Bonnie Dennison is an American actress. She was born in New York City.[citation needed] From 2002 to 2005, she played Emily Yokas on the NBC television show Third Watch. In 2007, she joined the cast of the long-running CBS daytime drama Guiding Light in the role of Susan "Daisy" Lemay, a role she continued to portray until the end of Guiding Light's broadcast run in 2009.

Bonnie Dennison
Born
OccupationActress
Years active2001–present

In 2009, she made a guest appearance in the Ugly Betty episode "Backseat Betty", portraying Ava, a cheerleader at school with Justin. In 2010, she appeared in the movie Stake Land. She has also appeared in commercials for Dannon DanActive, Losethezits.com, and Verizon Wireless.

In 2014, she was cast as one of the leads in a Fox comedy pilot executive produced by Matt Hubbard and Tina Fey, portraying the role of Thena;[1] but the series was later scrapped after a change in management at Fox.[2]

In early 2019, Dennison was cast as Jenny Kenney, the protagonist's daughter in the pilot of the hit CBS series Carol's Second Act starring Patricia Heaton.[3] Following the pilot, Ashley Tisdale replaced Dennison in the role of Jenny (aka she was recast).[4]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
2001 100 Center Street Jessica Hoffman Episode: "Bottlecaps"
2002 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Heather Porter Episode: "Justice"
2002 Law & Order Katie Zwybel Episode: "Slaughter"
2002 The Education of Max Bickford Hannah Grunwald
2002–05 Third Watch Emily Yokas Recurring cast (season 4),
Main cast (seasons 5–6):
45 episodes
2006 Love/Death/Cobain Brett Ashley Short film
2007 Black Irish Maria Film
2007–09 Guiding Light Daisy Lemay Main cast
2009 Ugly Betty Ava Episode: "Backseat Betty"
2010 Stake Land Peggy Film
2011 Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior Reagan Episode: "Smother"
2011 Born Bad Brooke Direct-to-DVD film
2011 NCIS Lindsay Episode: "Restless"
2012 Built for Two Sadie Short film
2013 Beneath Kitty Film
2013 The Maid's Room Alice Film
2014 Cabot College Thena TV pilot/failed TV series[2]
2014 Break Up Call Bonnie(?) Short film
2014 The Tangled Webs We Type Bonnie Short film
2015 Landon Rob Sketch Show various Episode: "The Dad Bod"
2015 Ken Jeong Made Me Do It Molly MTV TV pilot[5]
2016 Izzie's Way Home Izzie (voice) Animated film
2017 Stake Land II: The Stakelander Peggy
2017 Training Day Lara Episode: "Trigger Time"
2017 The Ranch Rachel Episode: "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)"

References

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  1. ^ Nellie Andreeva (January 13, 2014). "Bonnie Dennison To Star In Fox's Matt Hubbard Comedy Pilot". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Lesley Goldberg (August 14, 2014). "Tina Fey's 'Cabot College' Officially Dead at Fox". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  3. ^ Petski, Denise (March 4, 2019). "'Carol's Second Act': Bonnie Dennison & Ito Aghayere Cast In CBS' Patricia Heaton Comedy Pilot". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  4. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (June 7, 2019). "Ashley Tisdale Joins New CBS Comedy Series 'Carol's Second Act' In Recasting". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 19, 2020.
  5. ^ Nellie Andreeva (October 14, 2014). "Marshall Allman To Star In 'Ken Jeong Made Me Do It' For MTV, Two Others Cast". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
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