Anecdotes

During a July 2019 interview in the New York Times, Richards recalled that one Thanksgiving her ex-husband Charlie Sheen arrived at her house with a prostitute in his car. Richards insisted that the woman should not have to sit in Sheen's parked car but instead should join them for Thanksgiving dinner; Richards told her children that she was Sheen's assistant. When Richards told the same story to People Magazine in August 2019, she also said that the prostitute was seated next to Richards's father, who found it difficult to draw the woman into conversation before he understood her relationship to Sheen.

Charlie Sheen surrendered custody of their daughters Sami Sheen and Lola Rose Sheen to Denise. She sought full custody after Sheen and his wife Brooke Mueller had a domestic dispute over Christmas 2009. (mai 2010)

Separated with Charlie Sheen while being pregnant with their daughter Lola Rose Sheen. Despite their separation, Sheen was present during Lola's birth.

(September 8, 2018) Married her boyfriend of nine months Aaron Phypers in Malibu, California. They got married just two days after their engagement was announced.

After a court battle against Charlie Sheen, claiming that he had physically and verbally abused and threatened to kill her, she received a restraining order against him.

Has three daughters: Sami Sheen (b. March 9, 2004) and Lola Rose Sheen (b. June 1, 2005) with her ex-husband Charlie Sheen; Eloise Joni Richards (b. May 24, 2011) whom she adopted as a newborn in June 2011 and she later was adopted by her husband Aaron Phypers.

Guest-starred in the episode Yes, Monsignor (2004) as a former girlfriend of husband Charlie Sheen's character, who now has a baby girl. The baby was played by the pair's daughter, Sami Sheen.

Has appeared in the Christmas Gala issue of Playboy magazine. (novembre 2004)

Voted the "Worst Bond Girl of All Time" by the readers of British newspaper Daily Mail for her performance in Le monde ne suffit pas (1999). (février 2008)

Her parents currently manage a coffeehouse named "Jitters" in San Diego, California.

One of her first acting roles was in an episode of Doogstruck (1991), which starred Neil Patrick Harris, in which Richards played a girl being interviewed by Doogie as a potential girlfriend candidate. Several years later, she and Harris co-starred in Starship Troopers (1997) and again in Opération funky (2002).

She has Dutch, English, French-Canadian, German, Irish and Welsh ancestry. Her paternal grandfather was born under the name Irving Reichert; his surname was later changed to "Richards".

Attended and graduated from El Camino High School in Oceanside, California. (1989)

Her mother, Joni Richards, died from cancer on November 30, 2007.

She and Charlie Sheen both had very small roles in Alarme fatale (1993) (they do not share on-screen time), years before they met and fell in love on the set of Le courtier du coeur (2001).

In 2016, her daughter Eloise was diagnosed with deletion in chromosome 8.

Once worked as a grocery clerk.

Filed for divorce from husband Charlie Sheen after less than three years.

In December 2019, she had an emergency surgery to repair four different hernias.

Attended Downers Grove North High School in Illinois for her freshman year.

Former model.

Auditioned for the role of Beth in Halloween 6 : La Malédiction de Michael Myers (1995), which went to Mariah O'Brien.

Ranked #9 of the 100 Sexiest Women in the World by FHM Taiwan (2001).

She gained critical notices for her performance of playing Mimi Roger's daughter in the television film 'In the Blink of an Eye' and made a memorable appearance on 'Seinfeld'.

Born to Irv Richards, a telephone engineer, and his wife, Joni Richards. Has an older sister, Michelle Richards.

She and her ex-husband Charlie Sheen have both guest-starred on Friends (1994), though not in the same episode.

Ranked #21 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World". (2002)

In an interview from The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996), she said that the first Bond film she saw was GoldenEye (1995).

Moved from Downer's Grove, Illinois, to Oceanside, California, when she was 15.

Ranked #61 in Men's Health magazine's 100 Hottest Women of All Time. (2011)

Attended Herrick Junior High School in Illinois until she completed the eighth grade.

Ranked #89 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement.

Ex-sister-in-law of Ramon Estevez, Renée Estevez and Emilio Estevez.

Engaged to Charlie Sheen. (janvier 2002)

Ex-stepmother of Charlie Sheen's daughter Cassandra Sheen.

Ex-daughter-in-law of Martin Sheen and Janet Sheen.

Ranked #82 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" supplement.

Drives a Mercedes-Benz S55 AMG.

Born on exactly the same date as Cynthia Cleese...whose father John, of "Monty Python" fame, also succeeded Desmond Llewelyn as 'Q' in the "James Bond 007" franchise.