Kat Graham

thumb Katerina Alexandre Hartford Graham (born September 5, 1989) is a Swiss-born American actress, singer, and dancer. She played Bonnie Bennett on the CW supernatural drama series The Vampire Diaries. Quotes No. I had known Quincy from a few years ago because at one point we had the same music manager, so we had a show together when we first met. Then we also had similar circles and we had the same acting manager, so we knew each other, we were friends. I hadn’t known anyone else. A lot of the cast, especially my family, they were actually Canadian. Up until last year I hadn’t done much work in Canada, so that was my first time working with them. Then I was familiar with Ron’s work on This Is Us, but I hadn’t known anyone besides Quincy. Oh I love that! And I went to Niagara Falls and I love Niagara-on-the-Lake. Everyone was just so kind and so amazing. I can see why so many people want to shoot in Canada and it’s not just for work reasons, but the people there are known for their kindness. I can’t wait to go back and shoot in Canada! I love creating music! What I love about Christmas, or the holidays around this time, is listening to Frank Sinatra and all of that kind of old school music, like something that would have been done by Desi Arnaz at the Tropicana. I love any sort of Rat Pack-vibe music, so I wanted to create that sound, my favourite sound of the holidays, and something that reminds me so much of the holidays, and put that into the film. I’d never written a song or done a song close to anything that I had done, but I knew I wanted it to be a duet. So I wrote my parts and then I wrote Quincy’s parts, and then I cut it and they fell in love with it. I might shoot something for it. I like the fact that we were real friends. It’s very rare that I have that kind of connection outside of the industry. It’s rare. So I love the fact that in between takes, I just wanted to hang out with him, and I loved the fact that he has such an incredible disposition. He’s so great to share this movie with, you know? His kindness and his consistent willingness to participate in any rehearsal or in any sort of get-together involving the film; he’s just such a team player. He’s just overall such a really great person. I am going to Israel in a few days to go be with my family. Then I’m just going to stay home in Georgia, we have a house on the lake, so we’re going to have a bunch of family and sit around in our onesies, probably watching Netflix. I used to think that it was all about the makeup, and I wouldn’t pay attention to skin. So I would say take care of your skin first. See if you have oily skin or dry skin or combination skin, and make your makeup choices around what kind of skin you have. I think that’s why my makeup has evolved the way it has. I actually paid attention to my skin first, and I started eating better and drinking more water and hydrating. Even though I’ve calmed down with my makeup over the past five years, I’m still somebody who loves to try things like lace eyebrows or bright blue lipstick. I’m somebody who likes to figure out what I like. Unfortunately I’ve had to do some of that publicly and it hasn’t gone so well. [laughs] You know most of the time I think you just have to try new things. Don’t be scared of makeup. You can always take it off and try again. Interview: The Holiday Calendar’s Kat Graham External links Category:Actresses from the United States Category:Singers from the United States Category:Dancers from the United States Category:Living people Category:1989 births Category:Women born in the 1980s Category:African Americans