Lisa bonet biography

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Actor

As part of the cast of the extraordinarily successful situation comedy The Cosby Show in the s, actor Lisa Bonet became an instantly identifiable figure for nearly any American of television-viewing age during those years. Bonet was a teenager when the show began its run, and she matched in real life the free-spiritedness of the character she played. After The Cosby Show Bonet continued to act. Although some of her career decisions were questioned by entertainment-industry observers, Bonet never fell out of the limelight completely. A few high-profile bio appearances gave new energy to her career, and with continued work in the mids she had outlasted many other child stars.

Bonet was born Lisa Michelle Boney on November 16, , in San Francisco, California. She is biracial, the daughter of a white mother, a lärare named Arlene, and a half-black, half-Cherokee father. Bonet's parents' marriage broke up shortly after she was born, and she grew up

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Who Is Lisa Bonet?

Born in , Lisa Bonet (she changed her name legally to Lilakoi Moon in ) is an American actress who starred as free-spirited Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show. In the latter part of the show's run, she crossed over and starred in the spinoff A Different World. From to , she was famously married to rockstar Lenny Kravitz, and together, they have a daughter, actress Zoë Kravitz. Bonet is currently married to Game of Thrones and Aquaman actor Jason Momoa and has two children with him.

Early Life & Parents

Lisa Bonet was born on November 16, in San Francisco, California. Her father, Allen, is African-American and her mother, Arlene, is Jewish; both have creative backgrounds in music. Bonet's parents split when she was a baby, and her mother raised her as a single parent in the Los Angeles area.

Bonet recalls her experience being a biracial child. “The world wasn’t ready for what I represented, the merging of these two races,”

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Lisa Bonet Biography

Date of Birth:
Nov 16, Birth Place:
San Francisco, California, USA

Biography

A favorite with family audiences for her turn as the outspoken teen Denise Huxtable on "The Cosby Show" (NBC, ), Lisa Bonet was an Emmy-nominated actress who used the popular series to launch herself into feature films. After departing the "Cosby Show" amidst some controversy, she attempted to distance herself from her clean-cut all-American character by appearing in Alan Parker's voodoo thriller "Angel Heart" (), which gained attention for her participation in a graphic sex scene with star Mickey Rourke. The gambit failed to develop a film career for Bonet, and by , she was back on television and working for Cosby, who had developed the clean-cut sitcom "A Different World" (NBC, ). But a romance with rocker Lenny Kravitz resulted in a child, which forced her to depart the series after its debut season. Her subsequent marriage to Kravitz failed in , and she spent much of th