Denise Richards (born February 17, 1972) is an American film actress. She was born in Downers Grove, Illinois (Southwest of Chicago, near Naperville). She later moved to California, and graduated from El Camino High School in Oceanside, California.

She is most famous for her appearance in the films The World is Not Enough (1999), Wild Things (1998), Starship Troopers (1997) and National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon I (1993), and the slasher flick Valentine (2001) alongside David Boreanaz and Katherine Heigl.

She is the wife of actor Charlie Sheen.\n