Bianca Jasmine Lawson is an American film and television actress. She is perhaps best known for regular roles in the television series Saved by the Bell: The New Class, Goode Behavior and Pretty Little Liars. She has also had recurring roles in the series Sister, Sister, Buf...
University of Southern California, Marymount High School, Stella Adler Studio of Acting
Nationality
United States of America
Parents
Richard Lawson, Denise Gordy
Siblings
Beyoncé, Solange Knowles, Marvin Pentz Gaye
Nicknames
Bianca Jasmine Lawson
Awards
Teen Choice Award for Film - Choice Fight Scene
Movies
Save the Last Dance, Bones, Breakin' All the Rules, National Lampoon's Pledge This!, Supergator, The Temptations, Dead & Breakfast, Primary Colors, Fearless, Boltneck, Flip the Script, Broken
TV Shows
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Goode Behavior, Pretty Little Liars, Queen Sugar
Through her mother, Denise Gordy, Bianca Lawson is related to two legends of the American music industry. Lawson's half-brother, Marvin Gaye III, is the son of Denise Gordy and Motown star Marvin Gaye, and Denise's father, George Gordy, was a brother of Motown Records founder Berry Gordy.
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As of 2013, she has played a 17-year-old for over 17 years, playing "Megan Jones" on Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993), years '93 to '94, through to "Maya St. Germain" (a teenager when Lawson left the show in 2012).
Was originally cast as Cordelia in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), but had to turn down the role because of contractual obligations to Goode Behavior (1996). She later resurfaced in the role of Kendra.
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