Lisa Bonet filed for divorce from Jason Momoa on Monday, nearly two years after they announced their separation.
In marriage dissolution documents obtained by The Times, which cite “irreconcilable differences,” Bonet listed their date of separation as Oct. 7, 2020, the date of their third wedding anniversary and about 15 years after they got together. for the first time. The couple married in October 2017. They kept their separation secret before releasing a joint statement in January 2022.
“We have all felt the pressure and changes of these transformative times… A revolution is unfolding ~ and our family is no exception… feeling and growing from the seismic changes taking place,” wrote the couple in their 2022 statement shared on Momoa’s Instagram page. seeming to refer to the pandemic and the social movements of recent years. “And then ~ We share our family news ~ That we are separating in marriage.”
Bonet, 56, whose legal name is Lilakoi Moon, requested joint custody of her two teenage children, Lola and Nakoa-Wolf, according to court documents. She did not request spousal support from Momoa, 44, and the separation of her assets was agreed to outside of court, according to the documents. Bonet is also the mother of “The Batman” and “High Fidelity” actor Zoë Kravitz, 33, her daughter with her ex-husband Lenny Kravitz, whom she divorced in 1993.
Bonet connected with Momoa in 2005, when she was somewhat off the Hollywood radar and Momoa’s main credits were “Baywatch” and the Fox TV series “North Shore.” Together they welcomed their two children and in 2017 they got married.
Bonet was a star from a young age, on “The Cosby Show” and “A Different World,” in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Meanwhile, Momoa didn’t come to prominence until “Game of Thrones” premiered in 2011. , playing the hapless Khal Drogo in the show’s first season. Since then, Momoa has become a global celebrity, playing Arthur Curry/Aquaman in the DC Cinematic Universe, appearing in the “Justice League” and “Aquaman” films, as well as “The Flash.” Momoa also played the flamboyant villain in the tenth and most recent installment of “The Fast and the Furious.”
After appearing in the HBO series “Girls” and the Showtime thriller “Ray Donovan” in 2016 and an independent short film the following year, Bonet has not appeared on screen.
Times assistant editor Christie D’Zurilla contributed to this report.
