Denise Richards Biography

Name:Denise Lee Richards

Date of Birth:February 17, 1971

Place of Birth:Downers Grove, Illinois

Denise Lee Richards  is an American actress and former fashion model. Denise Richards has appeared in films including Starship Troopers, Wild Things, and The World Is Not Enough. Denise Richards appeared on the reality TV show, Denise Richards: It's Complicated, which was carried by American cable channel E!.

Early Life

Richards was born in Downers Grove, Illinois,the daughter of Joni, a coffee shop owner, and Irv Richards, a telephone engineer. Denise Richards is of Welsh and Croatian descent. Denise Richards has one sister, Michelle, and grew up in both Mokena and Downers Grove, Illinois. Denise Richards  graduated in 1989 from El Camino High School in Oceanside, California. As a child, she was the "only girl on the baseball team."

Before she was an actress, Richards was signed by the Judith Fontaine Modeling & Talent Agency as a model.

Career

1986, Richards appeared in the music video "The Captain of Denise Richards Heart" by Double. Denise Richards spent the majority of the 1990s appearing in lower-budget films and TV shows such as Saved by the Bell, television movies, and guest starring in episodes of several television shows such as Married with Children (1991), a five-second walk through. Denise Richards  later made guest appearances in shows such as Beverly Hills, 90210 (1992), Seinfeld (1993), Lois and Clark (1994) and a guest-arc in Melrose Place (1996).

Denise Richards first starring role in a wide theatrical release was Paul Verhoeven's Starship Troopers in 1997. The film grossed over $121,214,377 worldwide and Richards was nominated for the Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favourite Female Newcomer. Denise Richards  followed this with a role in the 1998 erotic thriller, Wild Things. Variety praised Richard's transition from good girl type roles to manipulative villainess and the review continued to include her as part of "an ensemble that appears to be enjoying the challenge of offbeat roles and unusual material. There's not a wrong note struck by the game group of players."

In 1998, she appeared in the music video for the Blues Traveler song Canadian Rose.

Richards in 1999 at the movie premiere of The World Is Not Enough.Richards was cast as the nuclear-physicist Christmas Jones in the 1999 James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999). Though she considered her role "brainy", "athletic", and having depth of character, she was criticized as not credible in the role. Denise Richards  outfit, which often comprised a low-cut tank top and tight shorts, elicited comments. Denise Richards  was ranked as one of the worst Bond girls of all time by Entertainment Weekly in 2008, and was chosen as "Worst Supporting Actress" at the 1999 Razzie Awards for the role, although, Richards was also nominated for the Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress - Action for the same film.

Later that year, Richards starred alongside Kirsten Dunst in the beauty pageant satire, Drop Dead Gorgeous. Richards, playing a spoilt princess, was praised for her performance by Los Angeles Times for being "as rightly nasty as she is pretty."

In 2001, she guest-starred as Ross and Monica Geller's cousin, Cassie Geller in the episode "The One with Ross and Monica's Cousin." Later that year she appeared in four episodes of Spin City as Jennifer Duncan, a love interest of Charlie Sheen's character. Denise Richards starred as Sheen's character's ex-girlfriend two years later in two episodes of Two And A Half Men. In 2005, she starred in the short-lived UPN series Sex, Love & Secrets.

Richards appeared in films such as Valentine (2001), Undercover Brother (2002) and Scary Movie 3 (2003). In 2003, she also appeared as part of the ensemble in the British romantic comedy, Love Actually. The film went on to gross $246,942,017 worldwide. In 2005, she starred in the ensemble drama, Edmond alongside Julia Stiles.

In December 2004, she posed for a nude pictorial in Playboy magazine, five months after giving birth. Richards posed semi-nude for the July 2006 issue of Jane magazine to raise money for the Clothes Off Our Back Foundation. In 1999, she ranked 9th in Maxim's 50 Sexiest Women and in 2001 she was voted 2nd in FHM's USA 100 Sexiest Women, 5th in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women and 19th in AskMen.com's 50 Most Beautiful Women.

In 2008, she reunited with her Wild Things screen-mother, Theresa Russell in Jolene. The independent drama, also starring Jessica Chastain was praised by the The New York Observer as it "boasts a terrific cast" and that "you go away exhilarated" from this "engaging" film.

Richards appeared on the 8th season of Dancing with the Stars, paired with Maksim Chmerkovskiy. Denise Richards was eliminated second on March 24, 2009. Richards sang "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the seventh-inning stretch at Wrigley Field on May 1, 2009.[citation needed]

In 2010 she joined the cast of Blue Mountain State, a Spike comedy series. Richards plays Debra, the ex-wife of Coach Daniels.In July 2011, Richards published a memoir The Real Girl Next Door, a New York Times Best Seller.

Richards will be a part of TV Guide Network's upcoming show, Hollywood Moms' Club, which airs in November 2011.

In September 2011, Richards reportedly turned down $100, 000 to appear as an ex-girlfriend at Charlie's funeral in Two And A Half Men. A month later, she began filming a guest spot for a forthcoming episode for the sixth season of NBC comedy 30 Rock.

