Elder of 2 daughters born to Irv and Joni Richards. She grew up in the Chicago area, until the family relocated to Oceanside, CA when Denise was 15. She began working as a model, and moved to L.A. after she graduated from high school. She landed parts in both TV and movies, and gave breakthrough performances in_Starship Troopers(1997) withCasper Van Dien, Wild Things (1998) and The World Is Not Enough (1999), in which she plays the latest Bond Girl. Was ranked 9th of the 100 Sexiest Women by FHM Taiwan (2001). Daughter, Sam Sheen, was born [9 March 2004] at 10:57 p.m in Los Angeles, weighing in at seven pounds, three ounces. Her mother, Joni, owns a chain of coffee shops called 'Jitters'. Ranked #21 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002). Guest starred in the "Two and a Half Men" (2003) episode "Yes, Monsignor" 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, Sam Sheen. Expecting her second baby with husband Charlie Sheen, in June, 2005.