Denise Lee Richards is an American actress and television personality. Her most recognized roles are Carmen Ibanez in Starship Troopers (1997), Kelly Van Ryan in Wild Things (1998) and Bond girl Christmas Jones in The World Is Not Enough (1999). She has also appeared in films Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999), Valentine (2001), Undercover Brother (2002), Scary Movie 3 (2003), Love Actually (2003), and Madea's Witness Protection (2012).
Richards in 2009
Richards at the premiere of The World Is Not Enough in 1999
Richards walks the runway at The Heart Truth's Red Dress Fall 2011 Collections at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Lincoln Center in New York City.
Richards and Kellie Martin at the American Humane Association 2012 Hero Dog Awards
Starship Troopers is a 1997 American science fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier, based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert A. Heinlein. Set in the 23rd century, the story follows teenager Johnny Rico and his friends serving in the military of the United Citizen Federation, an Earth world government engaged in interstellar war with an alien species of Arachnids. The film stars Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Muldoon, and Michael Ironside.
Theatrical release poster
Paul Verhoeven (pictured in 2016) was the only person considered to direct Starship Troopers
Writer Edward Neumeier (pictured in 2007)
Badlands of Hell's Half Acre, Natrona County, Wyoming, where parts of Starship Troopers were filmed.
