Denyce Lawton parents are father Greg Lawton and mother Wan Lawton. The actress comes from a military background.

The actress's father was African American who was stationed in Korea during his time in the military.

Her mother was Korean. They met in Korea and eventually got married. The couple has three children and Denyce is their middle child.

The writer was born in Seoul, South Korea on 2nd May 1978. As a family of military her family lived abroad in many countries such as Korea, Japan, and Germany.

Later, when the family arrived in the USA, they lived in New Jersey and then moved to Washington D.C.

She graduated middle school from Kettering Middle School, where she was best friends with R&B singer Mya Harrison and grew up with her.

She completed high school at Largo High School. From a young age, the actress was a brilliant-minded woman who was always at the top of her class. Her interest was to join the medical field as she prepared for her pre-med.

Her involvement in her drama club during her senior year was one of the decisions of her pursuit of acting.

Though she completed pre-med at the University of Maryland and could have become a doctor, she chose to begin her career in acting.

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