Denyce Lawton

Denyce Lawton
Denyce Lawton
	Lawton in 2008
Born	Denise-Marie Lawton; May 2, 1978 (age 46) ; Seoul, South Korea
Occupations	Actress; model; producer; writer; photographer;
Years active	1998–present

Denyce Lawton (born May 2, 1978) is an American actress and model. 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
2002	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
2007	Dead Tone	Anna
2008	Vlog	Jasmine
2010	Malice N Wonderland	Love	Short
2011	The Love You Save	Shayla	TV movie
2011	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
2017	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]
2023	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"
2016	I Love You... But I Lied	FBI Agent Kristen Ramirez	Episode: "Greed"
2018	The 5th Quarter	Jackie Nichols	Episode: "Hotlanta"
2018	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
2021	The Hot Zone	Sheila Willis	Recurring Cast: Season 2

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

External links

Denyce Lawton at IMDb

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