Nicole Camille Richie (born Nicole Camille Escovedo; September 21, 1981) is an American socialite, fashion designer and television personality. Richie is the adopted daughter of soul singer Lionel Richie and his then-wife Brenda Harvey. Richie is perhaps best known for her role in the Fox reality television series The Simple Life, alongside fellow socialite and childhood best friend Paris Hilton.

Richie's personal life has received considerable publicity in tabloid press, for her dramatically thin appearance which sparked rumours of an eating disorder, two driving under the influence (DUI) arrests in 2003 and 2006 respectively and her extensive drug abuse throughout her late teenage years and early twenties. Richie entered rehabilitation and has since given birth to two children with her domestic partner Joel Madden, member of the American pop-punk rock band Good Charlotte, which has received international media attention.

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