Lisa Michelle Bonet (born November 16, 1967) is an American actress. She is best known for portraying the character of Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show and its spinoff A Different World.
After being in beauty pagents and appearing in guest spots on television series as a child, Bonet landed the role of Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show alongside Bill Cosby and Phylicia Rashād, among others. In 1987, she briefly left The Cosby Show to star in the...
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Lisa Michelle Bonet (born November 16, 1967) is an American actress. She is best known for portraying the character of Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show and its spinoff A Different World.
After being in beauty pagents and appearing in guest spots on television series as a child, Bonet landed the role of Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show alongside Bill Cosby and Phylicia Rashād, among others. In 1987, she briefly left The Cosby Show to star in the spin-off version, A Different World that focused on Denise Huxtable's life at college. That year, Bonet accepted the role of Epiphany Proudfoot in the movie Angel Heart opposite Mickey Rourke, directed by Alan Parker. Her part in the film was controversial: she appeared in a graphic sex scene with Rourke, out of which scenes had to be censored in order to ensure an R rating; though later an uncut X rated version was released. After announcing her pregnancy during the run of A Different World, Bonet left the series . The following year, she...
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