Model and actress Denise Richards experienced a modicum of notoriety in broad comedies and B-movies that utilized mainly her swimsuit figure and her cliché “dumb model” persona. She was part of a few moderate box office successes, but was more steadily seen in guest appearances on TV sitcoms and melodramatic nighttime soaps where her limited acting range was not considered a detriment. The average entertainment consumer might not have been able to list more than a few of Richards credits, but most were familiar with the tabloid-topper’s ill-fated marriage to lothario Charlie Sheen, which