Depp was married to Lori Anne Allison from December 20, 1983, until their divorce in 1985.[12] He was later successively engaged to actresses Jennifer Grey[12] and Sherilyn Fenn[12] in the late 1980s before proposing in 1990 to his Edward Scissorhands co-star Winona Ryder,[12] for whom he tattooed "WINONA FOREVER" on his right arm.[88] In 1998, following a four-year relationship with British supermodel Kate Moss, Depp began a relationship with French actress and singer Vanessa Paradis, whom he met while filming The Ninth Gate.[89] After a 14-year relationship and following months of media speculation, Depp and Paradis announced their separation in June 2012.[90]
Depp's second marriage was with actress and model Amber Heard, after the pair had been dating since 2012. They met on the set of the film The Rum Diary, and married on February 4, 2015, in a private civil ceremony at their home in Los Angeles.[91][92][93][94]
Depp has two children with Paradis: daughter Lily-Rose Melody Depp (born 1999), and son John "Jack" Christopher Depp III (born 2002).[95] Depp stated that having children has given him "real foundation, a real strong place to stand in life, in work, in everything ... You can't plan the kind of deep love that results in children. Fatherhood was not a conscious decision. It was part of the wonderful ride I was on. It was destiny. All the math finally worked."[38] In 2007, Depp's daughter recovered from a serious illness, an E. coli infection that began to cause her kidneys to shut down and resulted in an extended hospital stay.[96] To thank Great Ormond Street Hospital, Depp visited the hospital in November 2007, dressed in his Captain Jack Sparrow outfit, and spent four hours reading stories to the children. In 2008, he donated £1 million (about $2 million) to the hospital.[97]