At 58, Lisa Bonet still carries the same calm, grounded presence that made Denise Huxtable feel untouchably cool in 1984. Her birthday lands on November 16, 2025, which also marks 41 years since The Cosby Show turned a 16-year-old from San Francisco into a household name. The years passed. The look barely budged. Thick hair, simple makeup, earthy clothes. Bonet looks as beautiful as she did all those years ago.
Bonet grew up in the San Fernando Valley after her parents split when she was two. Her mother, Arlene Litman, raised her alone. School wasn’t easy. She felt out of place as a mixed-race kid, too different for every room she entered. “The world wasn’t ready for what I represented,” she later said. Acting became work, not fantasy. “I really had to work,” she told Interview in 1987. That mindset stuck.
Fame hit fast and brought friction. On A Different World, her pregnancy clashed with Bill Cosby’s ideas for Denise. Debbie Allen tried to help. It didn’t land. Bonet moved on. She always does.
Her personal life unfolded in public anyway. She married Lenny Kravitz on her 20th birthday in 1987. Their daughter Zoë Kravitz arrived in 1988. The marriage ended in 1993, but the respect didn’t. “I am what I am because of our experience,” Kravitz told People.
In 2005, she met Jason Momoa at a jazz club. They had Lola in 2007 and Nakoa-Wolf in 2008. A quiet wedding followed in 2017. The split came later, finalized in January 2024. No drama tour. Momoa stood with the kids at Zoë’s The Batman premiere in 2022. “It’s still family, you know?” he said.
Lisa Bonet never chased Hollywood after High Fidelity or Enemy of the State. “I always had one foot in and one foot out,” she admitted. That choice shows. At 58, she doesn’t look frozen in time. She looks settled. That’s the trick most people miss.
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