Amber Heard Shares She Welcomed Baby Girl: Find Out Her Unique Name

Amber Heard shared the news that she welcomed a daughter on April 8, 2021. Read on for the actress' heartwarming announcement.

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Amber Heard has some big news to share.

On Thursday, July 1, the Aquaman actress announced the arrival of her child, a daughter, named Oonagh Paige Heard, on Instagram. She shared a photo of herself cradling the newborn, writing, “I’m so excited to share this news with you. Four years ago, I decided I wanted to have a child. I wanted to do it on my own terms.”

“I now appreciate how radical it is for us as women to think about one of the most fundamental parts of our destinies in this way. I hope we arrive at a point in which it’s normalized to not want a ring in order to have a crib,” Amber shared. “A part of me wants to uphold that my private life is none of anyone’s business.”

However, she said, “I also get that the nature of my job compels me to take control of this.”

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With that, the actress shared she welcomed Oonagh on April 8, 2021, saying the little one is “the beginning of the rest of my life.”

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It seems Oonagh is named after Amber’s late mother, Paige Heard, who died May of last year. At the time, the actress wrote on Instagram, “I am heartbroken and devastated beyond belief at the loss of my mom, Paige Heard. She left us too early, clasping onto the memory of her beautiful, gentle soul. She will be missed from the very depths of our hearts forever.”

“Her unflinching, open heart made her the most beautiful woman I had ever known,” she continued. “It’s hard to imagine and even more difficult to say but I feel truly lucky to have been her daughter and been given the gift of having the light she shone on everyone, fall on me for nearly 34 years.”

The Pineapple Express star kept the pregnancy a secret for quite some time, even as she posted glimpses of her life on social media. Most recently, she shared a photo of herself on a walk in London.

Amber Tamblyn Reflects on the Pain of Show Business Parents in Britney Spears Essay

Amber Tamblyn's parents played a major role in her Hollywood career. In light of news surrounding Britney Spears and her conservatorship, the actress shared her deeply candid perspective.

To a degree, Amber Tamblyn understands what Britney Spears has had to face. After all, Tamblyn was also a female child star managed by her parents. 

In a newly published op-ed for The New York Times, the actress, who rose to fame first on General Hospital and then in Joan of Arcadia and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, reflected on what it was like to have her mom and dad at the helm of her career and the dynamic that resulted. 

“My money paid for our vacations, dinners out, and sometimes even the bills,” she shared. “When it finally came time to disentangle our personal and professional relationships, it was deeply painful for all three of us.”

While it’s unclear when that time officially came, Tamblyn disclosed that her parents were managing much of her professional life up until she got engaged to her husband David Cross. She was 28 at the time. 

While Tamblyn prefaced that her parents were “supportive and ethical in every way” and described her dad as a “fiercely protective advocate,” the dynamic had still taken a toll. 

“Having my parents on payroll was damaging to our relationship, whether we understood that or not,” she wrote. “I couldn’t shake the feeling that every time I had a conversation with my parents about money it felt as if I was asking for an allowance — only the allowance came from money I’d earned.”

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Child Stars Then and Now

In addition to their conversations revolving around her career, Tamblyn’s income became a major factor in her interactions with those closest to her. 

“As I made more and more money, the circle of those I supported opened up to include extended family members and friends. I was the one they came to for a small loan or in an emergency, the one who always picked up the check,” she explained. “At one point when I was 21, I even bought an ex-boyfriend a new car in an attempt to break up with him; I was that used to using money to make people happy, or fix problems, or appease my guilt.”

As she put it, “I was everyone’s A.T.M.: a bank that was, nonetheless, unconditionally loved. Still, as I got older, it got harder to trust the source of that love.”

And while the actress repeatedly acknowledged that her and Spears’ situations are not the same, she can relate to having her body policed by forces outside of her control. While the pop star recently spoke out about her desire to have another child and wanting to have her current IUD removed, which is allegedly being prevented by her conservatorship, Tamblyn recalled how her weight was a subject of fixation and a gatekeeper to her next paycheck. 

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“Growing up, my weight was openly discussed by everyone, from family members to Hollywood creatives,” she wrote. “I’d grin and bear it, because staying silent—and thin— meant I would get hired again; getting hired again meant people would be proud of me and that I would have the money that was needed to keep the ship afloat.”

“In these situations, some kind of damage is invariably done,” Tamblyn noted, “a stunting of the ability of an individual to grow and make the most basic of decisions, or practice good boundaries. When I finally parted professional ways with my parents, they couldn’t help but feel as if they had done something wrong. But they hadn’t. Money had.”

Read Tamblyn’s full op-ed here. 

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