JOELY RICHARDSON - JOELY RICHARDSON FENDS OFF BEVY OF SUITORS

NIP/TUCK star JOELY RICHARDSON has been inundated with marriage proposals since divorcing THE INTERPRETER producer TIM BEVAN in 1998.

The statuesque actress split from actor JOHN HENSLEY - who played her son in the plastic-surgery drama - and is now enjoying her independence.

She says, "People have asked me to marry them since (the split) but I haven't felt ready. Because the independence I achieved was so hard won, I've been reluctant to give it away."