💔Celebrity Exes.... Denyce Lawton (born May 2, 1978 in Seoul, South Korea) is an American actress, producer, and model. Lawton is best known for her four seasons as a series regular on the #1 Cable Comedy Series & 6 time NAACP Best Comedy Series Winner, Tyler Perry's House of Payne, where she plays the character Dana the manicurist in the barber shop. Lawton has recently completed 9 films including her recent leading role in the Up Original Movie The Dempsey Sisters (in which she is also a co-p