Nicole Camille Richie is an actress, fashion designer, and musician from the United States.
She rose to notoriety after starring alongside her childhood friend and fellow socialite Paris Hilton in the reality television series The Simple Life.
Throughout the five-year duration of the show and beyond, Richie’s personal life drew media attention.
Richie maintained her television career after The Simple Life ended, serving as one of three judges on the reality competition series Fashion Star (2012–2013).
She went on to appear in the two-season unscripted comedy series Candidly Nicole (2014–2015).
Richie has her first series regular acting role as Portia Scott-Griffith in the sitcom Great News from 2017 to 2018.
She joined the reality competition series Making the Cut as a judge in 2020.
She is the founder of the lifestyle brand House of Harlow in the fashion world. Richie is also the author of two novels.
Nicole Camille Escovedo is a Californian actress who was born in Berkeley. Her ancestors are English, Mexican, and Creole African-Americans.
Peter Michael Escovedo, her biological father, is the brother of artist Sheila E. and nephew of guitarist Alejandro Escovedo, and Karen Moss is her biological mother.
Her biological parents consented to let her move in with Lionel Richie when she was three years old since they couldn’t afford to provide for her.
In 2003, she told People, “My parents were friends with Lionel.” “They believed they would be better equipped to care for me.”
Lionel Richie initially acted as her guardian. Nicole was the subject of his 1986 hit song “Ballerina Girl.”
Nicole Richie’s Career
Richie and her closest friend, Paris Hilton, featured in the reality series The Simple Life in 2003, in which they lived with a family in Altus, Arkansas for a month.
The series premiered to 13 million people on Fox on December 2, 2003, boosting Fox’s reach among viewers aged 18–49. A second and third season were added to the series.
Richie made her acting debut in the comedy Kids in America in 2005.
Eve, Six Feet Under, American Dreams, 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, and Chuck have all had Richie as a guest star.
Richie made an appearance as a guest judge on Project Runway’s seventh season debut episode.
She was a judge on the reality show Fashion Star from 2012 to 2013. Richie appeared in the unscripted comedy series Candidly from 2014 to 2015.
Nicole Richie’s Private Life
She began dating Joel Madden of the rock band Good Charlotte in December 2006. They have a girl who was born in January 2008 and a son who was born in September 2009.
The first images of their daughter were sold to People magazine for $1 million in February 2008.
In February 2010, the couple announced their engagement and married on December 11, 2010. They live in the city of Los Angeles, California.
