Nicole was adopted by Lionel Richie and his then-wife Brenda Harvey-Richie in 1990 and renamed Nicole Richie

Nicole was diagnosed with low blood sugar/hypoglycaemia in March 2007

She can play the cello, violin and piano

She was a competitive figure skater

Her godparents are Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones and oil heiress Nancy Davis

Used to have six pet rats which all are named based on the characters of “Beverly Hills 90210”

Attended the University of Arizona at the same time as professional basketball player Luke Walton and reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian

Named #37 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list

Has two dogs called Honeychild and Foxy Cleopatra (named after Beyoncé Knowles’s character in Austin Powers in Goldmember)

Has an exotic Bengal cat named Chi-Chi-Cheeta

Used to have a cat called Gypsy

She was hospitalized with pneumonia at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on November 18th, 2009

Has five chickens (2015)

She is one-quarter African American, and one-quarter Mexican

Her favourite hobbies are reading and learning about different world religions

Niece of Sheila E., Juan Escovedo and Zina Escovedo

In her novel Nicole admits to having a crush on actor, Jeff Goldblum

Nicole took 5 pregnancy tests before she believed she was pregnant for the first time

She believes in magic and astrology and is very proud to be a Virgo

Nicole said the F-word during the 2003 Billboard Music Awards and it was not beeped. As a result, the FCC received 80,000 complaints. That was the FCC complaint record until it was broken following Super Bowl XXXVIII

Lost her virginity when she was 18

Her favourite films are The Wizard of Oz, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Welcome to the Dollhouse, The Neverending Story and Centre Stage

Has same tramp stamp as Kris Jenner and Khloe Kardashian and Nicole. Khloe and Nicole got matching ones when they were around 16