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Lilakoi Moon (born Lisa Michelle Bonet, November 16, 1967) is an American actress. Bonet played Denise Huxtable on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show, which originally aired from 1984 to 1992, and starred in its spinoff comedy, A Different World, for its first season (1987–1988).

Contents
1Early life
2Career
3Personal life
4Filmography
5Awards and nominations
6References
7Further reading
8External links

Early life
Bonet was born in San Francisco, California, the daughter of Arlene (née Litman), a Jewish music teacher, and Allen Bonet, an African-American opera singer from Texas. She has several younger half siblings. Bonet attended Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, California. She attended the Celluloid Actor’s Studio in North Hollywood where she majored in acting.

Career
After being in beauty competitions and appearing in guest spots on television series as a child, Bonet landed the role of Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show, the second oldest child of the parents played by Bill Cosby and Phylicia Rashad.
In 1987, she briefly left The Cosby Show to star in the spin off series A Different World, which focused on Denise’s life at college. That year, Bonet, then 19, played 17-year-old Epiphany Proudfoot in the movie Angel Heart opposite Mickey Rourke. In the film, several seconds of an explicit scene she shared with Rourke (filmed when she was 18) were edited to ensure an R rating. It was followed by a topless centerspread in Interview magazine.
After announcing her pregnancy during the run of A Different World, Bonet left the series. She returned to The Cosby Show the following year, but was fired in April 1991 because of “creative differences”. After The Cosby Show, Bonet appeared in direct-to-video releases and made-for-television movies.
In September 1992, Bonet hosted Why Bother Voting?, an election special focusing on young voters’ concerns and apathy. She had supporting roles in the 1998 film Enemy of the State and the 2000 film High Fidelity. In 2003 she played Queenie in Biker Boyz, which reunited her with her A Different World co-star Kadeem Hardison.
Bonet co starred in the film Whitepaddy in 2005. While she did not have another film role until 2014’s Road to Paloma, she did make a number of appearances in episodes of television dramas and comedies, starting in 2008 in the American adaptation of the British television series Life on Mars. She had a recurring role in the 2014–15 series The Red Road, starring her partner and future husband Jason Momoa.

Personal life
On November 16, 1987, her 20th birthday, Bonet eloped with American rock singer Lenny Kravitz in Las Vegas. Bonet recalled of their relationship:

It was interesting when we were first finding out about each other, that our backgrounds were so similar. When I first told him my mom was Jewish, and he said “So’s my dad,” I thought that was both unusual and enchanting. I felt like, “Okay, here’s someone who really knows how it is.” And I think I trusted him a little more with my feelings and let him inside a little more than I ordinarily would have.

Bonet gave birth to their daughter Zoë Isabella Kravitz on December 1, 1988. She and Kravitz divorced in 1993. In 1995, Bonet legally changed her name to Lilakoi Moon, although she still uses the name Lisa Bonet professionally.
In 2005, Bonet began a relationship with actor Jason Momoa. Although it was widely believed that she and Momoa married on November 15, 2007, their marriage was not made official until October 2017. Bonet and Momoa have two children: a daughter born in July 2007, and a son born in December 2008.
In a 1990 interview on The Phil Donahue Show, Bonet said that vaccines could potentially “introduce alien microorganisms into our children’s blood” that could cause “cancer, leukemia, multiple sclerosis, sudden infant death syndrome.”

Filmography

Film

Years	Title	Role
1987	Angel Heart	Epiphany Proudfoot
1993	Bank Robber	Priscilla
1994	Final Combination	Catherine Briggs
1998	Enemy of the State	Rachel Banks
2000	High Fidelity	Marie De Salle
2003	Biker Boyz	Queenie
2005	Whitepaddy	Mae Evans
2013	Road to Paloma	Magdalena

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	St. Elsewhere	Carla	Episode: “Entrapment“
1984–91	The Cosby Show	Denise Huxtable	119 episodes
1985	Tales from the Darkside	Justine	Episode: “The Satanic Piano“
1985	ABC Afterschool Special	Carrie	1 episode
1987–89	A Different World	Denise Huxtable	23 episodes
1990	The Earth Day Special	Denise Huxtable
1992	Why Bother Voting?	Herself	Elections special with Bonet as host.
1994	New Eden	Lily	Television movie
2002	Lathe of Heaven	Heather Lelache	Television movie
2008–09	Life on Mars	Maya Daniels	5 episodes
2013–14	Drunk History	Mary Ellen Pleasant and Rosa Parks	2 episodes
2014–15	The Red Road	Sky Van Der Veen	7 episodes
2014	New Girl	Brenda Brown	Episode: “Teachers”
2016	Girls	Tandice Moncrief	Episodes: “Homeward Bound”, “Love Stories”
2016	Ray Donovan	Marisol	Recurring – Season 4

Music video director


Year	Song	Artist
1990	“It Never Rains (In Southern California)“	Tony! Toni! Toné!
1991	“Stand By My Woman”	Lenny Kravitz

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Result	Category	Film or series
1985	Young Artist Award	Nominated	Best Young Supporting Actress in a Television Comedy Series	The Cosby Show
1986			Best Young Actress Starring in a Television Series	The Cosby Show
1988			Best Young Actress Starring in a New Television Comedy Series	The Cosby Show
1988		Won	Best Young Female Superstar in Motion Pictures	Angel Heart
1989		Nominated	Best Young Actor/Actress Ensemble in a Television Comedy, Drama Series or Special	The Cosby Show (shared with Tempestt Bledsoe, Sabrina Le Beauf, Geoffrey Owens, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Deon Richmond, and Malcolm-Jamal Warner)
1988	Emmy Award		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series	The Cosby Show
1988	Saturn Award		Best Supporting Actress	Angel Heart
2001	Black Reel Awards		Theatrical – Best Supporting Actress	High Fidelity
2006	TV Land Awards		Favorite Singing Siblings	The Cosby Show (shared with Tempestt Bledsoe, Sabrina Le Beauf, Keshia Knight Pulliam, and Malcolm-Jamal Warner)