Lisa Bonet Biography
Lisa Bonet is an American actor and activist. She is perhaps best known for work with American actor and comedian Bill Cosby, starring in two of his productions on NBC, The Cosby Show (1984–1992) and A Different World (1987–1993), as the unorthodox, free-spirited Denise Huxtable.
How old is Lisa Bonet? – Age
She is 55 years old as of 16th November 2022. She was born Lisa Michelle Bonet in 1967 in San Francisco, California, United States.
Who are Lisa Bonet’s Parents? – Dad – Siblings
She was born Lisa Michelle Bonet to her mother Arlene Joyce Litman, a music teacher of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage from Pennsylvania, and Allen Bonet, an Opera singer of African American heritage from Texas. The American actor has five half-sisters and two half-brothers from her father’s marriage to Deborah Church.
Who is Lisa Bonet married to? – Husband
She is married to her lovely husband, actor Jason Momoa. They began dating in 2005 and married in October of 2017. Bonet had a previous relationship with American rock singer Lenny Kravitz. They had a child together before divorcing on December 1, 1988. In 1995, she legally changed her name to Lilakoi Moon, but she still goes by Lisa Bonet professionally.
Lisa Bonet Children- Daughter
On December 1, 1988, she gave birth to their daughter Zoe Isabella Kravitz. Her second marriage to Momoa resulted in the birth of two more children. They had a daughter in July 2007 and a son in December 2008.
Lisa Bonet Career
After competing in beauty pageants and appearing in guest spots on television shows as a child, the American landed the role of Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show, the second oldest child of the parents played by Bill Cosby and Phylicia Rashad. She briefly left The Cosby Show in 1987 to star in the spin-off series A Different World, which focused on Denise’s college life. That year, Bonet, then 19, co-starred with Mickey Rourke in Angel Heart as 17-year-old Epiphany Proudfoot. Several seconds of an explicit scene she shared with Rourke (filmed when she was 18) were edited into the film to ensure a R rating. Following that was a topless centerspread in Interview magazine.
The actor left A Different World after announcing her pregnancy during the show’s run. The following year, she returned to The Cosby Show, but was fired in April 1991 due to “creative differences.” Following The Cosby Show, Bonet appeared in direct-to-video and made-for-television films. In September 1992, Bonet hosted Why Bother Voting?, an election special focusing on the concerns and apathy of young voters. She appeared in the 1998 film Enemy of the State and the 2000 film High Fidelity as a supporting actress.
She starred as Queenie in Biker Boyz in 2003, reuniting with her A Different World co-star Kadeem Hardison. In 2005, he co-starred in the film Whitepaddy. While she did not appear in another film until 2014’s Road to Paloma, she did appear in a number of episodes of television dramas and comedies, beginning in 2008 in the American adaptation of the British television series Life on Mars. She had a recurring role in the 2014-15 series The Red Road, starring her future husband and partner Jason Momoa.
Lisa Bonet Net worth
Lisa has an estimated net worth of $8 million as of 2022.
Lisa Bonet Movies
- 1987 Angel Heart
- 1993 Bank Robber
- 1994 Final Combination
- 1998 Enemy of the State
- 2000 High Fidelity
- 2003 Biker Boyz
- 2005 Whitepaddy
- 2013 Road to Paloma
- 1983 St. Elsewhere
- 1984–91 The Cosby Show
- 1985 Tales from the Darkside
- 1987–89 A Different World
- 1990 The Earth Day Special
- 1992 Why Bother Voting?
- 1994 New Eden
- 2002 Lathe of Heaven
- 2008–09 Life on Mars
- 2013–14 Drunk History
- 2014–15 The Red Road
- 2014 New Girl
- 2016 Girls Candice Moncrief
- Ray Donovan