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Johnny Depp

Childhood • Born John Christopher Depp on June

9th 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky. • His mother Betty Sue Palmer was a waitress, and his father John Christopher Depp was an engineer. • He was the youngest of four children. • The family often moved because of the father’s job but finally settled in Florida. • Depp hated his new home and started smoking and experimented with drugs and alcohol.

Youth

• As a result Johnny dropped out of school. • He wanted to pursue a career in rock music and ed a band as a guitarist. • Soon John moved to Los Angles along •with There met and married hishe band. a artist Lorihim Allison. •makeup She introduced to Nicolas Cage who suggested that he should try

Career: Start •Depp made his film debut in 1984 in “A Nightmare on Elm Street”. • Later he starred in a popular TV serial named “21 Jump Street”.

Career: Breakthrough • His next big breakthrough came with the movie “Edward Scissorhands” which was directed by Tim Burton in 1990. • The flick turned to be a huge success. • It gave Depp the

Career: Success • Next came an extraordinary run of movie roles. 

Awards Golden Globe Award , MTV Movie Award, Blockbuster Entertainment Award, Empire Award

Nomination: Best Actor

1990 – “Edward Scissorhands” 1993 – “Benny and Joon” 2000 — “Sleepy Hollow” 2004, 2008, 2009 -“Pirates of the Caribbean 1,2,3” 2006 – “Charlie and the chocolate factory”

The sexiest man alive

Depp was named The sexiest man alive by the magazine “People” 3 times. John`s divorce from Lori Allison caused multiple love affairs including Sherilyn Fenn, Jennifer Gray,

Family In 1998, Depp split with Kate Moss and started a relationship with the French singer Vanessa Paradise. Soon he moved to Paris with his two children (Lily-Rose and Jack) in hope to have a more normal life. 

 Johnny had homes in Los Angeles (the USA) and in the south of . When Johnny wasn’t filming, he lived in with Vanessa and their children. 

 Johnny and Vanessa were together for 14 years. But now they have split and live separately. Though they are still on friendly with each other.

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Task 1. True or False 1)Johnny Depp is the nickname of the actor. 2)He was the only child in the family. 3)Johnny changed many schools as a boy. 4)His parents divorced when he was a teenager. 5)Johnny was a very good student. 6)He dreamt of the career of a rock musician. 7)His first wife was a waitress. 8)It was Nicolas Cage who suggested him to try himself as an actor.

Task 2. Choose the correct   variant 1)Depp made his debut in the film: a)“21 Jump Street” b)“A Nightmare on Elm Street” 2) The film “Edward Scissorhands” was a)a great success b) a great failure 3) His most nominated film is a) the series “Pirates of the Caribbean” b) “Charlie and the chocolate factory” 4) Depp`s longest relations were with a)Winona Ryder b) Vanessa Paradise 5) Depp has got a) two sons b) a son and a daughter

  Keys: Task 1. True or Task 2. Choose the False correct variant

1) False 2) False 3) True 4) True 5) False 6) True 7) False 8) True

1)b 2)a 3)a 4)b 5)b

Sources of information Photos- http://yandex.ru/images Biography factshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Depp http://www.johnnydepp-zone.com/deppster/