Family Info

Mother: Betty Sue Palmer

Betty Sue’s maiden name is Wells. She was married to Bob Palmer after her divorce from John Christopher Depp I.  Bob died around 2000. She was emplyed as a waitress when Johnny was growing up. Now she does not have to work at all, which is the way Johnny wants it!! He has spoken about this numerous times. He saw her work her fingers to the bone to provide a life for her children and now she can relax. Johnny has a tattoo with Betty Sue’s name.

Father: John Christopher Depp

Johnny’s father is “Jack” John Christopher Depp and is believed to live in Lexington, Kentucky and lives in Bal Harbour FL part of the year. He had been employed as an engineer.

Wife: Vanessa Paradis

She’s not actually his wife, but he often said “she’s my wife”…just not on any paper. Vanessa is a great singer since she is a little girl, is modeling for Chanel and she is as good as Johnny Depp in acting. Plus of course she is a great mother who wants all the best for her children and defends them hard against Paparazzi. Vanessa Paradis was born December 22nd in the year 1972 in Saint-Maur-des-Fosses, Val-de-Marne, France. After her early hit “Joe Le Taxi” she concentrated on her career as singer and worked as fotomodel. With her first movie “Noce blanche” in 1989 she won a Cesar Award. Since late 1998 she is the de facto partner of Johnny Depp and mother of their two children Lily-Rose and Jack.

Daughter: Lily-Rose Melody Depp

 

Johnny’s and Vanessa’s daughter Lily-Rose Melody was born May 27th, 1999 in a hospital near Paris.

Son: Jack John Christopher Depp

 

Johnny’s and Vanessa’s son Jack John Christopher was born April 9th, 2002 in a hospital near Paris.

Brother: Danny

Danny is the 10 years older half brother (same mother) of Johnny and helped writing the screenplay for the Brave. Daniel P. Depp was born November 14th, 1953 and was adopted by John Christopher Depp. He is the natural child of Betty Sue Wells now Palmer. He married Mahnaz Shams on July 7th, 1979. He worked with Johnny on The Bave and he has other projects in the works. He lives in California and owns a bookstore there.

Sister: Christie Dembrowski

Elisa Christie Depp-Dembrowski (husband Daniel) was born December 2nd, 1960 in Owensboro, Kentucky and is today married to a Dembrowski and has four children. Since 1995 she is Johnny’s personal assistant for many of his movies and was recently named the president of Infinitum Nihil, Johnny’s film production company, has helped to form his company Infinitum Nihil. She is also a critical part of Johnny’s business dealings and helped to sign the deal for Dark Shadows.

Sister: Debbie

Deborah J. Depp, born May 10th, 1956, is the half sister (same mother) of Johnny and the full sister of D.P. Depp. Debbie still lives in Lexington where she is an elementary school teacher, but she prefers to stay out of all the celebrity trouble. She is married, has a son (who has a child already) and a daughter called Megan (which we know from the 1992 Bruce Weber photo session).