Johnny Depp has thanked the public for their support in the wake of his divorce from Amber Heard, a few days after proceedings were finalised.

Depp, who picked up the favourite movie icon prize at the ceremony, whose winners are voted for by the public, said he had attended the ceremony “for you, the people, who through whatever good times or bad have stood by me and trusted me”.

The actor, who has picked up 13 previous People’s Choice gongs, continued: “And you’ve graciously invited me here once again tonight, so I appreciate that so much. You have no idea how much I appreciate that.

“I was very deeply affected by the kindness of your recognition and by your well wishes to my family and myself, which is why it’s especially meaningful for me to be here in front of you to say thank you.”

See Johnny Depp accept his award for “Favorite Movie Icon” #PCAs pic.twitter.com/D8fcH0JNuN

— People's Choice (@peopleschoice) January 19, 2017

Last Friday, details of the divorce settlement which concludes Depp’s acrimonious split from Heard emerged, including her retaining custody of their dogs and his giving her $7m.

Depp’s career has not prospered of late. Recent films such as Mortdecai, Yoga Hosers and Alice Through the Looking Glass were not well-received, while crime drama London Fields is still stuck in post-production, and his cameo in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them also met with scepticism. He did however win acclaim for his portrayal of Donald Trump in Funny or Die’s The Art of the Deal: The Movie.

Elsewhere at the People’s Choice awards, animated fish saga Finding Dory won best movie, while Ryan Reynolds took favourite actor, Jennifer Lawrence favourite actress, Tom Hanks favourite dramatic movie actor and Blake Lively the female equivalent. Critically scorned tetraplegic romcom Me Before You won favourite dramatic movie, The Girl on the Train favourite thriller, and Deadpool favourite action movie.

Other victors included Outlander and The Big Bang Theory on TV, as well as Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears, who were named favourite music artists.

The ceremony was hosted by CBS sitcom star Joel McHale, while Tyler Perry received the evening’s favourite humanitarian award.

Full list of winners

FAVOURITE MOVIE
Finding Dory (WINNER)
Captain America: Civil War
Deadpool
Suicide Squad
Zootopia

FAVOURITE MOVIE ACTOR
Ryan Reynolds (WINNER)
Kevin Hart
Robert Downey Jr.
Tom Hanks
Will Smith

FAVOURITE MOVIE ACTRESS
Jennifer Lawrence (WINNER)
Anna Kendrick
Margot Robbie
Melissa McCarthy
Scarlett Johansson

FAVOURITE ACTION MOVIE
Deadpool (WINNER)
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
Captain America: Civil War
Suicide Squad
X-Men: Apocalypse

FAVOURITE ACTION MOVIE ACTOR
Robert Downey Jr. (WINNER)
Chris Evans
Liam Hemsworth
Ryan Reynolds
Will Smith

FAVOURITE ACTION MOVIE ACTRESS
Margot Robbie (WINNER)
Jennifer Lawrence
Scarlett Johansson
Shailene Woodley
Zoe Saldana

FAVOURITE ANIMATED MOVIE VOICE
Ellen DeGeneres in Finding Dory (WINNER)
Bill Murray in The Jungle Book
Ginnifer Goodwin in Zootopia
Jason Bateman in Zootopia
Kevin Hart in The Secret Life of Pets

FAVOURITE COMEDIC MOVIE
Bad Moms (WINNER)
Central Intelligence
Ghostbusters
How to Be Single
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

FAVOURITE COMEDIC MOVIE ACTOR
Kevin Hart (WINNER)
Chris Hemsworth
Dwayne Johnson
Ryan Gosling
Zac Efron

FAVOURITE COMEDIC MOVIE ACTRESS
Melissa McCarthy (WINNER)
Anna Kendrick
Kristen Bell
Kristen Wiig
Rebel Wilson

FAVOURITE DRAMATIC MOVIE
Me Before You (WINNER)
Deepwater Horizon
Miracles From Heaven
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Sully

FAVOURITE DRAMATIC MOVIE ACTOR
Tom Hanks (WINNER)
Ben Affleck
Chris Pine
George Clooney
Mark Wahlberg

FAVOURITE DRAMATIC MOVIE ACTRESS
Blake Lively (WINNER)
Amy Adams
Emily Blunt
Julia Roberts
Meryl Streep

FAVOURITE FAMILY MOVIE
Finding Dory (WINNER)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
The Jungle Book
The Secret Life of Pets
Zootopia

