Denise Richards was born on February 17th, 1972 in Downer’s Grove, Illinois. Her full name is Denise Lee Richards. She went to school at Herrick Middle School in Illinois and moved to California. Denise attended, and graduated from El Camino High School in Oceanside (a suburb of San Diego) in 1989. From there the dark haired beauty went straight into modeling. Her remarkable appearance and fresh face afforded her work in Paris, Tokyo, and New York. She then became a make-up girl for Bonne Bell Cosmetics. During this time, Denise also appeared in a number of swimsuit magazines.

She became more and more interested in the entertainment field and began pursuing the acting field. She soon gained her first television role on the drama “Life Goes On”. From there Denise landed television appearances on “Melrose Place”, “Married with Children”, “Seinfeld”, “Lois and Clark”, and “Weird Science”. It was her appearance in an episode of “Seinfeld” that Denise Richards was finally noticed. She was cast in “Tammy and the T-Rex” in 1994.

Her next project was the made for TV movie “Fifth Avenue” in 1995. She Appeared in another television movie called “In the Blink of an Eye” in 1996. Then she landed another movie in 1997 “Nowhere”. In that same year she got her big break through by being cast in Paul Verhooven’s “Starship Troopers” where she finally gained some recognition. “Starship Troopers” landed her a role in “Wild Things” co-starring Neve Campbell and Matt Dillon in 1998. Her latest flick is due out this summer “Drop Dead Gorgeous”, and that is exactly what she is.

Denise Richards is stunningly beautiful and sexy as well as talented. Her enormous blue eyes, pouty full mouth, and youthful appearance give the impression of innocence but her talent allows her to manifest a variety of characters. If you don’t know her name yet, you are bound to run into it in the future.