Denise Lee Richards (born February 17, 1971) is an American actress and former fashion model. She has appeared in films, including Starship Troopers (1997), Wild Things (1998), Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999), The World Is Not Enough (1999) as a Bond girl, and in Valentine (2001).She later appeared in Scary Movie 3 (2003), Love Actually (2003), Edmond (2005), and Madea's Witness Protection (2012). She appeared in guest arcs on television series such as Melrose Place (1996), Spin City (2001) and Two and a Half Men (2003–2004).
She also played Monica and Ross Geller's cousin on Friends (2001). In 2008–2009, she starred on the E! reality TV show Denise Richards: It's Complicated.