Denyce Lawton

Denyce Lawton
Lawton in 2008
Born
Denise-Marie Lawton

(1978-05-02) May 2, 1978 (age 46) [1]
Seoul, South Korea
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
  • producer
  • writer
  • photographer
Years active1998–present
Spouse
Eban Grasti
​
(m. 2024)​
Websitedenycelawton.com

Denyce Lawton (born May 2, 1978) is an American actress and model of South Korean and African American descent. Lawton is best known for her recurring role as Dana Carter on the Tyler Perry's House of Payne (2008–2009) and her recurring role as Sheila Willis on The Hot Zone (2021).[2][3]

Biography

Lawton is of African-American and Korean descent. Born in Seoul, South Korea, Lawton is the middle child of three siblings. She graduated from Largo High School in Largo, Maryland.[4]

Career

Lawton starred in Snoop Dogg's Malice N Wonderland as Love, a short film titled Interception, and the web series Almost Home.[5]

Lawton has appeared on the covers of MAMI Magazine, Black Men, The Source, Today's Black Woman, BQE Magazine, Smooth, Edge Magazine, XXL, J’Adore, Smooth Girl, Daily News, Mass Appeal, and XXL Presents Eye Candy Magazine.[citation needed]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2002 State Property Bikini Girl #2
Go for Broke Venom
2003 Malibooty! Beautiful Girl on Beach
2004 Soul Plane Flight Attendant #3
2006 It Ain't Easy Kelly Video
2007 Redline Mianda
Dead Tone Anna
2008 Vlog Jasmine
2010 Malice N Wonderland Love Short
2011 The Love You Save Shayla TV movie
Interception Sandy Short
2012 The Helpers Brandy
Switchin' the Script Lonnie Shepard
The Coalition Skylar Hathaway Video
2013 Winnerz Carmen
Between Sisters Serena TV movie
Act Like You Love Me Susan
Frat Brothers Professor Simone Breaux
The Dempsey Sisters Deena Dempsey [6]
2015 Justice Served Mia Orlando
2017 2016 Vivica
Secrets Secret Jenkins [7]
2018 All Between Us Clara [8]
Me, Myself, & Them Dr. Taylor Short
When It Comes Around Jerry
2019 Fanatic Lexi TV movie
2021 Most Wanted Santa FBI Agent Harper Winslow TV movie
2023 Under the Influence Danae Ryan [9]
South Haven Fatimah Moore

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2002 The Parkers Tyrell's Girlfriend Episode: "The Crush"
Half & Half Beautiful Girl Episode: "The Big Sistah Sans Soul Episode"
Scratch & Burn Beautiful Woman Episode: "Grocery Store Romance"
2004 Entourage Party Girl Episode: "The Review"
2008 Vlog Jasmine Recurring Cast
2008–09 Tyler Perry's House of Payne Dana Carter Recurring Cast: Season 3–5
2012 Girlfriend Confidential: LA Herself Main Cast
2013–14 Almost Home Becca Guest: Season 1, Recurring Cast: Season 2
2014 Castle Lillian Hernandez Episode: "Dressed to Kill"
2016 Mann & Wife Jada Episode: "State of Mann"
I Love You... But I Lied FBI Agent Kristen Ramirez Episode: "Greed"
2018 The 5th Quarter Jackie Nichols Episode: "Hotlanta"
The Plug Deena Murphy Episode: "Bird Gets a Pass"
2019 Chicago P.D. Maya Williams Episode: "What Could Have Been"
2021 A Luv Tale: The Series Mercedes Recurring Cast
The Hot Zone Sheila Willis Recurring Cast: Season 2
2024 Universal Basic Guys Tammy's Friend (voice) Episode: "Jaws of Life"

Music videos

Year Title Artist
2001 "Y.B.E." Prodigy featuring B.G.
"Peaches & Cream" 112
"Dance with Me" 112 featuring Beanie Sigel
"Family Affair" Mary J. Blige
"Break Ya Neck" Busta Rhymes
"The Learning (Burn)" Mobb Deep featuring Vita and Big Noyd
"Fatty Girl" Ludacris featuring LL Cool J and Keith Murray
"Part II" Method Man & Redman
2002 "Anything" Jaheim featuring Next
"One Mic" Nas
"Get Away" Mobb Deep
"Rock Star" N.E.R.D.
2004 "The Way" Clay Aiken
2005 "Curious" Tony Yayo featuring Joe
2009 "Want It, Need It" Plies featuring Ashanti
2021 "Don't You Ever" Rotimi

Documentary

Year Title Ref.
2011 Kiss and Tell: The History of Black Romance in Movie [10]

Video game

Year Title Role Ref.
2022 Saints Row MJ/Santo Ileso Pedestrians (voice) [11]

References

  1. ^ Wanjala, Caiaphas (June 19, 2023). "30 most famous Blasian women you need to know (pictures)". Tuko.co.ke - Kenya news. Archived from the original on February 4, 2024. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  2. ^ Longott, Olivia (July 1, 2014). Release Me: My Life, My Words. Urban Renaissance. ISBN 978-1-62286-326-6. Archived from the original on February 4, 2024. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  3. ^ Petski, Denise (February 23, 2021). "'The Hot Zone: Anthrax': Ian Colletti, Dawn Olivieri & Denyce Lawton To Recur In Nat Geo Series". Deadline. Archived from the original on June 5, 2023. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  4. ^ "About 1". Denyce Lawton. Archived from the original on February 4, 2024. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  5. ^ "Check out trailer to Reagan Gomez web series Almost Home". blackfilm.com. August 27, 2012. Archived from the original on February 29, 2024. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  6. ^ https://eu.starnewsonline.com/story/news/2013/11/01/dempsey-sisters-actor-producer-reflect-on-local-tv-production/30947654007/ [bare URL]
  7. ^ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/secrets-world-premieres-saturday-september-16-at-800-pm-est-on-bet-300517815.html [bare URL]
  8. ^ https://www.newswire.com/news/tiffany-haddish-and-brian-hooks-get-scandalous-in-all-between-us-a-20519877 [bare URL]
  9. ^ https://eurweb.com/2023/cast-of-under-the-influence-talk-black-fatal-attraction-in-new-tv-one-thriller-eur-video-exclusive/ [bare URL]
  10. ^ "Kiss and Tell: The History of Black Romance in Movie | Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on February 24, 2024. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  11. ^ Goon, Kyle Christopher (August 25, 2022). "Saints Row voice actors: all cast and characters (2022)". Sirus Gaming. Archived from the original on February 4, 2024. Retrieved February 29, 2024.