See Denise from "The Cosby Show" now at 54

Lisa Bonet also played the character in the college spin-off, a different world.


At 16 years old,Lisa Bonet has become Denise Huxable onThe Cosby Show, then went to university in the SitCom SitCom Sitcom for young people,A different world. She was famous of the two shows - the latter when she got pregnant in real life, and the first after Butting Heads with a star and a co -creator,Bill Cosby.

Bonet's time in the public's eye did not end after that, however. Already married to a famous rock star,Lenny Kravitz, she continued to play and would continue to see her divorce and her remarriage making the headlines, as well as one of her children becoming a star in its own right. Continue to read to see where Bonet is now, at 54 years old.

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She was cut off fromA different world After his pregnant fall.

Lisa Bonet and Zoe Kravitz in 1989
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Bonet on the leftThe Cosby Show Halfway to play in the spin-offA different world, about Denise's experience attending a historically black college. But after announcing that she expected a baby (her daughter Zoë Kravitz was born in 1988) in summer between the first and the second seasons, she was cut off from the show because the producers decided that they did not want Not that the plot focuses on a student pregnant college.

Bonet returned to the distribution ofThe Cosby ShowBut was released in 1991 for what was said, at the time, being "creative differences". However, in his memories in 2020Let love speak, as indicated by the list, her former husband Lenny Kravitz rather put the blame on the actor's "tense" and "untenable"Relation with Cosby.

She changed her name to Lilakoi Moon and moved to the mountains.

Lisa Bonet in 2003
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In 1993, Bonet legally changed his name in Lilakoi Moon toProtect your privacy, speakOrlando Sentinel, although years later, she described it as a decision "honor one's personal life"Apart from playing. She also moved to a ranch in the mountains of southern California, where she lives a largely private life for decades with her family and a crowd of animals, including wolf dog hybrids and a donkey.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

""I am a shy person. I don't know if it is in my DNA to share with the world, "she saidPeopleIn 2008.

But she also continued to play.

Lisa Bonet in 2008
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After leavingThe Cosby Show For good, Bonet continued to play, but had trouble finding strong roles for a while, appearing in a handful of films made for television in the mid -90s. In 1998, she appeared in a role support asWill Smith Girlfriend in the conspiracy thrillerState enemy, but it was his turn like one of theJohn Cusack'sThe ex-little friends of the character in the Romantic Comedy Cult 2000High fidelity This would become one of his most emblematic roles - and would lead to a little Hollywood Kismet when his daughter Zoë was interpreted as the head of the remake of the television series of the film two decades later.

In recent years, Bonet has appeared in the television seriesLife on Mars andThe Red Road (with the future husbandJason Momoa) and star on episodes ofDrunken story,,New girl,,Girls, andRay Donovan.

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She was married to a rock star and a superhero.

Jason Momoa, Lisa Bonet, Lenny Kravitz, and Zoe Kravitz in 2010
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In 1987, at the age of 20, Bonet met a Lenny Kravitz then unknown and the two later married that year. They separated in 1991 but have maintained a friendship in the decades since their divorce.

In 2005, Bonet met Momoa in a jazz club. Eleven years his junior, the actor of Aquaman said that he had the Beguin for Bonet since his childhood. Almost instantly inseparable, the couple welcomed a girl,Lola, in 2007, followed by a sonNakoa-Loup, in 2008. At the end of 2017, the couple confirmed information according to which they had married secretly after twelve years together.

The extended family, including Lenny, is known to get along with swimming.

"People cannot believe what point Jason and I are tight, or how tight I am still tightWith Zoë's mom, how we are all told, "said KravitzMen's healthin 2020. "We do it just because that's what you do."

Unfortunately, Bonet and Momoa announced their separation for less than five years after their marriage in early January 2022, citing the need to move on to a new phase of their relationship following the pandemic. However, they would remain committed friends and co-parents, Momoa appearing at the first of 2022Batman In support of Zoë, who plays Catwoman in the film.

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Her daughter followed her traces.

Lisa Bonet and Zoe Kravitz in 2018
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Bonet's first child, Zoë followed the traces of his mother to become an actor, and is best known for appearing in the filmsX-Men: First class,,After Earth (Playing the daughter of the old Bonet co-star, Will Smith),The divergent series,Mad Max: Fury Road, andBatman, as well as for its star turn in the short duration but belovedHigh fidelity TV series.

"I was very resistant," said BonetPeople of his daughter's decision to act. "It was probably one of our most difficult moments. We locked the horns. I was able to slow it down a little but not completely."

She talked about her tense relationship with Cosby.

Lisa Bonet in 2020
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AfterMany allegations of sexual assault Against Bill Cosby, Bonet saidNet to wear thisShe had never seen Or lived anything during his time working with him to indicate the serious accusations that would eventually land his former television father in prison. (Cosby wasfound guilty of aggravated sexual assault In 2018 and served more than three years in prison before this conviction was canceled last year on technicality.)

However, she said that she had always felt that the legendary actor had a dark side. "There was only energy. And this type of singer and shadow energy cannot be hidden," said the actor.


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