Denise Richards

'Denise Richards' (qv) was born in Downers Grove, Illinois, the older of two daughters of Joni Lee, who owned a coffee shop, and 'Irv Richards' (qv), a telephone engineer. She has German, French-Canadian, Irish, English, and Welsh ancestry. She grew up in the Chicago area, until the family relocated to Oceanside, CA when Denise was 15. She began working as a model, and moved to L.A. after she graduated from high school. She landed parts in both TV and movies, and gave breakthrough performances in _Starship Troopers (1997)_ (qv) with 'Casper Van Dien' (qv), _Wild Things (1998)_ (qv) and _The World Is Not Enough (1999)_ (qv), in which she plays a Bond Girl. She also was in _Undercover Brother (2002)_ (qv) with 'Eddie Griffin' (qv) and appeared in _Scary Movie 3 (2003)_ (qv) with her now ex-husband, 'Charlie Sheen' (qv).::dolphins_fanatic