Katerina Alexandre Hartford "Kat" Graham (born September 5, 1989) is a Swiss-born American actress, model, singer and dancer. She is known for her role of Bonnie Bennett on The CW supernatural drama The Vampire Diaries. Graham was born in Geneva, Switzerland and raised in Los Angeles, California. Her father, Joseph, is of Americo-Liberian descent, and her mother, Natasha, is Jewish (from a family from Russia and Poland).Graham's father was a music executive and the godfather of two of Quincy Jones' children. Her paternal grandfather was a UN Ambassador, serving for 40 years in the Netherlands,Sweden, Romania and Kenya. Her parents divorced when she was five. She has a half-brother, Yakov, born in Tel Aviv, Israel. Graham was raised in her mother's Jewish religion and attended Hebrew school.
Known For
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Cast Credits
GMA3: What You Need to Know (2020)
Guest starring as Kat Graham
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2x506: Liz Shuler, Ryan Holiday, Ezra & Adeev Potash, Kat Graham (Sep 1, 2022)
- Episode 2x56: Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Kat Graham, Alexander Ludwig, Chef Alex Guarnaschelli (Dec 8, 2020)
- Episode 2x53: Kat Graham, Alexander Ludwig (Dec 3, 2020)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)
Guest starring as Kat Graham
- Episode 5x15: Meg Ryan, David Duchovny, Kat Graham (Nov 3, 2023)
The Masked Singer (2019)
Guest starring as Kat Graham
(2 episodes)
- Episode S08 Special: Masked Singer Seasonal Sing-A-Long Spectacular! (Dec 7, 2022)
- Episode 8x05: Muppets Night (Oct 26, 2022)
The IMDb Show (2017)
Guest starring as Kat Graham
- Episode 4x24: Take 5 With Kat Graham (Mar 23, 2020)
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Party Challenge (2016)
Guest starring as Kat Graham
- Episode 2x12: Grilled Muncheese (Aug 8, 2018)
Give (2016)
Guest starring as Kat Graham
- Episode 1x14: Give to Lifting Families and Kids out of Homelessness and Poverty in Orange County, California (Feb 18, 2017)
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (2015)
Guest starring as Kat Graham
- Episode 2020-10-05: Jason Momoa & Kat Graham (Oct 5, 2020)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Guest starring as Kat Graham
- Episode 2015-05-13: Brandon Flowers, James Marsden & Kat Graham (May 13, 2015)
The Vampire Diaries (2009)
Starring as Bonnie Bennett
(136 episodes)
- Episode 8x16: I Was Feeling Epic (Mar 10, 2017)
- Episode 8x15: We're Planning a June Wedding (Mar 3, 2017)
- Episode 8x14: It's Been a Hell of a Ride (Feb 24, 2017)
- Episode 8x13: The Lies Will Catch Up with You (Feb 17, 2017)
- Episode 8x12: What Are You? (Feb 10, 2017)
- Episode 8x11: You Made a Choice to Be Good (Feb 3, 2017)
- Episode 8x10: Nostalgia's a Bitch (Jan 27, 2017)
- Episode 8x09: The Simple Intimacy of the Near Touch (Jan 20, 2017)
- Episode 8x07: The Next Time I Hurt Somebody, It Could Be You (Dec 9, 2016)
- Episode 8x06: Detoured on Some Random Backwoods Path to Hell (Dec 2, 2016)
- Episode 8x05: Coming Home Was a Mistake (Nov 18, 2016)
- Episode 8x03: You Decided That I Was Worth Saving (Nov 4, 2016)
- Episode 8x02: Today Will Be Different (Oct 28, 2016)
- Episode 8x01: Hello Brother (Oct 21, 2016)
- Episode 7x22: Gods and Monsters (May 13, 2016)
- Episode 7x21: Requiem for a Dream (May 6, 2016)
- Episode 7x20: Kill 'Em All (Apr 29, 2016)
- Episode 7x19: Somebody That I Used to Know (Apr 22, 2016)
- Episode 7x18: One Way or Another (Apr 15, 2016)
