{"id":6754,"date":"2024-06-28T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.celebritytidbit.com\/?p=49262"},"modified":"2025-02-07T17:02:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:02:45","slug":"amber-heard-changes-her-name-and-it-has-a-strange-link-to-johnny-depps-ancestry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2024\/06\/28\/amber-heard-changes-her-name-and-it-has-a-strange-link-to-johnny-depps-ancestry\/","title":{"rendered":"Amber Heard ‘changes’ her name and it has a strange link to Johnny Depp’s ancestry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Amber Heard has reportedly changed her name, and it’s suspected that the meaning behind it may rub Johnny Depp the wrong way.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fans were used to seeing acclaimed actor Johnny Depp<\/a> on their screens in movies<\/a> like Pirates of the Caribbean<\/a> and other endlessly rewatchable classics. However, in 2022, many were tuning in to watch his trial involving ex-wife and Aquaman actress Amber Heard<\/a>. The Hollywood<\/a> couple tied the knot in 2015 and divorced in 2017, the court case that followed leaving millions at home gripped. Johnny sued Amber for defamation. Meanwhile, she countersued. Ultimately, the outcome resulted in Johnny being awarded $15 million (capped at $10.35m) after a jury reached the verdict that an article published by Amber was indeed defamatory. On the other hand, she was awarded $2 million in damages for her counterclaim. With the trial in the rear-view mirror, Amber has reportedly changed her name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Amber Heard has moved to Spain and changed her name to Martha Jane Cannary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The 38-year-old American actress moved to Spain months after the trial concluded, People<\/a> reports, but a more recent update details she has reportedly changed her name to Martha Jane Cannary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the name sounds familiar, it just might be. It’s the real name of American frontierswoman and sharpshooter Calamity Jane. She was portrayed by screen icon Doris Day in the 1953 musical-Western film, Calamity Jane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The publication El Diario de Mallorca<\/a> reported on the name change, and they suggested it could pique Johnny’s interest for all the wrong reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n