Inside Johnny Depp’s OTT US$100 million property portfolio: from the Bahamas island where he married Amber Heard, to a French village he bought Vanessa Paradis and a Kentucky farm named after his mum
After winning his defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard last week, Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp is enjoying another moment of glory. The last six years have been a roller coaster for the actor after he got dropped from big-budget films and shunned on social media. But it seems the Pirates of the Caribbean actor might finally be able to catch a break.
According to multiple reports, Depp was once worth as much as US$650 million, but his fortune has dropped off a cliff in recent years. For starters, he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars showering Heard with expensive gifts, in addition to paying her US$7 million divorce settlement and US$840,000 in legal fees after losing his defamation case against The Sun newspaper in the UK.
His lavish spending habits also left a giant hole in his bank accounts (at one point he was spending US$2 million a month on various OTT purchases), but regardless, it’s not as though Depp is poor. Today he’s still likely worth around US$150 million.
And while his love of wine, yachts and art is well-documented, what many may not realise is that he’s also amassed quite the property portfolio. According to Hello! magazine, Depp owns over US$100 million worth of property. We take a look at what he’s bought and sold over the years – and for how much.
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He has five Hollywood Hills homes worth US$19 million
According to Hello!, Depp owns five neighbouring homes that he decided to turn into one huge private compound in the posh Hollywood Hills, collectively covering an area of 7,430 sq ft.
The largest mansion is worth over US$19 million and boasts eight bedrooms and 10 bathrooms, and the interior design is reportedly classic 1920s gothic. In total, all of the houses together add up to almost 40 bedrooms, according to Squareyards.com.
In 2021, an intruder broke into Depp’s mansion and reportedly took a shower and made himself a drink inside before the police came to root him out. And that wasn’t the first time someone tried to break into houses on the estate. Just a few months prior, in late 2020, a woman had also tried to break in, but fled when she realised she’d triggered the security system.
Depp bought the main house, which is nestled in a 1.6-hectare (four-acre) eucalyptus grove, for just US$1.8 million back in 1995. There were also reports suggesting the actor planned to build a connecting underground tunnel linking all of the properties together, but that is yet to be confirmed.
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He had five exquisite LA penthouses
The Sweeney Todd star also snatched up five, multi-storeyed, side-by-side penthouses located in one of Los Angeles’ historic art deco buildings – the Eastern Columbia Building.
Depp reportedly lived in the penthouses “as though going from room to room”, and also allowed relatives to stay in them from time to time, according to Top Ten Real Estate Deals.
The five units sit on a total of 11,500 sq ft and feature a total of three bedrooms. The building was designed by Claud Beelman in 1930 and is considered as one of the city’s best examples of art deco architecture still standing. It also has a spectacular rooftop pool, according to those familiar with the property.
Depp sold the penthouses back in 2017 after his divorce from Heard for US$10.9 million.
He named a Kentucky horse farm after his mum
In 1995, Depp bought a horse farm in his home state of Kentucky for a reported US$950,000. He sold it five years later for just over US$1 million, and re-bought it again in 2005 for US$2 million as a gift to his late mother, who lived there until her death in 2016. The farm was then named Betty Sue’s Family Farm in honour of his late mum.
The 16.5-hectare (41-acre) estate includes two horse barns, paddocks, a four-car garage, a guest house and manager’s quarters, according to Country Living. It also has six bedrooms and six-and-half bathrooms, along with a pool and a sunroom.
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He bought a French village for ex-Vanessa Paradis
Depp is nothing if not quirky, so it’s not surprising that some of his purchases are pretty over the top. When he was in a relationship with Vanessa Paradis, he bought her an entire French village in the Cote d’Azur, about 16km (10 miles) from St Tropez.
Costing US$55 million for the lot, the picturesque 19th century village has a bistro named Café Marcheline, a village church, one giant main residence with over 4,500 sq ft of space, and six guest cottages – combining for a total of 15 bedrooms and 14 bathrooms.
The hamlet also has two swimming pools, a skate park Depp designed for his son Jack, and a Pirates of the Caribbean-themed wine cellar, reports Hello! magazine.
Depp attempted to sell the village in 2015 with an asking price of US$25 million (he is believed to have spent around US$10 million renovating the various properties). However, there were no buyers and, in 2021, he re-listed the village for US$55.5 million.
It’s reported that Depp and Paradis spent a lot of time there with their two children Lily-Rose and Jack.
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He owns a US$5.35 million private island in the Bahamas
When Depp married Heard in 2015, their wedding venue was … his own private island. The 18-hectare (45-acre) island is known as Little Halls Pond Cay and is located in the Exuma Land and Sea Park protected area of the Bahamas.
According to Forbes, Depp bought the island for about US$3.6 million back in 2004 after falling in love with the place during a Pirates of the Caribbean film shoot.
The drop-dead-gorgeous island features pristine white sandy beaches, a lagoon surrounded by palm trees and solar-powered accommodation, a beach house and a bamboo yurt. What’s more is that all six of its beaches are named after his children and his idols, including Lily-Rose, Hunter S. Thompson (Gonzo beach) and Marlon Brando (Brando beach).
The island was also mentioned during his defamation trial with Heard. The manager of the island, Tara Roberts, testified that she saw Heard “viciously trying to pull [Depp] back in the house”.
Depp has also made friends with the creatures on the island. He told Vanity Fair that he’s named a huge iguana there Iggy, and talks of her fondly. The island is now understood to be worth more than US$5 million.
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He was believed to also own a Somerset Mansion
Depp may also own a mansion in England, specifically near Quantock Hills in Somerset’s Kingston St Mary. British media reported that the mansion was worth US$15 million in 2014 when he is believed to have bought it – just weeks after getting engaged to Heard.
The 150-year-old mansion sits on 345 hectares (850 acres) of land and consists of 12 bedrooms, eight bathrooms and sprawling walled gardens.
