Lisa Bonet

She eloped with American singer, songwriter, producer and actor, Lenny Kravitz, to Las Vegas on her 20th birthday in 1987. The only daughter of the couple, Zoë Isabella, who grew up to be a singer, model and actress, was born on December 1, 1988. Bonet parted ways with Kravitz in 1993.

She changed her name legally from Lisa Bonet to Lilakoi Moon in 1995, nevertheless continues to use the former professionally.

She married actor Jason Momoa on November 15, 2007; she was in a relationship with the actor since 2005. Together, they are blessed with two children; a daughter, Lola Iolani Momoa, born on July 23, 2007, and a son, Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa, born on December 15, 2008.

Lisa was born on November 16, 1967, in San Francisco, California, US to Allen Bonet and Arlene (née Litman). Her opera singer father is an African-American while her mother is an Ashkenazi Jew who was by profession a teacher.

Her parents parted ways when she was still young. She has many half-siblings, all younger to her.

She delved into acting as a child artist at 11 years of age performing in commercials. She also appeared in many beauty pageants and featured in guest spots on TV series during her childhood.

She studied in the Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, California, and then majored in acting from Celluloid Actor's Studio located in North Hollywood.

Her initial acting endeavours include playing Carla in the American medical drama black comedy TV series ‘St. Elsewhere’ in the seventh episode of its second season titled ‘Entrapment’ that featured on December 7, 1983.

Her breakthrough came in 1984 when she landed up playing the role of Denise Huxtable, the free-spirited and rebellious second child of Dr. Cliff and Clair Huxtable, in the American TV sitcom ‘The Cosby Show’ starring Bill Cosby.

‘The Cosby Show’ that premiered on NBC on September 20, 1984 and ran for 8 seasons till April 30, 1992, was a hit being rated #1 show on TV for five of its consecutive seasons.

Bonet garnered immense popularity playing Denise in ‘The Cosby Show’ featuring on-and-off in the series starting from its first episode titled ‘Theo's Economic Lesson’ till the twenty-fourth episode of its seventh season titled ‘Cliff and Jake’ that featured on April 11, 1991, thus appearing in a total of 98 episodes.

Her remarkable performance in ‘The Cosby Show’ earned her ‘Emmy Award’ and ‘Young Artist Award’ nomination.