Biography

Denise Lee Richards was born on February 17, 1972 in Downers Grove, Illinois. She currently lives in Los Angeles, CA. She moved to California to attend high school at El Camino High as the clas of 1989. After graduation, she began to pursue her acting career in Los Angeles. She developed a modeling career in high school, appearing from Tokyo to New York. She has put modeling on the side to appear in movies.Denise's acting career is beginning to take off, especially after two successful movies, Starship Troopers, and Wild Things. She has both the acting talent and beauty to be a big time actress, and the only thing holding her up is time. There are two more movies in the wings for Denise, which will both be released in 1999. Dairy Queens looks like it will be very promising, about beauty queens fighting for the title in Missouri.

Starship Troopers was Denise's first major film. The film itself was troubled by an expanding budget, film delays, and a poor release date. While it did well in the box office, the profits were not super. There is talks for a part 2...hopefully Denise will return as Ms. Ibanez if they choose to do it.Exposure to the media has grown for Denise over the last year. She has appeared on almost all the major entertainment shows, including Entertainment Weekly, Access Hollywood, and E!'s news program.She also has guest stared on The Tonight Show and presented most recently at the MTV Music Awards.

Filmography

Death From Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' (2002) (V) .... Herself
Empire (2002) .... Trish (#7)
You Stupid Man (2002) .... Chloe
Third Wheel, The (2002) .... Diana
Undercover Brother (2002) .... Penelope Snow (White She-Devil)
Good Advice (2001) .... Cindy Styne
Valentine (2001) .... Paige Prescott
2000 MTV Movie Awards (2000) (TV) .... Presenter
World Is Not Enough, The (2000) (VG) (uncredited) (archive footage) .... Dr. Christmas Jones

Tail Lights Fade (1999) .... Wendy
World Is Not Enough, The (1999) .... Dr. Christmas Jones
... aka Pressure Point (1999) (USA: changed title)
... aka T.W.I.N.E. (1999) (UK: promotional abbreviation)
Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) .... Becky Ann Leeman
... aka Gnadenlos schön (1999) (Germany)
Seventeen: The Faces for Fall (1998) (TV) .... Herself
Wild Things (1998) .... Kelly Lanier Van Ryan
... aka Sex Crimes (1998) (Belgium: English title)
... aka wildthings (1998) (USA: video box title)
Starship Troopers (1997) .... Captain Carmen Ibanez
Nowhere (1997) .... Jana
Pier 66 (1996) (TV) .... Colleen
In the Blink of an Eye (1996) (TV) .... Nina Jacobs
919 Fifth Avenue (1995) (TV) .... Cathy Damore
... aka Dominick Dunne's 919 Fifth Avenue (1995) (TV)
P.C.H. (1995)
... aka Kill Shot (2001) (USA: video title)
Lookin' Italian (1994) .... Elizabeth
... aka Showdown (1998) (USA: video title)
Tammy and the T-Rex (1994) .... Tammy
... aka Teenage T-Rex (1994)
Loaded Weapon 1 (1993) .... Cindy #1
... aka National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)