Bianca Lawson is a popular American actress and producer. She has more than 50 works in film and television. The actress is best known to the audience for her roles in the film "The Last Dance for Me" and in the TV series "Witches of the East End", "Pretty Little Liars" and "My So-Called Life".
Biography
Bianca Lawson was born on March 20, 1979 in Los Angeles, California. Her parents are Denis Gordy and Richard Lawson. Bianca's mother is an American actress who played in the drama Toy Soldiers. Denis was born in Detroit, Michigan. Bianchi's father also acted in films. He can be seen in the films Cheating, Love Songs and Homecoming.
In 1989, the actress's parents divorced. Her father married again. In 2015, his second wife was actress Tina Knowles, the ex-wife of producer and actor Matthew Knowles. Stepmother Bianca has two children from her first marriage - actress, composer, director, producer, artist and editor Solange Knowles and famous singer and actress Beyoncé.
Career and creativity
Bianca started acting in the 1990s. Her first roles are girls from episodes. Even after 30, Lawson continued to play teenagers. The actress looks very young and is in excellent physical shape. In 1991, the series "Silk Nets" began, in which Bianca got the role of Rene. Charlie Brill, Mitzi Captcher, Rob Estes, Janet Gunn and Chris Potter played the main roles in this crime detective. The series tells about the crimes in a fashionable hotel in a paradise on the ocean. Bianca later starred in the youth comedy Saved By The Bell: The New Class as Megan Jones. Her partners on the set were Dennis Haskins, Dustin Diamond, Samantha Becker, Sarah Lancaster. The series ran from 1993 to 2000.
Lawson then landed a role in Sister Sister. She played Rhonda. This comedy stars Tia and Tamera Mowry, Jackie Harry and Tim Reid. Then there was a cameo role in the TV series "My So-Called Life". The plot tells about the problems of growing up. Among the creators of the drama are Mark Piznarsky, Scott Winant, Todd Holland. The series ran from 1994 to 1995 and received high marks from viewers and critics. Then Lawson was invited to play the role of Jasmine in the TV series "Being a Parent." The main roles in this comedy are played by Robert Townsend, Susanne Douglass, Regan Gomez-Preston and Curtis Williams.
Lawson portrayed Rachel on In the House. Her partners on the set were El Cool Jay, Maya Campbell, Alfonso Ribeiro, Kim Wayans. Among the creators of this comedy are John Tracy, Asaad Kelada, Jill Junger. From 1997 to 2003 there was a fantastic action movie "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", where Bianca played Kendra. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brandon, Alison Hannigan and Anthony Head starred in this youth thriller. The series received a Saturn and was nominated for a Golden Globe. Buffy's adventures have been watched in many European, American and Asian countries.
Then Lawson was invited to play the role of Nikki Green in the romantic youth TV series "Dawson's Creek". The plot tells about the friendship and love relationships of adolescents. The drama ran from 1998 to 2003. In 1998, Bianca got the role of Loretta in the feature film Primary Colors. The main roles are played by John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Katie Bates and Adrian Lester. The film is a fictional political drama about the presidential race.
Filmography
In 1998, the actress was invited to play the role of Diana Ross in the series "Temptations". Her filming partners were Charles Malik Whitfield, D. B. Woodside, Christian Payton and Alan Rosenberg. The picture tells the story of the formation of a rock band. The drama was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Emmy. After 2 years, Bianca played in the movie "They were swapped by brains."It is a fantasy horror film about the revival of the dead, starring Matthew Lawrence, Justin Walker, Christine Lakin and Christian Payne. Then Lawson was invited to play the role of Esperanza in the TV series Strong Medicine. This medical drama about a charity clinic for women has been shown in the USA, Poland and Hungary.
Then the actress played in the series and films "The Women's Brigade", "The Last Dance for Me", "Bones", "The Feast of All Saints", "For People", "Whisperer", "Death by the Price List" and "The Encyclopedia of Divorces" … In 2004 she got the role of Mary in the film "Pavilion". Her filming partners include Craig Schaeffer, Patsy Kensit, Richard Chamberlain and Daniel Riordan. This western tells the story of life in the United States after the Civil War.
Then there were roles in the films "Fearless", "Flip the script", "The Former", "Blonde in Chocolate", "Hunt for the Dinosaur", "The Cleaner" and "Secret from Parents." In 2009, Bianca got the role of Emily in the TV series The Vampire Diaries. Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Kat Graham and Candice King starred in this fantastic horror film. The series was nominated for Georges and Saturn.
Lawson can be seen in Pretty Little Liars, Nikita, Werewolf, Two Broke Girls, American Horror Story, and Beauty and the Beast. She played Alison in the drama Don't Disappear, Sasha in the movie Divine, starred in the TV series The Beast, The Witches of the East End, Chicago Police Force and The Sugar Queen. Bianca landed the role of Julie in the 2014 film House with a Secret. In this detective thriller, the actress played the main character, while other leading roles were played by Brendan Fehr, Neil Jackson, Costas Mandylor and Stephanie Jacobsen. In the story, a woman lives in a house built by her ex-husband. Soon strange things begin to happen in the building. This drama has been shown in the United States and France.
