HAPPY 54th BIRTHDAY to LISA BONET!! 11/16/21 Born Lisa Michelle Bonet, American actress and activist. Bonet starred in two of comedian Bill Cosby's productions on NBC, The Cosby Show (1984–1992) and A Different World (1987–1993), as the unorthodox, free-spirited Denise Huxtable. After The Cosby Show ended in 1992, Bonet entered a state of semi-retirement from acting, only sporadically appearing in films and on television