Known for her evergreen looks, Bianca Lawson has been entertaining different audiences since the age of nine. She first appeared in a few Barbie and Revlon commercials before joining the cast of Saved by the Bell: The New Class. The 1993 drama series became her springboard as she continued to take on different roles on the big and small screens to rave reviews. Pretty Little Liars, Rogue, Vampire Diaries, Dawson’s Creek, The Secret Life of the American Teenage and Teen Wolf are just a few of the best shows she has performed on.
Youth and rise to fame
She was named Bianca Jasmine Lawson at the time she was born in the city of Los Angeles, California on March 20, 1979. Born to accomplished people, Bianca Lawson had the opportunity to start early, honing her entertainment skills at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting but his high school education was completed at a Catholic school known as Marymount High School, located in his hometown of Los Angeles. For college, she chose the University of Southern California where she majored in film and psychology.
While gaining her college credentials, Bianca Lawson was already a television star when she started acting at the age of nine. However, her first major acting role came in 1993 in the television series Saved by the Bell: The New Classroom where she played the lead role of Megan Jones in 39 episodes. From 1995 to 1997, she was Sister Sister and Goode Behavior. She ended the 1990s with appearances in The Steve Harvey Show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dawson’s Creek, The Temptations, and the movie Primary Colors
In the early 2000s, Bianca Lawson enjoyed major success in film and television, but some of her acclaimed work started from 2009 when she was cast in The Secret Life of an American Teenager and the TV series world-class The Vampire Diary, as Shawna and Witch Emily Bennett respectively. In late 2009, she reprized the role of Maya St. Germain on the ABC Family series Pretty Little Liars and remained on the show from June 2010 to August 2012, after which she began playing a recurring role on the MTV Teen Wolf television series as Mrs. Morell. She has remained on the show to this day.
In 2014, she played Eva in Witches of the East and appeared on the television special Pretty Little Liars: We Love You to DeAth as herself. She continued her television roles in 2015, on the set of Rascal (season three) as series regular Talia Freeman. She has been a cast member of the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Sugar Queen since 2016.
Some of the actress’ film credits include, but are not limited to, Saving the Last Dance (2001), Bones (2001), The Pledge (2004), and National Lampoon’s Pledge This! (2006). Beyond her roles in movies and television series, Bianca Lawson lent her voice to the 2011 video game Star Wars: The Old Republic
Parents, mother, husband, sister
Bianca Lawson was born to an African Americanparents – actress Denise Gordy and actor Richard Lawson. His ancestry is a mixture of Italian, Native American, Portuguese and Creole. Apparently, her parents’ marriage did not last (1978-1989) and, thanks to her father’s second marriage attempt, she became the stepdaughter of Tina Knowles. This makes her a sister-in-law to pop superstars Beyoncé and Solange Knowles. Through her mother in the family, Bianca Lawson is also the great-niece of Motown founder Berry Gordy.
Bianca Lawson seems to be following the same path as her mother who has made several appearances in films and television series. Some of her works include Black Fist, Mahogany, Charlie’s Angels, At Ease, It’s a Living, and School Reform Girls. She seems to take it easy though, and hasn’t acted in a long time. Her father, on the other hand, built an illustrious career in film and television. Richard Lawson is best known for his role as Ryan in the 1982 film Poltergeist and he’s still active with Grey’s Anatomy (2017) and In Contempt (2018) as some of his latest projects.
On the marital front, Bianca Lawson has yet to exchange vows with anyone and has not shared any details about a boyfriend or partner. Be sure to get all the details about it here when it happens.