About
Lily-Rose Melody Depp is a French-American actress and model, born on May 27 1999 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, just outside Paris. She holds dual citizenship, moves easily between English and French, and has been in the spotlight since childhood thanks to her famous parents. Depp’s acting résumé now stretches from a tiny cameo in Kevin Smith’s cult horror-comedy Tusk (2014) to leading roles in period dramas such as The King (2019) and HBO’s headline-grabbing series The Idol (2023). In December 2024 she stunned critics with her intense turn as Ellen Hutter in Robert Eggers’s gothic hit Nosferatu, a performance many reviewers called the film’s “dark heart.”
Away from film sets, Depp is best known as one of Chanel’s modern muses. Karl Lagerfeld hand-picked her in 2015, when she was only sixteen, to front the brand’s Pearl eyewear line; she has opened runway shows, starred in fragrance ads and, at the 2025 Oscars, wore a black floral lace couture gown that Chanel’s ateliers spent 515 hours embroidering.
Before Fame
Depp grew up between Parisian apartments and Los Angeles sound stages. Her father, Johnny Depp, and her mother, French singer-actor Vanessa Paradis, tried to keep cameras at bay, yet paparazzi still tracked everything from birthday parties to fashion-week outings. A creative life felt normal: she learned piano, loved drawing, and spoke both languages at home. School could not compete with film sets, and in 2016, after landing parts in Yoga Hosers and the Cannes-screened biopic The Dancer, she left high school to focus fully on acting and modeling.
Trivia
- Chart success: Depp’s breathy single “One of the Girls,” released for The Idol soundtrack, crossed the one-billion-stream mark on Spotify and put her on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time.
- Fashion firsts: Despite her petite frame, she opened Chanel’s Métiers d’Art show at the Ritz Paris in a gold sequin two-piece, proving Lagerfeld’s hunch that she could command a runway.
- Goddaughter status: Rock singer Marilyn Manson and photographer-novelist François-Marie Banier both hold godparent roles in her life—a very bohemian family circle.
- Health journey: As a teenager Depp battled anorexia and has spoken candidly about recovery, hoping her honesty helps fans who face similar struggles.
- Upcoming project: She is set to star opposite Jacob Elordi in director László Nemes’s English-language debut, Outer Dark, an adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s dark 1968 novel, already buzzing after the 2025 Cannes market.
Family Life
Family ties are woven through every stage of her story. Johnny Depp’s quirky characters and Vanessa Paradis’s lilting French pop gave Lily-Rose a crash course in two very different entertainment worlds. Her parents separated amicably in 2012 and share custody of Lily-Rose and her younger brother, Jack (John Christopher Depp III), born in 2002. She splits her downtime among Los Angeles, Paris, and occasional trips to New York to visit friends. Since 2023 she has been in a public relationship with rapper-singer 070 Shake (Danielle Balbuena), sharing occasional photos but guarding most details.
Associated With
Depp’s network is a who’s-who of modern pop culture. In fashion she was Lagerfeld’s protégée and now collaborates with Virginie Viard, Chanel’s creative director. In music she worked alongside Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye, playing rising pop star Jocelyn opposite his unsettling Tedros in The Idol, and defended the project despite the backlash. On screen she has crossed paths with Timothée Chalamet (as Catherine of Valois to his Henry V in The King), Bill Skarsgård and Nicholas Hoult in Nosferatu, and will share the frame with Jacob Elordi in Outer Dark. Director Robert Eggers praises her “brave, raw power,” while Chanel insiders still call her the house’s youngest-ever fragrance ambassador. With a foot in European arthouse cinema and another in Hollywood blockbusters, she moves easily among artists, designers, and hit-makers—and, judging by her recent roles, she shows no sign of slowing down.
