Celebrity Biographies
Nicole Richie Bio, Family, Career, Spouse, Net Worth, Metrics
Occupation: | Entrepreneur |
Date of Birth: | Sep 21, 1981 |
Age: | 38 |
Net value: | 10 millions |
Place of birth: | Berkeley, California |
Height (m): | 1.54 |
Religion: | Christianity |
Relationship Status: | Married |
Reality star Nicole Richie, who started enjoying fame after appearing on the reality show ‘The Simple Life’. In the series, she appeared with her childhood friend Paris Hilton, a multifaceted celebrity. Besides that, she is also an actress, fashion designer, socialite, and media personality.
As an entrepreneur, she created her award-winning ‘House of Harlow 1960’ lifestyle brand. She also has a brand on women’s clothing, shoes and fragrances. If you want to know more about his personal life, career, and net worth, keep scrolling.
NICOLE RICHIE: BIO, FAMILY, EDUCATION
She was born on September 21, 1981 in Berkeley, California, United States as Nicole Camille Escovedo. When she was three years old, her parents agreed to let her into the Richie family. At this time, Lionel was married to his first wife, Brenda. His biological parents Peter Michael Escovedo and Karen Moss made the decision because they couldn’t afford to raise him. When she was nine, the former Richie couple legally adopted her. On top of that, Michael Jackson and Nancy Davis were her godfather and the latter is her godmother. She has two siblings: Miles and Sofia Richie , they were born after Lionel’s second marriage to Diane Alexander.
Regarding her education, Richie attended Montclair College Preparatory School and graduated in 1999. Subsequently, she joined the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona alongside Kourtney Kardashian , where she studied arts and media. After two years, she abandoned her plans to study in Arizona and returned to California.
NICOLE RICHIE: CAREER AND ACHIEVEMENTS IN LIFE
In 2005, she started her singing career. She made her debut in February on ABC’s “The View” playing piano. However, she did not live much of her music career. She was featured in the charity single “We Are the World 25 for Haiti”. Additionally, she won the role of Roxie Hart in the musical ‘Chicago’ and appeared in a guest role in Christina Aguilera’s music video ‘Let There Be Love’.
Before trying music, she had already achieved fame as an actress in 2003. She started her television career with her best friend “Paris Hilton” in the reality show “The Simple life” . After that, she appeared in the comedy film “Kids in America”. Also, she appeared in the guest role in a few TV series like “Eve”, “Six Feet Under”, “Chuck” and “8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter”. She had also appeared on the reality show ‘Project Runway’ as a guest judge. And appeared as Portia on the NBC sitcom “Great News.”
Other mandates:
She is also the author of a 2005 semi-autobiographical novel ‘The Truth About Diamonds’. The novel reached No. 32 in “The New York Times Best-Seller List” hardcover fiction. She then published her second novel “Priceless” in September 2010.
The multi-talented woman has also earned a name in the fashion world. She had been featured in fashion blogs and magazines like ‘Seventeen’, ‘Marie Claire’, ‘Instyle’, ‘Nylon’ and ‘Teen Vogue’ among others. Later, she got into the fashion business and announced the launch of her own lifestyle brands including jewelry, sunglasses, perfumes, etc. in April 2007. After a year later, she established ‘House of Harlow 1960’, which now sells clothing, shoes, home fragrance and eyewear. In 2010, the Glamorous Women of the Year Awards presented her “Entrepreneur of the Year” for her brand.
She also expanded her business with a women’s clothing company called “Winter Kate”. She also teamed up with Urban Decay for a limited-edition collection in April 2018.
NICOLE RICHIE: PERSONAL LIFE AND HUSBAND
Moving on to her personal life, she married singer Joel Madden. He is the lead singer of the American pop-punk band “Good Charlotte” and is also part of the pop-rock collaboration “The Madden Brothers” with his twin Benji Madden. Previously, Nicole dated DJ Adam Goldstein and broke up after a nine-month engagement, while Madden dated teen heartthrob Hilary Duff from 2004 to 2006.
Starting in the year 2006, Nicole and Joel start dating a month later of his breakup with Duff. Together, they welcomed two children before the couple married. They are daughter Harlow Winter Kate Madden born in January 2008. And second son Sparrow James Midnight Madden born in September 2009.The duo got engaged in February 2010 and married on December 11, 2010. Additionally, she also suffered from hypoglycemia in March 2007 after being taken to hospital for dehydration.
Legal issue:
She has been involved in a few court cases for driving under the influence. Similarly, in February 2003, police arrested Richie in Malibu, California for driving with a revoked license and possession of heroin. After which, she ended up in a rehabilitation center and sentenced to three years probation in August.
Also in December 2006, the California Highway Patrol arrested her after she failed a field sobriety test. After that, she was charged with driving under the influence off State Route 134 in the Burbank/Glendale, California area. She also admitted that she used marijuana and the narcotic Vicodin before the incident.
Philanthropist:
Additionally, she started with her husband Joel “The Richie Madden Children’s Foundation” to support underprivileged young mothers and children in 2007. Additionally, she has worked with organizations like the Red Cross, UNICEF, Elton John AIDS Foundation and March of Dimes.
NICOLE RICHIE: FORTUNE AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES
The multi-talented personality makes a good chunk of his career. She has an estimated net worth of around US$10 million. Moreover, it derives this income mainly from its own sector of activity. Also, she earns profits by appearing in TV shows and acting ventures. Not to mention, she also benefits from her husband’s fortune, estimated at $20 million.
She has a personal and verified account on different social media platforms like Instagram and Twitter. On Instagram, she has a @nicolerichie account with 4.4 million. She has a @nicolerichie Twitter account with 4.6 million followers and over 515k Facebook followers .
NICOLE RICHIE: BODY MEASUREMENTS
The beautiful lady has a slender body which stands 5 feet 1 inch tall and weighs around 48 kilograms. Her perfect body has measurements of 34-24-34 inches and a shoe size of 5 US. She has hazel eyes with long dark brown hair.