Amber Heard is pregnant with second child after deciding to change name and flee the US

Amber Heard is expecting her second child after becoming a mother to Oonagh Paige in 2021, it has been confirmed.

38-year-old actress Heard relocated from the United States to Madrid following a highly publicised and contentious legal battle with her ex-husband, Johnny Depp.

It was reported that she had also began using the name 'Martha Jane Cannary', in Madrid, the real name of gunslinger 'Calamity Jane'.

Heard's three-and-a-half year old daughter Oonagh was welcomed via surrogate, with Heard commenting on Instagram 'I decided I wanted to have a child,' and 'I wanted to do it on my own terms.'

Amber Heard is soon to become a mother of two (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

She continued: "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," she wrote at the time. "I hope we arrive at a point in which it’s normalized to not want a ring in order to have a crib."

A spokesperson for the Aquaman actress told People: "It is still quite early in the pregnancy, so you will appreciate that we do not want to go into much detail at this stage. Suffice to say that Amber is delighted both for herself and Oonagh Paige.”

Heard was married to actor Depp between 2015-2017.

The actress went on to allege physical and sexual abuse during their marriage, which Depp denied.

A friend of Heard's said she's 'living her best life' (John Shearer/Getty Images)

Heard wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post, titled 'I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture's wrath. That has to change', and was later sued by her former husband for defamation.

Depp's name was not mentioned in the piece.

The televised trial took place in 2022, with the case ultimately being ruled in Depp's favour.

Following the trial, Heard put life in the States behind her and told NBC she was focusing on her future.

She said: "I get to be a mom, like, full time, you know? Where I'm not having to juggle calls with lawyers."

Conor Allyn, a director who worked with Heard on the 2023 release In the Fire, told People: "She's living her best life in Spain with her daughter and just finding happiness in that way."

He acknowledged that Heard is still affected by the experience, adding: "I think people carry trauma for a long time.”

“Having gone through something like that on a global epic scale — you never just put that in a suitcase and stick in the attic and never see it again."