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My Take
Denise Richards belongs to a very specific late-1990s Hollywood moment, and I think she handled it more shrewdly than she gets credit for. Starship Troopers, Wild Things, and a Bond film in three consecutive years is a hot streak few actresses ever experience, and the inevitable cooldown could have ended her career. Instead she pivoted — into television, into reality formats, into reinventing herself as a personality — and stayed culturally visible for decades. That kind of longevity is not an accident; it requires self-awareness and a sense of humor about your own image. I respect survivors in this industry, and she is unmistakably one of them.
Overview
Denise Lee Richards (born February 17, 1971) is an American actress, model and television personality. She rose to prominence with roles in the science fiction film Starship Troopers (1997), the erotic thriller film Wild Things (1998), and the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999). Her performance as the Bond girl Christmas Jones, gave Richards her mainstream breakthrough.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Denise Richards
- Name (Japanese)
- デニス・リチャーズ
- Reading
- でにす・りちゃーず
- Born
- February 17, 1971 (age 55)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Boar
- Origin
- Downers Grove, Illinois, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 168 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / model / television personality / OnlyFans model
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Downers Grove North High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.