Denyce Lawton

Denyce Lawton
Denyce Lawton
Born	Denyce-Marie Lawton May 2, 1978 (1978-05-02) (age 33) Seoul, South Korea
Occupation	Actress / Model
Years active	1999-present

Denyce-Marie Lawton (Korean: 데니스 마리 러튼) (born May 2, 1978) is a model and actress known as Denyce Lawton.

Biography

Lawton is of African American and Korean descent. Born in Seoul, South Korea, Lawton is the middle child of three children, She also has a older half sister who's full Korean. She lived a military life with her family abroad in such countries as Korea, Japan, and Germany. Her family moved around the US, living primarily in Neptune, New Jersey then in Washington D.C. In 1996, she graduated from Largo High School in Largo, Maryland. She went to Kettering Middle School with R&B singer Mya Harrison.

Personal life

Lawton was romantically involved with actor Wesley Jonathan from 2006-2009. Lawton is conversational in Korean.^[1] On March 25, 2011 Lawton's brother Gregory Lawton, Jr was murdered in Temple Hills, Maryland.^[2]

Career

In 1998, Lawton was offered an assistant Vice President position at Warner Bros. Records.^[3] She was also an Assistant Junior Publicist at 20th Century Fox Films.

With limited experience and opportunities, Lawton participated in several Theatrical Plays as well as the famous Shakespeare In The Park Company. She began modeling for Kemi Oil, FUBU, Adidas, Enyce, Karl Kani and Baby Phat. While pursuing her acting and modeling career, she also appeared in several Hip Hop/R&B music videos; "Rock Star" by N.E.R.D, "Peaches & Cream" by 112, "One Mic" by Nas, "Anything" by Jaheim, Curious by Tony Yayo, and "Want It, Need It" by Plies. Lawton say these video appearances were to accumulate enough camera experience and money to fund her acting pursuits before she decided to move to Los Angeles, California in December 2001.

Lawton is currently a series regular on Tyler Perry's House of Payne, where she plays the character Dana the manicurist in the barber shop. She has not been seen since season 5 in the series.

Filmography

Film

• Dead Tone (2007) - Anna
• Redline (2007) - Mianda
• Soul Plane (2004) - Flight Attendant #3
• Malibooty (2003) - Beautiful Girl on Beach
• Go for Broke (2002) - Venom

Television

• Tyler Perry's House of Payne (2008) - Dana Carter
• Entourage (2004) - Party Girl
• Half & Half (2002) - Beautiful Girl #1
• The Parkers (2002) - Tyrell's Girlfriend
• Scratch & Burn (2002) - Beautiful Woman

References

1. ^ http://halfkorean.com/interviews/interview_denyce_lawton_2004.php
2. ^ http://www.threegirlsandamic.com/2011/03/26/gregory-lawton-jr-brother-of-house-of-paynes-denyce-lawton-was-brutally-murdered-at-his-doorstep/
3. ^ .IMDB bio

External links

• Official Myspace
• {http://www.facebook.com/denycelawton}

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Name	Lawton, Denyce
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Date of birth	May 2, 1978
Place of birth	Seoul, South Korea
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