Her great-grandfather Louis Goldvarg (1881-1949) was from Tiraspol. After The Cosby Show ended in 1992, Bonet entered a state of semi-retirement from acting, only sporadically appearing in films and on television such as Maya Daniels in Life on Mars (2008-2009) and Marisol on Ray Donovan (2016). She also appeared in Angel Heart (1987), High Fidelity (2000), Biker Boyz (2003), and Road to Paloma (2013). After being in beauty competitions and appearing in guest spots on television series as a child, Bonet landed the role of Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show, the second oldest child of the parents played by Bil Cosby and Phylicia Rashad. In 1987, she briefly left The Cosby Show to star in the spin-off series A Different World, which focused on Denise's life at college. That year, Bonet, then 19, played Epiphany Prou- f o o t in the movie Angel Heart opposite Mickey Rourke. In 1992, Bonet hosted Why Bother Voting?, an election special focusing on young voters' concerns and apathy. She had supporting roles in the 1998 film Enemy of the State and the 2000 film High Fidelity. In 2003 she played Queenie in Biker Boyz, which reunited her with her A Different World co-star Kadeem Hardison. Bonet co starred in the film Whitepaddy in 2005. While she did not have another film role until 2014's Road to Paloma, she did make a number of appearances in episodes of television dramas and comedies, star ting in 2008 in the American adaptation of the British television series Life onMars.