- Episode 7x15: I Would for You (Mar 4, 2016)
- Episode 7x14: Moonlight on the Bayou (Feb 26, 2016)
- Episode 7x13: This Woman's Work (Feb 19, 2016)
- Episode 7x12: Postcards from the Edge (Feb 12, 2016)
- Episode 7x11: Things We Lost in the Fire (Feb 5, 2016)
- Episode 7x10: Hell is Other People (Jan 29, 2016)
- Episode 7x09: Cold as Ice (Dec 10, 2015)
- Episode 7x07: Mommie Dearest (Nov 19, 2015)
- Episode 7x06: Best Served Cold (Nov 12, 2015)
- Episode 7x05: Live Through This (Nov 5, 2015)
- Episode 7x04: I Carry Your Heart with Me (Oct 29, 2015)
- Episode 7x03: Age of Innocence (Oct 22, 2015)
- Episode 7x02: Never Let Me Go (Oct 15, 2015)
- Episode 7x01: Day One of Twenty-Two Thousand, Give or Take (Oct 8, 2015)
- Episode 6x22: I'm Thinking of You All the While (May 14, 2015)
- Episode 6x21: I'll Wed You in the Golden Summertime (May 7, 2015)
- Episode 6x20: I'd Leave My Happy Home for You (Apr 30, 2015)
- Episode 6x19: Because (Apr 23, 2015)
- Episode 6x17: A Bird in a Gilded Cage (Mar 19, 2015)
- Episode 6x16: The Downward Spiral (Mar 12, 2015)
- Episode 6x15: Let Her Go (Feb 19, 2015)
- Episode 6x13: The Day I Tried to Live (Feb 5, 2015)
- Episode 6x10: Christmas Through Your Eyes (Dec 11, 2014)
- Episode 6x09: I Alone (Dec 4, 2014)
- Episode 6x08: Fade Into You (Nov 20, 2014)
- Episode 6x07: Do You Remember the First Time? (Nov 13, 2014)
- Episode 6x05: The World Has Turned and Left Me Here (Oct 30, 2014)
- Episode 6x04: Black Hole Sun (Oct 23, 2014)
- Episode 6x03: Welcome to Paradise (Oct 16, 2014)
- Episode 6x02: Yellow Ledbetter (Oct 9, 2014)
- Episode 6x01: I'll Remember (Oct 2, 2014)
- Episode 5x22: Home (May 15, 2014)
- Episode 5x21: Promised Land (May 8, 2014)
- Episode 5x20: What Lies Beneath (May 1, 2014)
- Episode 5x19: Man on Fire (Apr 24, 2014)
- Episode 5x18: Resident Evil (Apr 17, 2014)
- Episode 5x17: Rescue Me (Mar 27, 2014)
- Episode 5x16: While You Were Sleeping (Mar 20, 2014)
- Episode 5x15: Gone Girl (Mar 6, 2014)
- Episode 5x13: Total Eclipse of the Heart (Feb 6, 2014)
- Episode 5x11: 500 Years of Solitude (Jan 23, 2014)
- Episode 5x08: Dead Man on Campus (Nov 21, 2013)
- Episode 5x07: Death and the Maiden (Nov 14, 2013)
- Episode 5x06: Handle with Care (Nov 7, 2013)
- Episode 5x05: Monster's Ball (Oct 31, 2013)
- Episode 5x04: For Whom the Bell Tolls (Oct 24, 2013)
- Episode 5x02: True Lies (Oct 10, 2013)
- Episode 5x01: I Know What You Did Last Summer (Oct 3, 2013)
- Episode 4x23: Graduation (May 16, 2013)
- Episode 4x22: The Walking Dead (May 9, 2013)
- Episode 4x21: She's Come Undone (May 2, 2013)
- Episode 4x19: Pictures of You (Apr 18, 2013)
- Episode 4x17: Because the Night (Mar 21, 2013)
- Episode 4x15: Stand by Me (Feb 21, 2013)
- Episode 4x14: Down the Rabbit Hole (Feb 14, 2013)
- Episode 4x13: Into the Wild (Feb 7, 2013)
- Episode 4x12: A View to a Kill (Jan 31, 2013)
- Episode 4x11: Catch Me If You Can (Jan 24, 2013)
- Episode 4x10: After School Special (Jan 17, 2013)
- Episode 4x09: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Dec 13, 2012)
- Episode 4x08: We'll Always Have Bourbon Street (Dec 6, 2012)
- Episode 4x06: We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes (Nov 15, 2012)
- Episode 4x05: The Killer (Nov 8, 2012)
- Episode 4x04: The Five (Nov 1, 2012)
- Episode 4x02: Memorial (Oct 18, 2012)
- Episode 4x01: Growing Pains (Oct 11, 2012)
- Episode 3x22: The Departed (May 10, 2012)
- Episode 3x21: Before Sunset (May 3, 2012)
- Episode 3x20: Do Not Go Gentle (Apr 26, 2012)
- Episode 3x18: The Murder of One (Mar 29, 2012)
