Lily-Rose Depp Is Working Hard to ‘Protect a Sense of Anonymity’ as She Grows More Famous

Mar. 15, 2025

Lily-Rose Depp.Photo:Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

Lily-Rose Deppmay be one of Hollywood’s fastest growing talents, but she’s still trying to retain her privacy.

In aninterview withThe Daily Telegraphpublished on Dec. 29, the 25-year-old actress, who stars in thehorror-remakeNosferatu, opened up about life in the public eye, emphasizing the weight she places on keeping certain elements of her life to herself.

“Every job comes with a set of circumstances and this [fame] is kind of one of them,” she said. “The importance to me has been to maintain a sense of, like, privacy and grounded-ness and to protect [what] really belongs to you.”

Depp, who is the daughter ofJohnny Deppand Vanessa Paradis, made her first appearance on the silver screen in the 2014 filmTusk— but she gained rising star status after her performance as a pop star in the 2023HBO showThe IdolalongsideThe Weeknd.

As the spotlight has grown brighter, however, she’s come to realize that fame comes with certain baggage. “People are interested in things that they shouldn’t necessarily be interested in,” she toldThe Daily Telegraph.

Lily-Rose Depp.Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty

Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty

“The job of an actor is to go into a character and, like, melt into it — and make the audience believe you are this character,” continued Depp. “In order to do that, it’s important to protect a sense of anonymity — they’re not supposed to get to know ‘you’ that well, ‘cause you want them to believe you as other characters.”

In the interview, she also detailed how she chooses her roles, noting that it “depends on where you’re at in the moment.”

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“I’ve always been interested in taking on roles that feel quite different from each other,” the actress told the outlet. “For me, it’s like a new challenge to dive into another world.”

Lily-Rose Depp.Victor Boyko/Getty

Victor Boyko/Getty

Depp, who has additionally starred inYoga Hosers(2016),Planetarium(2016) andSilent Night(2021), toldVanity Fairthat the hardest part of herNosferaturole was “getting over the imposter syndrome of, like, ‘Why am I here and why do these people think that I can do this?’ "

“Getting to a place where I felt confident enough within myself to be like, ‘I can do this and I am here for a reason,’ I definitely have struggled with that,” admitted Depp. “Humility is incredibly important, especially in this business. In a way, I always want to feel like I’m just starting out and like I still have so much to learn — which is how I do feel.”

source: people.com