Everything about Denise Richards totally explained
Denise Lee Richards (born
February 17,
1971) is an
American actress and former
fashion model. She became famous in the late 1990s, after a string of films that highlighted her sex appeal, including
Starship Troopers,
Wild Things, and
The World Is Not Enough.
Early life and career
Richards was born in
Downers Grove,
Illinois, the daughter of Joni, a
coffee shop owner, and Irv Richards, a
telephone engineer. She is of
Croatian and
Welsh descent. She has one sister, Michelle, and grew up in both Mokena, Illinois and Downers Grove, Illinois. She graduated from
El Camino High School in 1989,
Oceanside,
California. As a child, she was a '
tomboy', the only 'girl on baseball.'
Before she was an actress, Richards was a fashion model. Richards spent the majority of the 1990s appearing in lower-budget films and TV shows like
Saved by the Bell,
television movies, and guest starring in episodes of several television shows. Her first starring role in a wide theatrical release was
Starship Troopers in 1997, which was followed by her role in the moderately successful
cult film
Wild Things in 1998.
Richards was cast as the nuclear scientist
Christmas Jones in the 1999
James Bond film
The World Is Not Enough (1999), which had a high
box office gross. Though she considered her role "brainy", "athletic", and having depth of character, she was criticised as not credible in it. Her outfit, which often comprised a tank top and shorts, elicited comments. She was ranked as the worst
Bond girl of all time by
Entertainment Weekly in 2008. In addition to her film work, Richards made regular appearances in the
situation comedies Spin City,
Two and a Half Men,
Friends and
Seinfeld. She also starred in the short-lived
UPN series
Sex, Love & Secrets in 2005.
Throughout the early 2000s, Richards appeared in several film roles which both parodied and utilized her image as a
sex symbol, including
Valentine,
Undercover Brother and
Scary Movie 3. In December 2004, she posed for a
nude pictorial in
Playboy magazine. Richards also 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 9 in
Maxim's 50 Sexiest Women and in 2001 she was voted 2nd in
FHM's USA 100 Sexiest Women, 5th in
FHM 100 Sexiest Women and 19 in
AskMen.com 50 Most Beautiful Women.
Personal life
In 2002, she married actor
Charlie Sheen, with whom she appeared in
Scary Movie 3, in which she played his character's wife who was pinned to the tree in a car accident. The couple had two daughters: Sam J and Lola. Richards was named the
Sexiest Mom of 2005 by
In Touch Weekly magazine.
In March 2005, Richards filed for
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. Richards briefly dated
Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora shortly after their respective
separations from Sheen and
Heather Locklear, ending what Locklear had considered to be a close friendship. Richards once dated actor
Patrick Muldoon; she's also been linked to actor
John Stamos, whom she dated during her teenage years.
On
April 19 2006, Richards filed formal legal papers asking for
divorce from Sheen under the laws of the
state of
California. In her court filing, Richards alleged that Sheen's behavior was increasingly erratic, making their marriage impossible, and that she feared for her safety and the safety of their daughters.
Richards claimed that Sheen was physically and verbally abusive and threatened to kill her or have her killed, and that despite having accidentally shot his previous fiancée,
Kelly Preston, he wanted to place
firearms under their
coffee table to protect them. Richards claimed that Sheen had become paranoid and obsessive, citing his belief in
9/11 conspiracy theories, a belief that
baby formula caused brain damage, a desire to purchase
gas masks, and an "abnormal fascination" with
Nicole Simpson's death.
Further, Richards alleged that Sheen visited
prostitutes and was
addicted to
gambling,
prescription drugs (which he bought over the Internet), and
pornography. Richards also alleged that Sheen posted a picture of his erect
penis on his online profile of a "sex-search type"
website and that he frequently viewed
pornography featuring "very young girls," and websites "involving gay pornography also involving very young men who also didn't look like adults." Based on these allegations, Richards sought and received a
restraining order against Sheen.
Sheen denied the allegations. In an interview with
Entertainment Tonight, he described Richards' actions as a "
smear campaign" and insisted that he was a responsible father who would "give his life for his children." He added that Richards is "the only one entirely culpable for putting these radical
allegations out for public consumption... my children included."
On
December 1,
2007, it was announced that Richards's mother, Joni, died from
cancer.
On
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.
In 2008, Richards decided to include her two daughters with
Charlie Sheen in her confessional reality program on
E!,, 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 can include her daughters in the show.
When a judge rejected Sheen's request to block it, the latter urged fans to boycott it.
An agreement was reached between Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards regarding the custody of the children.
Filmography
Television
| Year |
Title |
Role |
Notes |
| 1991 |
Saved by the Bell |
Cynthia |
Slater's secret admirer, fakes drowning to be rescued by him. |
| 1993 |
Seinfeld |
Molly |
Credited as Denise Lee Richards. |
| 1994 |
Lois and Clark |
Angela |
Credited as Denise Richards. |
| 2001 |
Friends |
Cassie Geller |
one-time guest appearance |
| 2003 |
Two and a Half Men |
Lisa |
Charlie Sheen's favorite ex-girlfriend |
| 2005 |
Sex, Love & Secrets |
Jolene Butler |
cancelled after four episodes |
| 2008 |
|
herself |
debut May 2008 |
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