Denise Richards will star in "A Beautiful Life," a drama to be directed by Argentine filmmaker Alejandro Chomski ("Reggaeton," "Today and Tomorrow") reports Variety.

Richards will play an exotic dancer and marks a first for Richards who moves from broader mainstream pics to an edgy indie film. Wendy Hammond penned the script.

Jesse Garcia ("Quinceanera"), Dana Delany, Debi Mazar and Michael Madsen also star. Shooting begins in Los Angeles this summer.