23] She has also modeled for the brand on runways and in numerous fashion magazines, including Vogue, Glamour, Elle, i-D, Wonderland, Love, Madame Figaro, W, and V.[24]
In 2023, Depp made her television debut starring in the HBO drama series The Idol alongside Canadian singer the Weeknd. The series premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, where it was met with highly unfavorable reception from critics for its graphic sexual content and themes.[58][59] On her performance, TIME wrote that Depp "brings some tentative gravity to all the sordidness".[60] The series aired on HBO and Max and was cancelled after one season.[61] The single that Depp recorded for the series along the Weeknd and Jennie, "One of the Girls", peaked at number 51 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart[62][63] and surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify.[64] The track was included on The Idol Episode 4 (Music from the HBO Original Series) EP and the 2024 deluxe edition of the Weekend's greatest hits album The Highlights (2021).
In 2024, Depp starred as Ellen Hutter, a young woman traumatized by the vampire Count Orlok, in Robert Eggers' gothic horror film Nosferatu.[65] Terming it a "transfixing performance", The Hollywood Reporter's David Rooney added that "the movie belongs to Depp, whose performance is a revelation".[66]
In August 2015, she posed for iO Tillett Wright's Self-Evident Truths Project, stating she fell somewhere "on the LGBTQA spectrum".[71][72] She later clarified she was simply making a statement on defining oneself, not on her own sexuality.[73][74][75]
In February 2017, both she and her mother Vanessa Paradis were photographed for Our City of Angels magazine; proceeds from its sale were donated to Planned Parenthood.[76]
Depp dated actor Timothée Chalamet for over a year after meeting on the set of The King in 2018.[77] Since January 2023, she has been in a relationship with rapper and singer Danielle Balbuena, also known as 070 Shake.[78] This has been the only relationship that Depp has publicly acknowledged.[79] Depp confirmed the relationship in an Instagram post on May 11, 2023.[78] In October 2024, Depp starred in the music video for 070 Shake's single "Winter Baby / New Jersey Blues".[80]
↑ Frosch, Jon (September 7, 2016). "'Planetarium': Venice Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on April 18, 2023. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
↑ "Lily-Rose Depp (Actor, Singer)". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 29, 2025. In 2019, Depp landed her first major mainstream role with The King. Playing England's Henry V's wife Catherine of Valois, Depp starred alongside Timothée Chalamet, Robert Pattinson, and Joel Edgerton. In 2023, she ventured into television with HBO's The Idol, opposite The Weeknd, playing the troubled pop star Jocelyn. Although the show swirled in controversy and lack-luster reviews, Depp's performance was a standout amid the criticism.
↑ O'Connor, Rory (September 4, 2019). "The King Venice 2019 Review". The Film Stage. Archived from the original on September 5, 2019. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
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