Lisa Bonet Husband, Children & Parents

An intriguing and carefree young character, Lisa Bonet is an American actress who rose to fame as a child star. Fans of two of the most popular shows in the world back in the ’80s will most notably recognize Bonet as the outspoken teenager and one of the most memorable kids in the Huxtable clan on NBC’s The Cosby Show, and its spin-off show, A Different World.

Age and Early Life

Lisa Bonet was born on November 16, 1967, in San Francisco, California. Her passion for acting began at a young age. She attended Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, California, and later studied acting at Celluloid Actor’s Studio in North Hollywood.

Before her acting career, Bonet first worked as a model, making appearances in several commercials and beauty pageants. She landed her first role as Carla in an episode of the TV series St. Elsewhere (1983). The next year, she got her breakout role as Denise Huxtable in the popular sitcom The Cosby Show. For seven seasons, Bonet portrayed the character Denise, the free-spirited and rebellious second child of the Huxtable clan.

Her outstanding performance in the hit sitcom earned her critical acclaim as well as an Emmy Award and a Young Artist Award nomination. From 1987-1988, she took a brief break from the show and then reprised her role as Denise in A Different World, a spin-off of The Cosby Show which focused on her character’s college life.

Meanwhile, in 1987, she portrayed the character Epiphany Proudfoot in the horror movie Angel Heart where she featured in explicit scenes. The movie won her the Young Artist Award for Best Young Female Superstar in Motion Pictures and a Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. In order to help promote the movie, Bonet also posed topless for Interview magazine. During this period, she was regarded as a rebel and was at loggerheads with her boss Bill Cosby. After the first season of A Different World, she was eventually fired from the series because of ‘creative differences’. It is rumoured that her exit from the series was partly due to her nude sex role with Mickey Rourke in Angel Heart which was contrary to Cosby’s wishes.

Some of her other notable small-screen works include her role as Justine in the series Tales from the Darkside (1985), as Carrie in ABC Afterschool Special (1985), the character Maya Daniels in the drama series Life on Mars (2008 to 2009) and as Mary Ellen in Drunk History (2013). Also, she played a Native American lawyer in The Red Road (2014), and Marisol Campos in Ray Donovan (2016), among others.

Bonet has other big-screen flicks to her credit such as her role as Priscilla in 1993’s Bank Robber, she played Catherine Briggs in the crime-thriller Final Combination (1994), the supporting role of Rachel Banks in the 1998 hit movie Enemy of the State, featured as Heather Lelache in Lathe of Heaven (2002), played Queenie in Biker Boyz (2003), as Magdalena in Road to Paloma (2014), she also played Mae Evans in Whitepaddy (2006) and much more.

Who Are Lisa Bonet’s Husband, Children, and Parents?

Lisa Bonet is the daughter of Arlene and Allen Bonet. She is of mixed ethnicity as her father is an African-American opera singer while her mother is an Ashkenazi Jewish music teacher. Lisa has younger half-siblings who are products of her parents’ marital split and subsequent marriages.

Bonet is not only a successful actress but also a happily married wife and mom. The actress has been married twice. During the height of her fame, she eloped with American rockstar Lenny Kravitz on her 20th birthday. Though the marriage seemed bright and intense, it was, however, shortlived as the couple split after five years in 1993. She is now a singer, model, and actress.

Currently, Lisa Bonet is happily married to Game of Thrones hunky actor Jason Momoa, who is 13 years her junior. The couple who met in 2004 at a jazz club in Los Angeles, officially tied the knot on November 15, 2007. They have two children together, a daughter named Lola Iolani Momoa, born on July 23, 2007, and a son named Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa, born on December 15, 2008.

Her Net Worth, Height & Other Facts

1. Through her numerous successful roles on both the small and big screen, Lisa Bonet has amassed a huge fortune. She has a net worth estimated at $10 million.

2. Bonet is 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 53 kg.

3. In 1995, the actress legally changed her name from Lisa Bonet to Lilakoi Moon but professionally, she continues to use her former name.

4. After Lisa and Kravitz’s divorce, they established a healthy co-parenting style as well as good friendship. Lisa’s second husband Jason Momoa has been a good step-dad to her daughter Zoe which she had with ex-husband Lenny.

5. Jason and Lisa have starred alongside each other onscreen in the 2014 drama thriller, Road to Paloma which was directed by her husband.

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