- Episode 3x17: Break on Through (Mar 22, 2012)
- Episode 3x15: All My Children (Feb 16, 2012)
- Episode 3x13: Bringing Out the Dead (Feb 2, 2012)
- Episode 3x12: The Ties That Bind (Jan 19, 2012)
- Episode 3x11: Our Town (Jan 12, 2012)
- Episode 3x10: The New Deal (Jan 5, 2012)
- Episode 3x09: Homecoming (Nov 10, 2011)
- Episode 3x08: Ordinary People (Nov 3, 2011)
- Episode 3x07: Ghost World (Oct 27, 2011)
- Episode 3x06: Smells Like Teen Spirit (Oct 20, 2011)
- Episode 3x05: The Reckoning (Oct 13, 2011)
- Episode 3x04: Disturbing Behavior (Oct 6, 2011)
- Episode 3x01: The Birthday (Sep 15, 2011)
- Episode 2x22: As I Lay Dying (May 12, 2011)
- Episode 2x21: The Sun Also Rises (May 5, 2011)
- Episode 2x18: The Last Dance (Apr 14, 2011)
- Episode 2x17: Know Thy Enemy (Apr 7, 2011)
- Episode 2x16: The House Guest (Feb 24, 2011)
- Episode 2x15: The Dinner Party (Feb 17, 2011)
- Episode 2x14: Crying Wolf (Feb 10, 2011)
- Episode 2x13: Daddy Issues (Feb 3, 2011)
- Episode 2x11: By the Light of the Moon (Dec 9, 2010)
- Episode 2x10: The Sacrifice (Dec 2, 2010)
- Episode 2x09: Katerina (Nov 11, 2010)
- Episode 2x08: Rose (Nov 4, 2010)
- Episode 2x07: Masquerade (Oct 28, 2010)
- Episode 2x06: Plan B (Oct 21, 2010)
- Episode 2x03: Bad Moon Rising (Sep 23, 2010)
- Episode 2x02: Brave New World (Sep 16, 2010)
- Episode 2x01: The Return (Sep 9, 2010)
- Episode 1x22: Founder's Day (May 13, 2010)
- Episode 1x21: Isobel (May 6, 2010)
- Episode 1x20: Blood Brothers (Apr 29, 2010)
- Episode 1x19: Miss Mystic Falls (Apr 22, 2010)
- Episode 1x14: Fool Me Once (Feb 11, 2010)
- Episode 1x13: Children of the Damned (Feb 4, 2010)
- Episode 1x12: Unpleasantville (Jan 28, 2010)
- Episode 1x11: Bloodlines (Jan 21, 2010)
- Episode 1x10: The Turning Point (Nov 19, 2009)
- Episode 1x09: History Repeating (Nov 12, 2009)
- Episode 1x08: 162 Candles (Nov 5, 2009)
- Episode 1x07: Haunted (Oct 29, 2009)
- Episode 1x05: You're Undead to Me (Oct 8, 2009)
- Episode 1x04: Family Ties (Oct 1, 2009)
- Episode 1x03: Friday Night Bites (Sep 24, 2009)
- Episode 1x02: The Night of the Comet (Sep 17, 2009)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Sep 10, 2009)
The Streamy Awards (2009)
Guest starring as Kat Graham
- Episode 2015-09-17: The 5th Annual Streamy Awards (Sep 17, 2015)
Hannah Montana (2006)
Guest starring as Allison
(2 episodes)
- Episode 3x23: Uptight (Oliver's Alright) (Sep 20, 2009)
- Episode 3x16: Jake... Another Little Piece of My Heart (Jun 7, 2009)
Made in Hollywood (2005)
Guest starring as Kat Graham
(2 episodes)
- Episode 20x27: Tyler Perry's Duplicity, Day of Reckoning, The Assessment, A Working Man, High Ground (Mar 29, 2025)
- Episode 16x10: Hollywood at Home: Come Away, Fatman, The Last Vermeer, Run, The Pack (Nov 21, 2020)
Grounded for Life (2001)
Guest starring as Laura
- Episode 5x06: Psycho Therapy (Oct 22, 2004) [Co-Star]
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
Guest starring as Tisha
- Episode 6x20: Poppin' Tags (Apr 13, 2006)
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1998)
Guest starring as Kat Graham
(2 episodes)
- Episode 20x10: Kat Graham 2 (Jun 9, 2023) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 10x01: Kat Graham (Mar 21, 2014)
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (1987)
Guest starring as Kat Graham
- Episode 2018-03-24: The 2018 Kids' Choice Awards (Mar 24, 2018)
Good Morning America (1975)
Guest starring as Kat Graham
- Episode 2025-03-19: Kat Graham, Tyler Lepley, Katie Thurston (Mar 19, 2025)