Denise Richards Bio

Denise Richards was born February 17th, 1971. She is an American model, actress, and a TV personality. Her most well-known roles include her roles as Carmen Ibanez (1997), Kelly Van Ryan (1998) and Bond girl Christmas Jones (1999). Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999), Valentine (2002), Undercover Brother ((2002), Scary Movie 3 (3), Love Actually (2003) and Madea's Witness Protection (2012). Her television roles include Paramount Network's sitcom Blue Mountain State (2010-11), ABC Family's mystery-thriller series Twisted (2013-14) and CBS' soap drama The Bold and the Beautiful (2019-present). Richards was a part of the E! Richards was a guest on the reality show Denise Richards It's Complicated (2008)-09 and Bravo's reality series The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (2015) from 2019-20. Richards' memoir, The Real Girl Next Door was published in 2011. It was the New York Times bestseller. Richards was the daughter of Joni (nee Braden), the Illinois coffee shop owner and Irv Richards who was a telephone engineer. Her father was Reichert. Her mother died of cancer in November of 2007. She is of German and French heritage. Richards is a sister to Michelle. She was born in Downers Grove, Illinois and Mokena (Illinois). When she was a kid she was the "only girl on the baseball team".