Johnny Depp Met his first wife Lori Anne Allison when he was just a teenager. He was in the band ‘The kids’ at that time, and Allison was the sister of the band’s bassist. Johnny and Alison dated each other despite the non-conventional age difference of five years between them. Like most stories in Hollywood, this one didn’t end in happily ever after. The couple got married in 1983 when Alison was 25 And Depp was just 20 years old.
Although the two could not make it work and had to split in 1985, it seems like they did not end their marriage on a bitter note. During the recent abuse allegations against Depp in the Depp Vs Heard case, Lori claimed that he was a soft person who would never engage in aggressive behaviors. You might have heard a lot about his recent wife Amber Heard, but let’s get to know more about Johnny’s first wife.
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Meet Lori Anne Allison
The 65-year-old makeup artist and actress Lori Anne Allison was born on 6 September 1957. She was born in Miami, Florida, in a Christian family and completed her education at Abbot High school in 1974. Lori is a professional makeup artist and producer. She worked as a makeup artist in various movies like ‘Matters of Consequence,‘ ‘Rules of three,’ ‘Recalculating,‘ etc. Allison is also the vice president of the crest of Cockymane in LLC and has produced her own fashion and cosmetic products.
In 2015 she introduced her new set of lip glosses by the name “serendipity”. She wrote in her bio, “I love the idea behind makeup and having fun with it, be you or be your character, the choice is yours”. Even got into the entertainment industry and made her acting debut in the movie ‘sunset heat‘. She also appeared in television shows like ‘Supreme Court of Comedy,‘ ‘The Ultimate Lie‘, and ‘Stand Up to Cancer’.
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How Did Lori Help Johnny Depp In Becoming An Actor?
A lot of people may not know this but ‘Jack sparrow’ star Johnny Depp actually started his career as a musician. As a matter of fact Lori Anne Alison, his first wife help him start his Hollywood film career. Depp admitted that it was the successful actor Nicolas Cage who encouraged him in the first place to try his hand at acting. Nicholas Cage was introduced to Johnny Depp by his now ex-wife Lori who knew cage before.
Depp took Cage’s advice and got an appointment with his agent Eileen Feldman. That was his first step into stardom, and we all know what lay ahead. “I ended up (in) acting by accident. I was a musician and I moved out to LA with my band when I was 20 years old…. There were a couple of things that happened where the band split up. I remember I was filling out a couple of job applications with a friend of mine… He happens to be an actor less known than he is now, Nicolas Cage,” Depp said while testifying in the suit against Heard.
“I was filling out applications at video stores, clothing stores just to be able to pay the rent…. Nic Cage said why don’t you meet my agent… cause I think you’re an actor… You could be an actor… I said I’ll meet anybody. I’ll do anything at this point. I didn’t have any desire to be an actor. I was a musician but the fact that these people were going to pay me what I found to be a ludicrous sum of money. It was kinda the SAG minimum, it was $1284 a week… I’d never seen that kind of dough (before) in my life,” said Johnny.
