The Transformation Of Lisa Bonet From 16 To 53

May 2024 ยท 2 minute read

Before she began acting, Lisa Bonet felt out of place in a wealthy, white community in Los Angeles, California. She recalled her childhood in a 1987 interview with The Washington Post: "The black kids would call me 'Oreo,' and I just didn't feel totally at home and accepted with all these, you know, white rich people." Bonet said she went through an "identity crisis" and continued, "I was an only kid, too, so I really had no one to identify with, and I used to like beg my mom every day to have a kid, another one, but my parents were divorced."

Even if she wouldn't have another sibling, Bonet needed something else in her life. A friend invited her to an acting class, which Bonet liked enough to return. She would soon land a guest spot on "St. Elsewhere" in 1983. The actor was 16 years old when the episode aired, the same age she was when she auditioned for "The Cosby Show."

When Bonet made her first appearance on "Late Night with David Letterman" in April 1986, she acknowledged her "bit" part on "St. Elsewhere," saying, "I wasn't really into acting that much. It was just, I was going to school, and in Los Angeles, especially, when you're, you know, a minority, there's no work out there at all for you. So when the opportunity came up for this, I thought, 'Wow, a series. Fun.'"

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