Denise Richards

Name: Denise Richards
Birth Name: Denise Lee Richards
Height: 5 feet, 6 inches
Sex: Female
Nationality: American
Birth Date: February 17, 1972
Birth Place: Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
Occupation: Actress, Model
Education: Attended Tinley Park High School (Illinois) for her freshman year; Herrick Junior High School (Illinois) until she completed the eighth grade; El Camino High School in Oceanside, California (graduated in 1989)
Spouse: Charlie Sheen (actor; born on September 3, 1965; began dating in 2001; engaged on Christmas 2001; married on June 15, 2002; filed for divorce in March 2, 2005)
Relationship: Patrick Muldoon (actor; costarred together in Starship Troopers; began dating in 1998)
Father: Irv Richards (former telephone-company employee)
Mother: Joni Richards (owns a chain of coffee shops called “Jitters”
Facts: Her classmates called her fish lips.
Claim to fame: Played Carmen Ibanez in Starship Troopers (1997)
Awards: 2000 Nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Award ‘Favorite Actress – Action’ for The World Is Not Enough (1999)

Filmography: Actress

• Edmond (2005) (post-production)
• I Do (But I Don't) (2004) (TV)
• Elvis Has Left the Building (2004)
• Yo puta (2004)
• Scary Movie 3 (2003)
• Love Actually (2003)
• You Stupid Man (2002)
• The Third Wheel (2002)
• Undercover Brother (2002)
• Empire (2002)
• Good Advice (2001)
• Valentine (2001)
• Tail Lights Fade (1999)
• The World Is Not Enough (1999)
• Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
• Lookin' Italian (1998)
• Wild Things (1998)
• Starship Troopers (1997)
• Nowhere (1997)
• In the Blink of an Eye (1996) (TV)
• Pier 66 (1996) (TV)
• 919 Fifth Avenue (1995) (TV)
• Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)
• Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)

Contact:
Danielle Thomas - Handprint Entertainment
1100 Glendon Ave, #1000
Los Angeles, CA 90024
USA


Biography

Born Denise Lee Richards, she was raised by her parents Irv and Joni in the Chicago, Illinois until she was 15 when the family was relocated to Oceanside, California. She completed her eight grade at Herrick Junior High School and attended her first year in high school at Tinley Park both in Illinois. She had no choice but to transfer to another school from the time they were relocated so she pursued her high school years at El Camino High School in Oceanside, 25 miles north of San Diego, California.

Soon after she graduated from El Camino, her modeling career took off. She posed for some Tokyo and Paris magazines. Denise had also made some commercials. It is interesting to know that the first product endorsement she made was a lip gloss (Bonne Bell) which compliments with her taunting lips, in fact during her childhood days she was nicknamed “Fish Lips” and often teased by her classmates and friends. But her plumping lips paired with flashing eyes of emerald green and gorgeous body completed a stunning personality and is definitely cruising her way to the high shelves.

Denise was 17 when she first hit the TV screen, casting as a beauty contestant in 1989’s Life Goes On. In 1990, a resident from Melrose Place named Patrick Muldoon was so stunned with her beauty when he saw her in an acting class. Until the two were introduced and kept their company, that was the start of a 10 year relationship with him. The next year, she appeared in Saved by the Bell and Married with Children. Then in 1992, she was cast at Eerie, Indiana. In 1993, she appeared in two TV shows and Bodies of Evidence and the series Against the Grain. Also in the same year, she had a guest appearance in Seinfeld on “The Shoes” episode. In 1994, she appeared in TV’s Lois and Clark.
Her numerous TV roles gave way to her first film debut in an action/comedy National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon in 1993 where she played the role of Cindy#1. It was then followed by a lead role in Tammy and the T-Rex playing the role of Tammy in 1994. Also in that same year, she played the role of Elizabeth in a drama film Lookin’ Italian.

In the year 1995 to 1996, more TV followed like 919 Fifth Avenue and PCH in 95 then Weird Science, Pier 66 and Blink of an Eye in 96. Her major break came in 1997 where she played the role of Carmen Ibanez teaming up with Muldoon as Zander Barcalow in their battle against alien bugs for survival in “Starship Troopers.” It has a successful turn-out, grossing to $54 million. Not to forget the fact that she was teamed up with her boyfriend. As a result, her fans grew in numbers. In 1998, she was teamed up with Neve Campbell, Matt Dillon and Kevin Bacon in the Crime/Thriller “Wild Things.” You have to see that famous kiss with Neve where people found it so obscene and it became talk-of-the-town. It’s almost a year after the movie was released but the press and the people are still talking about it. Denise was so insulted with some negative humors and explained that there’s nothing wrong when two women kiss. She also admitted that her parents are two of her observant fans but never criticized what she did. She also said during an interview that she hoped his father will close his eyes whenever she had breast exposures.

The same persons who criticized her infamous ménage à trois scene were less revved up in her underwear-clad cat fight with Kirsten Dunst in 1999’s “Drop Dead Gorgeous.” Also in this year, she performed Wendy in “Tail Lights Fade” with an action/comedy/drama genre where the plot was about a relay race to bail out a brother in jail who is charged of marijuana usage. What is more exciting in this year is her role of Dr. Christmas Jones in the highly acclaimed James Bond Flick, “The World is Not Enough.” Film critic Robert Ebert was so amazed by Denise’s performance as a Bond girl and gave her two thumbs up together with her bombshell lead Sophie Marceau. Unlike some of the recent British Super Spy’s, Denise is in no danger of becoming a victim to the Bond Babe Bermuda Triangle.
She started filming in the mid months of 2000 until another two films were released in 2001. First was a horror-thriller entitled “Valentine” where she played the role of Paige Prescott and a comedy-romance “Good Advice” playing the role of Cindy and teaming up with Charlie Sheen. Her being a girlfriend to Ryan Turner (played by Sheen) turned out to be a real life romance when they began dating in 2001, got engaged in Christmas and then married in 2002.

That same year, Denise appeared in more films like action-drama “Empire” playing the role of Trish, action-comedy “Undercover Brother” portraying as a white she-devil, the romance film “You Stupid Man” teaming up with David Krumholtz and Milla Jovovich and a comedy flick “The Third Wheel” teaming up with Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Luke Wilson and more.

In 2003, she made two more films which include: “Love Actually” playing the role of Carla the friendly one; and “Scary Movie 3” as Annie in this comedy-horror film. Three more films are done by Denise in 2004 including a Rated R Spanish film with English translation “Yo Puta” or “Whore” in US. The other three films include: the comedy-romance “Elvis has left the Building” playing the role of Belinda and teaming up with Sean Astin, Kim Basinger, and Richard Barela; and the comedy “Fat Albert” written by Bill Cosby. Denise also performed in TV in 2004 in a romance-comedy “I Do (But I Don’t) where she played as Lauren, a divorced wedding planner where she fell in love with Dean Cain…the groom-to-be.
Upcoming projects for the actress include “Edmond,” teaming up with Wiliam Macy and Julia Stiles. At present, she is creating her own website and wishes to run it soon. Her popularity was well-endowed with simplicity and down-to-earth personality. This is an example of a model-turned-actor who kept her feet on the ground and remained calm and professional in spite of the odds in her marriage.