Nicole Camille Richie is an American television personality, fashion designer, socialite, musician and actress. She came to prominence after appearing in the reality television series The Simple Life (2003–2007), in which she starred alongside her childhood friend and fellow socialite Paris Hilton.
Richie’s personal life attracted media attention during the series’ five-year run and thereafter. Following the conclusion of The Simple Life, Richie continued her career in television, appearing as one of the three judges on the reality competition series Fashion Star (2012–2013).
She later starred in the unscripted comedy series Candidly Nicole (2014–2015), which ran for two seasons. From 2017 to 2018, Richie starred in her first series of regular acting roles as Portia Scott-Griffith in the sitcom Great News.
In 2020, she became a judge on the reality competition series Making the Cut. In fashion, she is the founder of the lifestyle brand House of Harlow. Richie has also published two novels.
What is Nicole Richie doing now?
Nicole is now a fashion designer and married to Good Charlotte singer Joel Madden with whom she has two children. Richie became Urban Decay’s brand ambassador, representing their “Troublemaker” mascara. House of Harlow partnered with Urban Decay for a limited-edition collection in April 2018. The line was exclusively sold at Revolve’s official website.
She created, executive produced and starred in digital platform Quibi’s series Nikki Fre$h, which chronicles the career of Richie’s rapper alter ego of the same name. That same year, she appeared as a judge in the reality competition series Making the Cut.