Denise Richards biography

Eldest of 2 daughters born to Irv and Joni Richards. 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 Wild Thing (1998) and The World is Not Enough (1999), in which she plays the latest Bond Girl. She met her current boyfriend, actor Patrick Muldoon, in an acting class in 1990, and the 2 currently live together in L.A.