The Real Girl Next Door
Born outside of Chicago, Denise Richards began working as a fashion 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) with Casper Van Dien, Wild Things (1998) and The World Is Not Enough (1999), in which she plays a Bond Girl. She also was in Undercover Brother (2002) with Eddie Griffin and appeared in Scary Movie 3 (2003). She was the star of E!’sDenise Richards: It’s Complicatedin 2008 and 2009 and will star in a film in December 2010 calledMother’s Little Helpers. She also has a recurring role in the second season of Spike TV’sBlue Mountain Statein 2011.