FAVOURITE THRILLER MOVIE
The Girl on the Train (WINNER)
The Conjuring 2
Nerve
The Purge: Election Year
The Shallows

FAVOURITE MOVIE ICON
Johnny Depp (WINNER)
Denzel Washington
Samuel L. Jackson
Tom Cruise
Tom Hanks

Television

FAVOURITE TV SHOW
Outlander (WINNER)
The Big Bang Theory
Grey’s Anatomy
Stranger Things
The Walking Dead

FAVOURITE NETWORK TV COMEDY
The Big Bang Theory (WINNER)
Black-ish
Jane the Virgin
Modern Family
New Girl

FAVOURITE COMEDIC TV ACTOR
Jim Parsons (WINNER)
Andy Samberg
Anthony Anderson
Matthew Perry
Tim Allen

FAVOURITE COMEDIC TV ACTRESS
Sofia Vergara (WINNER)
Anna Faris
Gina Rodriguez
Kaley Cuoco
Zooey Deschanel

FAVOURITE NETWORK TV DRAMA
Grey’s Anatomy (WINNER)
Chicago Fire
Empire
How to Get Away with Murder
Quantico

FAVOURITE DRAMATIC TV ACTOR
Justin Chambers (WINNER)
Jesse Williams
Scott Foley
Taylor Kinney
Terrence Howard

FAVOURITE DRAMATIC TV ACTRESS
Priyanka Chopra (WINNER)
Ellen Pompeo
Kerry Washington
Taraji P Henson
Viola Davis

FAVOURITE CABLE TV COMEDY
Baby Daddy (WINNER)
Atlanta
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Real Husbands of Hollywood
Younger

FAVOURITE CABLE TV DRAMA
Bates Motel (WINNER)
The Americans
Mr. Robot
Pretty Little Liars
Queen Sugar

FAVOURITE CABLE TV ACTOR
Freddie Highmore (WINNER)
Adam Devine
Kevin Hart
Rami Malek
Zach Galifianakis

FAVOURITE CABLE TV ACTRESS
Vera Farmiga (WINNER)
Ashley Benson
Hilary Duff
Keri Russell
Lucy Hale

FAVOURITE TV CRIME DRAMA
Criminal Minds (WINNER)
The Blacklist
Law & Order: SVU
Lucifer
NCIS

FAVOURITE TV CRIME DRAMA ACTOR
Mark Harmon (WINNER)
Chris O’Donnell
Donnie Wahlberg
LL Cool J
Tom Selleck

FAVOURITE TV CRIME DRAMA ACTRESS
Jennifer Lopez (WINNER)
Lucy Liu
Mariska Hargitay
Pauley Perrette
Sophia Bush

FAVOURITE PREMIUM DRAMA SERIES
Orange is the New Black (WINNER)
Homeland
House of Cards
Narcos
Power

FAVOURITE PREMIUM COMEDY SERIES
Fuller House (WINNER)
The Mindy Project
Shameless
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Veep

FAVOURITE PREMIUM SERIES ACTOR
Dwayne Johnson (WINNER)
Aziz Ansari
Joshua Jackson
Kevin Spacey
Nick Jonas

FAVOURITE PREMIUM SERIES ACTRESS
Sarah Jessica Parker (WINNER)
Claire Danes
Jane Fonda
Julia Louis Dreyfus
Taylor Schilling

FAVOURITE NETWORK SCI-FI/FANTASY TV SHOW
Supernatural (WINNER)
Arrow
The Flash
Once Upon a Time
The Vampire Diaries

FAVOURITE CABLE SCI-FI/FANTASY TV SHOW
The Walking Dead (WINNER)
American Horror Story
Orphan Black
Shadowhunters
Teen Wolf

FAVOURITE PREMIUM SCI-FI/FANTASY SERIES
Outlander (WINNER)
Game of Thrones
Marvel’s Luke Cage
Stranger Things
Westworld

FAVOURITE SCI-FI/FANTASY TV ACTOR
Sam Heughan (WINNER)
Andrew Lincoln
Ian Somerhalder
Jensen Ackles
Tyler Posey

FAVOURITE SCI-FI/FANTASY TV ACTRESS
Caitriona Balfe (WINNER)
Emilia Clarke
Jennifer Morrison
Lauren Cohan
Millie Bobby Brown

FAVOURITE COMPETITION TV SHOW
The Voice (WINNER)
America’s Got Talent
American Ninja Warrior
Dancing with the Stars
Masterchef

