Actress Denise Richards was born in Downers Grove, Illinois, the older of two daughters of Joni Lee, who owned a coffee shop, and Irv Richards, a telephone engineer.
At the age of 15, she studied in Saegertown High School, Pennsylvania, and at that same age, entered Edinboro.
Her father is of Mexican descent including Spanish and Indigenous Mexican roots , and her mother has Danish, Welsh, English, and French ancestry.
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