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Denise Richards
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- #001
In a July 2019 interview with The New York Times, Denise Richards recalled that one Thanksgiving her ex-husband Charlie Sheen arrived at her home with a prostitute in his car. Richards insisted the woman should not have to sit in Sheen's parked car and should instead join them for Thanksgiving dinner; Richards told her children that the woman was Sheen's assistant. When Richards told the same story to People Magazine in August 2019, she said the prostitute sat next to Richards's father, who struggled to include the woman in conversation before he understood her relationship with Sheen.
- #002
Charlie Sheen handed custody of his daughters Sami Sheen and Lola Rose Sheen over to Denise. He sought full custody after he and his wife Brooke Mueller had a domestic dispute over Christmas 2009.
- #003
She and Charlie Sheen separated while she was pregnant with their daughter Lola Rose Sheen. Despite their separation, Sheen was present at Lola's birth.
- #004
She has three daughters: Sami Sheen (b. March 9, 2004) and Lola Rose Sheen (b. June 1, 2005) with her ex-husband Charlie Sheen; and Eloise Joni Richards (b. May 24, 2011), whom she adopted as a newborn in June 2011 and who was later adopted by her husband Aaron Phypers.
- #005
On September 8, 2018, she married her boyfriend of nine months, Aaron Phypers, in Malibu, California. They married just two days after their engagement was announced.
- #006
She appeared in Playboy magazine's Christmas gala issue.
- #007
Her family currently runs a coffee shop called "Jitters" in San Diego, California.
- #008
Years before she and Charlie Sheen met and fell in love on the set of Good Advice (2001), they both had very small roles in Loaded Weapon 1 (1993) (they do not share any screen time).
- #009
She has Dutch, English, French-Canadian, German, Irish and Welsh ancestry. Her father's grandfather was born with the name Irving Reichert; the surname was later changed to "Richards".
- #010
Her mother, Joni Richards, died of cancer on November 30, 2007.
- #011
She attended and graduated from El Camino High School in Oceanside, California.
- #012
In 2016, her daughter Eloise was diagnosed with a deletion on chromosome 8.
- #013
She once worked as a grocery store clerk.
- #014
In her freshman year she attended Downers Grove North High School in Illinois.
- #015
In December 2019 she underwent emergency surgery to repair four different hernias.
- #016
Less than three years later she filed for divorce from her husband Charlie Sheen.
- #017
She was born to telephone engineer Irv Richards and his wife Joni Richards. She has an older sister named Michelle Richards.
- #018
Denise Richards auditioned for the role of Beth in Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995), a part that went to Mariah O'Brien.
- #019
Denise Richards was ranked 9th on FHM Taiwan's 100 Sexiest Women in the World list in 2001.
- #020
Denise Richards and her then-husband Charlie Sheen both appeared as guest stars on Friends (1994), though not in the same episode.
- #021
Denise Richards won wide praise for her performance as Mimi Rogers' daughter in the television film In the Blink of an Eye, and she also played an unforgettable role on Seinfeld.
- #022
In an interview on The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996), Denise Richards said the first Bond film she saw was GoldenEye (1995).
- #023
Denise Richards moved from Downers Grove, Illinois, to Oceanside, California, when she was 15.
- #024
Denise Richards ranked 61st on Men's Health magazine's list of the 100 Hottest Women of All Time.
- #025
Denise Richards attended Herrick Middle School in Illinois until she completed eighth grade.
- #026
Denise Richards is the former sister-in-law of Ramon Estevez, Renée Estevez and Emilio Estevez.
- #027
Denise Richards is the former stepmother of Charlie Sheen's daughter Cassandra Sheen.
- #028
Denise Richards is the former daughter-in-law of Martin Sheen and Janet Sheen.
- #029
Denise Richards was engaged to Charlie Sheen.
- #030
Denise Richards's character in The World is Not Enough was originally written as a Polynesian insurance investigator, but was changed into a nuclear scientist.
- #031
Denise Richards drives a Mercedes-Benz S55 AMG.
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