FAVOURITE DAYTIME TV HOST
Ellen DeGeneres (WINNER)
Dr. Phil
Kelly Ripa
Rachael Ray
Steve Harvey

FAVOURITE DAYTIME TV HOSTING TEAM
Good Morning America (WINNER)
The Chew
The Talk
Today
The View

FAVOURITE LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW HOST
Jimmy Fallon (WINNER)
Conan O’Brien
James Corden
Jimmy Kimmel
Stephen Colbert

FAVOURITE ANIMATED TV SHOW
The Simpsons (WINNER)
American Dad!
Bob’s Burgers
Family Guy
South Park

FAVOURITE ACTOR IN A NEW TV SERIES
Matt LeBlanc (WINNER)
Damon Wayans
Kevin James
Kiefer Sutherland
Milo Ventimiglia

FAVOURITE ACTRESS IN A NEW TV SERIES
Kristen Bell (WINNER)
Jordana Brewster
Mandy Moore
Minnie Driver
Piper Perabo

FAVOURITE NEW TV COMEDY
Man with a Plan (WINNER)
American Housewife
The Good Place
The Great Indoors
Kevin Can Wait
Son of Zorn
Speechless

FAVOURITE NEW TV DRAMA
This Is Us (WINNER)
Bull
Conviction
Designated Survivor
The Exorcist
Frequency
Lethal Weapon
MacGyver
No Tomorrow
Notorious
Pitch
Pure Genius
Timeless

Music

FAVOURITE MALE ARTIST
Justin Timberlake (WINNER)
Blake Shelton
Drake
Shawn Mendes
The Weeknd

FAVOURITE FEMALE ARTIST
Britney Spears (WINNER)
Adele
Ariana Grande
Beyonce
Rihanna

FAVOURITE GROUP
Fifth Harmony (WINNER)
The Chainsmokers
Coldplay
Panic! at the Disco
Twenty One Pilots

FAVOURITE BREAKOUT ARTIST
Niall Horan (WINNER)
Alessia Cara
The Chainsmokers
DNCE
Zayn

FAVOURITE MALE COUNTRY ARTIST
Blake Shelton (WINNER)
Keith Urban
Luke Bryan
Sam Hunt
Tim McGraw

FAVOURITE FEMALE COUNTRY ARTIST
Carrie Underwood (WINNER)
Dolly Parton
Kelsea Ballerini
Miranda Lambert
Reba McEntire

FAVOURITE COUNTRY GROUP
Little Big Town (WINNER)
The Band Perry
Florida Georgia Line
Lonestar
Zac Brown Band

FAVOURITE POP ARTIST
Britney Spears (WINNER)
Adele
Ariana Grande
Justin Timberlake
Sia

FAVOURITE HIP-HOP ARTIST
G-Eazy (WINNER)
DJ Khaled
Kanye West
Kendrick Lamar
Wiz Khalifa

FAVOURITE R&B ARTIST
Rihanna (WINNER)
Beyoncé
Drake
Usher
The Weeknd

FAVOURITE ALBUM
If I’m Honest / Blake Shelton (WINNER)
Anti / Rihanna
Dangerous Woman / Ariana Grande
Lemonade / Beyoncé
Views / Drake

FAVOURITE SONG
“Can’t Stop the Feeling” / Justin Timberlake (WINNER)
“No” / Meghan Trainor
“One Dance” / Drake feat. Kyla and Wizkid
“Pillowtalk” Zayn
“Work” / Rihanna feat. Drake

Digital

FAVOURITE SOCIAL MEDIA CELEBRITY
Britney Spears (WINNER)
Kim Kardashian
Lady Gaga
Shakira
Stephen Amell

FAVOURITE SOCIAL MEDIA STAR
Cameron Dallas (WINNER)
Baby Ariel
Jacob Sartorius
Liza Koshy
Nash Grier

FAVOURITE YOUTUBE STAR
Lilly Singh (WINNER)
Miranda Sings
PewDiePie
Shane Dawson
Tyler Oakley

FAVOURITE COMEDIC COLLABORATION
Ellen DeGeneres and Britney Spears’ Mall Mischief (WINNER)
Conan O’Brien’s Ride Along with Ice Cube and Kevin Hart
James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke with Adele
Lip Sync Battle with Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan Tatum
Saturday Night Live with Alec Baldwin and Kate McK