13 Facts About Lisa Bonet

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Lisa Bonet portrayed Denise Huxtable on the sitcom The Cosby Show, 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 spinoff series A Different World.

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Lisa Bonet appeared in the psychological horror film Angel Heart, which earned her a nomination for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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From 1987 to 1993, Lisa Bonet was married to singer-songwriter Lenny Kravitz, with whom she had one child, Zoe, who is an actress.

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Lisa Michelle Bonet was born on November 16,1967, in San Francisco, California, to Arlene Joyce Litman, a schoolteacher of Jewish descent, and Allen Bonet, an opera singer of African-American heritage from Texas.

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Lisa Bonet has five half-sisters, including singer Kadhja Bonet, and two half-brothers by her father's marriage to Deborah Church.

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Lisa Bonet graduated from Birmingham High School, in Van Nuys, California and later studied acting at the Celluloid Actor's Studio in North Hollywood.

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In 1986, Lisa Bonet earned a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.

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Lisa Bonet returned to The Cosby Show the following year, but was fired in April 1991 because of "creative differences".

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Lisa Bonet had supporting roles in the 1998 film Enemy of the State and the 2000 film High Fidelity.

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On November 16,1987, her 20th birthday, Lisa Bonet eloped with American rock singer Lenny Kravitz in Las Vegas.

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Lisa Bonet gave birth to their daughter Zoe Isabella Kravitz on December 1,1988.

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In 2005, Lisa Bonet began a relationship with actor Jason Momoa.

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Lisa Bonet and Momoa have two children: a daughter born in July 2007, and a son born in December 2008.