Birth name Denise Lee Richards
Birthdate February 17, 1971
Birthplace Downers Grove, Illinois
Family Joni (mother), Irv (father), Michelle (sister)
Children Sam “Sami” (born March 9, 2004) and Lola (born June 1, 2005)
Pets Cats: Max, Billy and Stan; Dogs: Tina, Hank, Wally, Luke, Scarlet, Lily, Emma, Olivia, Sugar, George, Lucy, Rosie and Jasper; Pigs: Burt, Bob and Charlotte and 2 unnamed pigs (note: Charlotte and Bob had 10 little piglets together in August 2008)
Hair Blonde
Eyes Blue
Height 5’8″
Quotes
“I love being a mom so much. I love waking up with Sami and Lola, taking them to school, to the dentist, and to gymnastics. The girls are my life. After the divorce, it was kind of scary at first, being alone with the girls, but eventually….it is what it is. It’s my life now. It’s me and the girls, and that’s that.”
“I’m a single mom picking up the pieces of my life. I’m not the girl who is portrayed in the press. I am not a husband-stealer, a gold-digger, or a bitch. My life right now is my kids, my friends, and my work.”
“I’m spontaneous. I love going from one thing to something else and not knowing what I’m going to do next.”
“I found out early I could make more money modeling than I could waitressing and scooping Haagen-Dazs. But I always wanted to be an actress.”
“Doing love scenes is always awkward. I mean, it’s just not a normal thing to go to work and lay in bed with your co-worker.”
“There are always two or three or four sides to every story.”
“The Internet’s been so great, and it’s so nice to have fans do nice, elaborate websites, but I think the downside is some of the things… for real fans to go on and see that 90 percent of the information isn’t true or to see pictures that aren’t really me, or for them to be able to sell these things, that’s one of the downsides, I think.”
“I don’t know what the big issue is about a kiss with Neve Campbell in Wild Things. It’s a role, and I think a bigger issue is made out of it. It was a part I took and it’s what the character did, so I did it.”