Of course, her life offscreen has garnered a lot of attention, too. Following her divorce from Charlie Sheen, Denise got her own reality show: Denise Richards: It's Complicated on E! in 2008. She also appeared on the eighth season of Dancing with the Stars .

CelebrityNetWorth estimates Denise's net worth at $12 million but that number doesn't tell the whole story of everything adding to Denise's bank account.

Denise Richards is reportedly one of the highest-paid Real Housewives in the franchise.

Last August, Denise reportedly signed a deal with Bravo for $1 million per season of the hit reality show, with a guarantee to appear on four seasons, totaling $4 million, according to Radar Online . (Worth noting: Her rep denied she was making that much.)

The actress owns millions in Los Angeles real estate.

In 2008, she asked for $4.25 million when she put her Hidden Hills home on the market. She also reportedly owns a house in Hollywood Hills thats worth $4.4 million. Homes aren't the only property Denise Richards owns that are bumping up her net worth: Her Cadillac and Mercedes cars are reportedly worth roughly $70,000 each.

Denise also receives child support from ex Charlie Sheen every month.

Denise is mom to 15-year-old Sam, 14-year-old Lola, and eight-year-old Eloise, who she adopted as a single parent in 2011.

A Gawker post from 2008 cited a now-deleted Page Six story claiming that Richards would receive $52,000 per month in child support and $60,000 per month in alimony for the first two years after the divorce. She also received part of what we can assume would be residuals from Charlie's show Two and a Half Men, which according to the Page Six source, would "eventually will net her up to $25 million."

However, The Blast reported that Denise cut her ex a break about a year ago, accepting $20,000 per month in child support instead.

As a model, Denise appeared in commercials, ad campaigns, and music videos.

Look what Im shooting from one Beverly Hills show to another @bh90210 A post shared by Denise Richards (@deniserichards) on Jul 29, 2019 at 3:01pm PDT

She's appeared in ads for companies like Pepsi, J.C. Penney, Secret deodorant, and Head & Shoulders shampoo. Plus, she and fellow Real Housewife Lisa Rinna go way backthey appeared in an informercial together for a "flex belt,"...all of which contributed to Denise's net worth.

Her tell-all memoir, The Real Girl Next Door, came out in 2011.

The book reportedly contains info about her first date with Charliewhere they watched the World Series while eating their own chef-prepared diet mealsand how Charlie was "so paranoid," he had a bulletproof door installed on his bedroom and a closet with a fire pole in it, in case he needed to make a speedy getaway. It's unclear how high her advance was, but celebrity memoirs routinely fetch six figures.