Shewas bornin San Francisco, California on November 16, 1967.
She continues to turn heads as an actor, a style icon, and a mother.
Needless to say, she’s come a long way in her impressive and transformative career.
Lisa Bonet’s rise to fame
As a teenager, Lisa Bonet got her big break.
She would play the rebellious daughter Denise Huxtable on “The Cosby Show.”
The show followed the lovable Huxtable family.
Based on the stand-up of the now-problematicBill Cosby, it centered around his ideas of everyday family life.
Episode 1premieredon September 20, 1984, just two months shy of Bonet’s 17th birthday.
Clearly, Bonet became a star.
Its hour-long episodes tackled topics facing young people in an interesting way.
Bonet’s episode tackled a particularly intense topic.
She was offered a role in a feature film her first feature film.
Premiering in March 1987, “Angel Heart” followed a private investigator attempting to locate singer Johnny Favorite.
She seemingly matured with that photoshoot while still only being 19 years old.
The photos inside were grungier, shot mainly in black and white with elements of red.
This varied greatly from her colorfully quirky wardrobe on “The Cosby Show.”
Bonet proved that her time within Bill Cosby’s idealized American TV family was coming to an end.
Kravitz soon moved to New York to live with Bonet.
By 1987, two years later, they were married.
The couple flew to Las Vegas and eloped, and their big day also marked Bonet’s 20th birthday.
When he married Bonet, Kravitz was a no-name musician trying to get his big break.
He was so unknown at the time that the press often referred to him as “Mr.
He added, “That woman inspired me so much.
It was a magical time that she and I shared.
I just opened up artistically.”
“A Different World” followed Denise as she attended the fictional HBCU Hillman College.
Despite being the center of the spin-off, Bonet exited the show after just one season.
“A Different World” would air for five more seasons without her.
Still, she was able to make lasting friendships in the short time she worked on the show.
And that bang out of sinister, shadow energy cannot be concealed.”
However, not even a child could save the young lovers' marriage.
One of America’s most interesting couples grew even more interesting when it ended so suddenly.
The two separated in 1991 and were officially divorced in 1993 (viaDistractify).
In an interview with Flatt (via Distractify), Lenny Kravitz gave some insight into the split.
“I think I just wasn’t ready,” he shared.
“I had to take a break.
I went through a lot of emotional things, a lot of deaths in my family.”
The rest of the time I was just up, like a zombie.
I was floored."
We imagine Bonet felt similarly.
As a young mother, Bonet wanted to raise her children away from the crowds and flashing lights.
The two packed their bags and moved to the serene Topanga Canyon.
Zoe spoke about this time in her life, describing it toRolling Stoneas a “hippie-ish enclave.”
Zoe continued, “[My mom] always tells me I saved her life.
So moving away, being with her child she really responds well to stillness and privacy.”
Maybe that’s just what Bonet needed to refocus on her career.
Fun fact: Zoe would later star ina gender-swapped adaptationof the story for Hulu.
He basically picked me up and threw me over his shoulder, caveman style!"
Nakoa-Wolf came a year later.
Fans can catch glimpses of Bonet in episodes of some of the most popular shows of the last decade.
Whatever role she plays, she’ll be great!
