He might have been keeping a low profile since his highly publicised defamation trial with ex-wife Amber Heard in 2022, but it seems Johnny Depp is happily moving on, appearing to be in high spirits while cosying up to a beautiful blonde in recent pictures.
The Pirates Of The Caribbean actor, 61, has been spotted with 28-year-old Russian beautician and model Yulia Vlasova.
Insiders told the Daily Mail that the pair have been dating “here and there” for the past two years on a “casual” basis.
In July 2022, Depp was seen sharing some PDA with Vlasova, giving her cheek a kiss in a selfie while the two were at a concert by his late friend Jeff Beck (who passed away in January 2023).
The most recent snaps of the couple are from mid-July, when they were pictured travelling together in London.
Depp looked at ease, clutching his guitar in a pink beanie while a smiling Vlasova linked her arm in his.
Here’s all you need to know about Depp and his new girlfriend.
Who is Johnny Depp’s new girlfriend?
Yulia Vlasova is based in Prague in the Czech Replublic, where she owns a makeup and hairstyling studio.
In an online Q&A earlier this year, when asked who her favourite actor was, Vlasova shared a photo of herself with Depp.
“JD. He is a man who is incredibly talented and inspiring,” she wrote.
The Daily Mail has reported that according to local Russian media, Vlasova studied at Moscow’s main training academy for diplomats and spies, the elite Institute of International Relations.
While that all sounds very glamorous, Vlasova early beginnings were in provincial Russia.
She grew up in a small industrial town, Polveskoy, before moving to Sortirovska, a rough suburb of Yekaterinburg, Russia’s fourth largest city.
After studying at the University of West Bohemia, Vlasova launched her own hair and beauty salon and worked as a model and influencer.
When contacted about her romance with Depp on Tuesday, her mother Galina said: ‘’It’s better to talk to our daughter about this. I don’t know anything, all the questions are for her.’’
How did Johnny Depp meet Yulia Vlasova?
The Edward Scissorhands star first met the glamorous blonde at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in Prague in August 2021.
When did Johnny Depp and Yulia Vlasova start dating?
It’s thought the pair started dating casually in 2022.
There’s a significant age gap between the couple – Depp is 33 years Vlasova’s senior and she is only three years older than his 25-year-old daughter, Lily Rose.
But this isn’t the first time Depp has dated someone significantly younger than him – Heard was 22 years younger and model Kate Moss was 10 years his junior when they dated in 1994.
Who else has Johnny Depp dated?
Depp dated lawyer Joelle Rich after she represented him in his UK libel lawsuit against The Sun, which he lost in November 2020.
He sued the UK newspaper for calling him a ‘’wife beater’’, but the court upheld the newspaper’s claim as “substantially true”.
Depp’s March 2021 attempt to overturn the decision failed.
Rich was not part of the legal team that won Depp’s defamation case against Heard in Fairfax County, Virginia, in 2020.
Depp recently appeared in the critically acclaimed French film Jeanne du Barry and is now working on a biopic about the Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani.
The film, called Modi, will be directed by Depp and stars Riccardo Scamarcio and Al Pacino and is due for release at the Venice Film Festival in late August.
Depp now lives in the UK, living a comparatively quiet life on an 850-acre estate in Somerset.
