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Nicole Richie
born: 21-09-1981
birth place: Berkeley, California, USA

Nicole Camille Richie is one of America’s best-known socialite celebrities. As well as being renowned for her social activities and party-going, she is also an actress, author and singer. She is most famous for her role in the Fox TV reality show, The Simple Life, in which she co-stars alongside childhood friend, Paris Hilton.

Nicole is the adopted daughter of legendary singer Lionel Richie. According to an article in Tatler magazine in April 2006, Nicole’s biological father worked as a drummer with Lionel Richie, whilst her biological mother worked backstage as a production assistant. Lionel and his then wife Brenda Harvey-Richie informally adopted Nicole when she was two-years-old. The adoption was made legally formal and binding when she turned nine. Tragically, Lionel and Brenda’s marriage fell apart just one year later, and Nicole suffered emotionally as a result of Lionel’s sudden absence from her life.

Nicole attended The Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, California, and was considered to be a very bright student. Her teachers regarded her as particularly gifted in music and the arts. She studied a variety of instruments, including the guitar, cello, piano and violin, and was also very skilled at ice skating. In an interview with People magazine, the producer Quincy Jones commented: “She’s a very smart girl - I’ve known her since she was a baby. When she was younger, she worked eight hours a day for eight years to become an Olympic figure skater. She’s a very talented girl.”

After attending high school at Montclair Prep High School, Nicole enrolled in a college course in Arts and Media at the University of Arizona. She studied there for two years, before Hollywood and the world of show business beckoned. Her big break came in 2003, when she was approached by Fox TV to take part in The Simple Life. The role had previously been offered to Paris Hilton’s younger sister, Nicky, who had turned it down.

Nicole’s acting debut helped to turn media attention away from her troubled and difficult past. Sadly, she experienced a turbulent adolescence, which she later blamed on her parents’ divorce. From a very early age she became involved in alcohol and substance abuse. Richie herself has openly admitted that she smoked marijuana at the age of 13, then progressed to cocaine a year later. At 19, she was injecting heroin. After she reached 24, she told an interviewer for Vanity Fair magazine that she considered herself to be a drug addict. “Although I am slowly learning how to deal with my problems, I am now leaning towards drinking more than drugs”, she said. Nicole was arrested in 2003 for “driving under the influence“, and had her license suspended. She was arrested again in December 2006, when she admitted using marijuana and Vikodin.

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