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Denise Richards is the beautiful young model turned actress who came from nowhere to center stage overnight. All it took was a movie about giant man-eating bugs! Now she is trying to build a career that will last. Denise Lee Richards was born in Downer's Grove, Illinois, on February 17, 1972. When she was a freshman in high school, her parents moved to San Diego, California. While she was still a student, Denise began working as a model also. After graduating from El Camino High in Oceanside, California in 1989, she moved to Los Angeles to focus on her modeling career. As a model, Denise Richards worked regularly in New York and Tokyo. She was also frequently seen on the pages of teen and sports magazines. Acting was her real passion though, and two years later she quit modeling so that she could get work as an actress. Despite a small recurring role on television's Doogie Howser M.D...
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