Lisa Bonet

Lisa Bonet

Actors · Directors

🇺🇸 United States

American actress

About Lisa Bonet

Lilakoi Moon (born Lisa Michelle Bonet boh-NAY; November 16, 1967) is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Denise Huxtable on the sitcom The Cosby Show (1984–1992), for which she earned widespread acclaim and a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 1986; she reprised the role of Denise in the first season of the spinoff series A Different World. She also appeared in the psychological horror film Angel Heart (1987), which earned her a nomination for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Bonet has starred in the thriller film Enemy of the State (1998) and the comedy-drama film High Fidelity (2000). She has sporadically worked in television acting, appearing in roles such as Maya Daniels in Life on Mars (2008–2009) and Marisol on Ray Donovan (2016).

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Known for
Late Night with David Letterman, New Girl, The Cosby Show
Born
1967-11-16
Artist type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
San Francisco
Associated area
United States
Active period
1967-11-16
ISNI
0000000078228874

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