--- name: "Lisa Bonet" canonical: "https://film.one/person/lisa-bonet" fi1m_id: "lisa-bonet" imdb_id: "nm0000956" tmdb_id: 3232 wikidata_id: "Q232414" roles: ["Actor"] born: "16 November 1967" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 78 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-10-05T01:16:36.779896+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Lisa Bonet ## Identity Lisa Bonet - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lisa-bonet - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** lisa-bonet - **IMDb ID:** nm0000956 - **TMDB ID:** 3232 - **Wikidata ID:** Q232414 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Bonet, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232414, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000956/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3232 Actor. Born 16 November 1967 in San Francisco, California, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 16 November 1967, San Francisco, California, USA - **Active:** 1998–2000 - **Also known as:** Lisa Boney, Lilakoi Moon, Lisa Michelle Bonet - **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 73 (1), 2000s 82 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Bonet, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232414, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000956/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3232 ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*High Fidelity*](https://film.one/film/high-fidelity.md) (82) - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Enemy of the State*](https://film.one/film/enemy-of-the-state.md) (73) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Lisa Bonet > Lisa Bonet has spent most of her screen life as the woman the story has already moved past, and she plays those parts more honestly than they are written. Two good supporting turns do not make a case, but they are worth noticing. In *Enemy of the State* (1998), Lisa Bonet plays Rachel Banks, the ex-girlfriend Will Smith's lawyer has to go back to when he needs a way to a source called Brill. The scene exists to move the plot along. Bonet plays it as two people who once knew each other well and are no longer sure how to stand in the same room, and she does this without the script's help, because Tony Scott's script is in a hurry. It is a small thing, and it is one of the few truthful things in a loud film. That is her habit, as far as our reviews can show it. She is cast as the woman the story has already left behind: the former lover, the singer who gets one number, the person who is interesting for a scene and then not needed. In *High Fidelity* (2000) she is Marie De Salle, a musician who sings a song and holds John Cusack's attention for one chapter of his romantic inventory. The film is a good one and she is one of its pleasures, though we said its women deserved more of the jokes, and she is among the women we meant. The career has a shape most readers already know. At 16 she was Denise Huxtable on *The Cosby Show* (1984–1992), and she took the character to *A Different World* (1987–1988) for its first season. The same year she made *Angel Heart* (1987), a deliberate step into adult material as far from a family sitcom as she could get. She has said of the period: "My obligation wasn't to Denise. I felt obligated to myself and my career." In 1991 she was fired from *The Cosby Show* over creative differences, and the rest of the decade was quiet, smaller films and television films. *Enemy of the State* and *High Fidelity* brought her back into view. Since then the work has been sporadic and mostly television: *Life on Mars* (2008–2009), *The Red Road* (2014–2015), *Ray Donovan* (2016). Neither film we have reviewed asks her to carry anything. Both are built around a man who talks for a living, and both give her a corner of his story rather than one of her own. What she does with the corner is the point. In *Enemy of the State* we found ourselves wanting the film to stop running for a minute and stay with her, and it would not, and we minded, because the discomfort between her and Smith was more interesting than the next chase. That is a complaint about the film, not about her. Her parts are small. They are also, in both films we can speak to, played better than they were written, which is the most useful thing a supporting actor can be. Start with *High Fidelity*, and stay for her song. ## Biography Lisa Bonet is an American actress. She is known for her role as Denise Huxtable on the NBC sitcom *The Cosby Show* (1984–1991) and its spin-off *A Different World* (1987). Her film credits include Epiphany Proudfoot in *Angel Heart* (1987), Rachel Banks in *Enemy of the State* (1998), Marie De Salle in *High Fidelity* (2000), and Queenie in *Biker Boyz* (2003). She has also appeared in television series such as *Life on Mars* (2008–2009) as Maya Daniels and *Ray Donovan* (2013–2016) as Marisol Campos. Bonet received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 1986 for *The Cosby Show*. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, televisionacademy.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *High Fidelity* (2000), Fi1m 82, as Marie De Salle — [page](https://film.one/film/high-fidelity.md) - *Enemy of the State* (1998), Fi1m 73, as Rachel Banks — [page](https://film.one/film/enemy-of-the-state.md) ## Complete filmography (23) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Road to Paloma* (2014), as Magdalena - *Ray Donovan* (2013), series, as Marisol Campos - *New Girl* (2011), series, as Brenda Brown — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md) - *Life on Mars* (2008), series, as Detective Maya Daniels - *Whitepaddy* (2006), as Mae Evans - *Biker Boyz* (2003), as Queenie - *Lathe of Heaven* (2002), as Heather Lelache - *The Cosby Show: A Look Back* (2002), as Denise Huxtable Kendall (archive footage) - *High Fidelity* (2000), as Marie De Salle — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/high-fidelity.md) - *Enemy of the State* (1998), as Rachel Banks — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/enemy-of-the-state.md) - *New Eden* (1994), as Lily - *Dead Connection* (1994), as Catherine Briggs - *Bank Robber* (1993), as Priscilla - *The Earth Day Special* (1990), as Denise Huxtable - *A Different World* (1987), series, as Denise Huxtable - *Angel Heart* (1987), as Epiphany Proudfoot - *Don't Touch* (1985), as Carrie - *Motown Returns to the Apollo* (1985), Actor - *Tales from the Darkside* (1984), series, as Justine - *The Cosby Show* (1984), series, as Denise Huxtable - *Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain* (1983), Actor - *St. Elsewhere* (1982), series, as Carla — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/st-elsewhere.md) - *Battle of the Network Stars* (1976), series, Actor ## Gallery - ![Lisa Bonet](https://film.one/media/person/96908/gallery-6685829519a0.jpg) Lisa Bonet — Image via TMDB - ![Lisa Bonet](https://film.one/media/person/96908/gallery-2d12fa63231f.jpg) Lisa Bonet — Image via TMDB - ![Lisa Bonet](https://film.one/media/person/96908/gallery-58d89fa6419e.jpg) Lisa Bonet — Image via TMDB - ![Lisa Bonet](https://film.one/media/person/96908/gallery-d47ac5bbcd75.jpg) Lisa Bonet — Image via TMDB - ![Lisa Bonet](https://film.one/media/person/96908/gallery-30a666db3eea.jpg) Lisa Bonet — Image via TMDB - ![Lisa Bonet](https://film.one/media/person/96908/gallery-03b16ed757ad.jpg) Lisa Bonet — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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