Personal Life

Marriage to Charlie SheenIn 2002, Richards married actor Charlie Sheen with whom she appeared in Good Advice and then Scary Movie 3, in which she played his character's wife. They have two daughters, Sam J. Sheen (born March 9, 2004) and Lola Rose Sheen (born June 1, 2005).

In March 2005, Richards filed for a divorce from Sheen. The couple briefly reconciled and were seeking marriage counseling to mend their relationship. However, on January 4, 2006, Richards' representative announced that she was continuing with the divorce, and she later sought a restraining order against Sheen, citing his alleged death threats against her.

On April 19, 2006, Richards filed formal legal papers asking for a divorce from Sheen under the laws of the state of California.

On December 1, 2007, it was announced that Richards' mother, Joni, died from cancer.

In 2008, Richards decided to include her two daughters with Charlie Sheen in her confessional reality program on E!, Denise Richards: It's Complicated, which premiered on May 26, 2008. He deemed her plans "greedy, vain and exploitative". On January 25, 2008, Richards won a court case against Sheen so that she could include her daughters in the show.When a judge rejected Sheen's request to block it, Sheen urged fans to boycott it.

An agreement was reached between Sheen and Richards regarding the custody of the children, with Sheen stating in April 2009 that “we had to do what’s best for the girls.”

Confrontation with paparazziOn November 8, 2006, officers from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) were called to the River Rock Casino in Richmond, B.C., where Richards was making a movie. After seeing two photographers taking her picture from a nearby balcony, she confronted them, and threw their two laptop computers over the balcony. One laptop struck an 80-year-old woman in a wheelchair. The other laptop grazed the arm of a 91-year-old woman. Neither woman suffered serious injury, and no charges were pressed against Richards.

ReligionIn a May 18, 2008 interview with Larry King on Larry King Live, when asked about her Catholicism, Richards claimed, "I do have faith."

Adoption of a daughter Richards adopted a baby girl in 2011 whom she named Eloise Joni. Denise Richards middle name is that of Richards' mother.

Filmography

1993 Loaded Weapon 1 Cindy #1 First film appearance

1994 Tammy and the T-Rex Tammy

1995 919 Fifth Avenue Cathy Damore Television film

1995 P.C.H. Jess Television film

1996 In the Blink of an Eye Tina Jacobs Television film

1996 Pier 66 Colleen Television film

1997 Starship Troopers Carmen Ibanez Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favourite Female Newcomer

1997 Nowhere Jana

1998 Wild Things Kelly Lanier Van Ryan Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss shared with Neve Campbell and Matt Dillon

1998 Lookin' Italian Elizabeth

1999 World Is Not Enough, TheThe World Is Not Enough Dr. Christmas Jones Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress

Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress - Action

Nominated—Razzie Award for Worst Screen Couple shared with Pierce Brosnan

1999 Drop Dead Gorgeous Rebecca 'Becky' Ann Leeman

1999 Tail Lights Fade Wendy

2001 Good Advice Cindy Styne

2001 Valentine Paige Prescott

2002 Empire Trish

2002 Undercover Brother Penelope Snow/White She Devil

2002 You Stupid Man Chloe

2002 Third Wheel, TheThe Third Wheel Diana Evans

2003 Scary Movie 3 Annie Logan cameo appearance

2003 Love Actually Carla Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Acting

2004 I Do (But I Don't) Lauren Candell Lifetime Television movie

2004 Whore Rebecca

2005 Edmond B-girl

2008 Blonde and Blonder Dawn St. Dom

2008 Jolene Marin

2009 Kambakkht Ishq Herself Bollywood Film (Hindi)

2009 Deep in the Valley Autumn Bliss

2010 Finding Bliss Bliss / Laura

2011 Cougars, Inc. Judy

Television

1991 Married with Children Girl #2 Kelly Does Hollywood: Part 2

1991 Saved by the Bell Cynthia Slater's secret admirer, fakes drowning to be rescued by him.

1991 Doogie Howser, M.D. Alissa Doogie's date

1992 Beverly Hills, 90210 Robin McGill Girl at Jackie and Mel's wedding.

1993 Seinfeld Molly Dalrymple Russell Dalrymple's daughter in season 4 episode "The Shoes". Credited as Denise Lee Richards.

1994 Lois and Clark Angela Episode 30, "Season's Greedings"

1996 Melrose Place Brandi Carson 3-episode appearance

2001 Friends Cassie Geller one-time guest appearance, episode: The one with Ross's and Monica's cousin

2001 Spin City Jennifer Duncan 4 episodes: "Chinatown", "Denise Richards 's Gotta Habit", "Sleeping with the Enemy" and "A Tree Falls in Manhattan"

2003 Two and a Half Men Lisa Charlie Harper's favorite ex-girlfriend (in episodes "Merry Thanksgiving" and "Yes, Monsignor")

2005 Sex, Love & Secrets Jolene Butler canceled after four episodes

2008–

2009 Denise Richards: It's Complicated herself

2009 Dancing with the Stars herself Eliminated week 3 with Maksim Chmerkovskiy

2010 Harry Loves Lisa herself Guest Star

2010-present Blue Mountain State Coach Daniel's ex-wife Debra Cast member

2011 Hollywood Moms' Club herself

2012 30 Rock TBA Guest appearance