Amber Heard has returned to the display screen in a restricted however notable method, making an sudden look in a documentary premiering on the Sundance Movie Pageant.

The “Drive Indignant” star has stepped again from the limelight lately following her extremely publicized courtroom battle with ex-husband Johnny Depp.

Heard appeared in two movie roles within the fast aftermath of the authorized drama, however has not introduced any new main movie or tv roles since. Her look within the Sundance documentary marks a uncommon on-camera return.

Amber Heard will seem on the massive display screen at Sundance as a part of the Australian documentary movie “Silenced.”

The documentary is directed by Selina Miles and produced in collaboration with human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson, who additionally options prominently.

Heard beforehand labored with Robinson through the UK libel case filed by Depp in opposition to Information Group Newspapers, during which the barrister from New South Wales suggested the actress as a protection witness.

Heard’s look “Silenced” follows this skilled connection. Within the movie, she is interviewed as considered one of a number of topics. Different interviewees embrace Colombian journalist Catalina Ruiz-Navarro and former Australian Parliamentary staffer Brittany Higgins.

In “Silenced,” Robinson fights in opposition to what’s described on the official Sundance program web site as “the weaponization of defamation legal guidelines to silence survivors.”

The documentary options Heard, Ruiz-Navarro, and Higgins, all of whom had accused males in positions of energy of misconduct in opposition to them. They’d all later be concerned in defamation-related instances, although in numerous capacities.

Ruiz-Navarro was sued immediately for defamation by Colombian filmmaker Ciro Guerra for publishing a number of instances of sexual impropriety reported in opposition to him. Heard and Higgins, in contrast, have been known as as witnesses in fits associated to their allegations.

Robinson addresses how such authorized actions can have an effect on those that select to come back ahead.

“Within the post-#MeToo world, we noticed girls talking out publicly about gender-based violence,” Robinson stated in an interview with Selection. “What we then noticed is their alleged perpetrator bringing a defamation declare, saying, ‘That is defamatory, and I’m going to sue you for some huge cash.’”

Heard’s restricted and somber cameo in “Silenced” represents her first involvement in a movie because the launch of “Aquaman and the Misplaced Kingdom” in 2023.

Heard’s extended authorized dispute with Depp started in 2019, a interval round which she was reaching dizzying heights in her movie profession.

“Aquaman” had been launched to widespread business success the earlier 12 months, with the Texan actress starring alongside Jason Momoa.

Following a verdict that was largely favorable to Depp in 2022, Heard returned to work with two movies launched the next 12 months, together with “Aquaman 2.”  The actress wouldn’t be seen on the massive display screen till her look in “Silenced.”

Stepping away from display screen appearing doesn’t imply that Heard has abandoned the craft altogether.

In June 2025, she landed her first appearing position in two years when she joined the forged of “Spirit of the Individuals,” a stage manufacturing by Jeremy O. Harris, offered on the Williamston Theatre Pageant.

Heard portrayed a personality named Genevieve, a job she actually appeared to relish. In a single Instagram publish, she posed for a photograph alongside Harris and captioned it, “In my theatre period x.”