Kat Graham

Kat Graham is of Liberian and Jewish ancestry. She dated Cottrell Guidry from 2008 and eventually got engaged to him in 2012. Unfortunately, the relationship didn’t last long. The duo called it quits on December 12, 2014.

Kat Graham was born in Geneva, Switzerland on September 5, 1989 to Joseph and Natasha as Katerina Alexandre Hartford Graham. When she was just five years old, her parents got divorced following which she was raised by her mother in Los Angeles, California.

She has a half-brother, Yakov, who was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. Graham’s parental grandfather was a UN Ambassador, who served for 40 years in countries like Kenya, Netherlands, Sweden, and Romania.

Her mother was Jewish and thus Kat went to a Hebrew school. While growing up, she developed an interest in dancing and music, eventually taking up classes to hone those skills.

Kat Graham is a versatile artiste. She started her career in the entertainment industry as a six-year-old child artist. She was featured in commercials for brands such as K-Mart, Pop-Tarts, and Barbie. She also performed as a backup dancer in music videos.

While appearing in these commercials she caught the attention of popular choreographer Fatima Robinson who gave her the chance to appear at the BET Awards as a backup dancer for ‘Bow Wow’. This appearance landed her in various backup dancing acts for performers like Missy Elliott, Pharrell, Jamie Foxx as well as for choreographers like Hi-Hat and Michael Rooney.

She appeared in a national marketing campaign for the advertisement of the soft drink ‘Fanta’ from Coca-Cola. She was among the members of ‘Fantanas’.

Her television career started with a role in the Disney Sitcom ‘Lizzie McGuire’. She later appeared in various other series including ‘Strong Medicine’ (2003), ‘Malcolm in the Middle’ (2003), ‘Grounded for Life’ (2004), ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation’ (2006), ‘Greek’ (2007), and ‘Stalker’ (2015).

Kat Graham has featured in some films too, playing some likable roles in ‘17 Again’ (2009), ‘The Roommate’ (2011), ‘Honey 2’ (2011), ‘Addicted’ (2014) and ‘All Eyez on Me’ (2017).

Kat Graham landed her first big project when she was offered the role of ‘Bonnie Bennett’ in The CW supernatural drama ‘The Vampire Diaries’ where she played the role of a teenage witch. The show started airing in 2009. This was indeed the biggest breakthrough of her career till then. The show started with a viewership of 4.91 million and later in 2012, the show was renewed for its fourth season.

In August 2010 she was picked by the Universal Pictures for the Dance-drama film ‘Honey 2’, a sequel to the 2003 film ‘Honey’. The film didn’t attract a lot of praise from the critics but Kat’s performance and dancing skills were lauded by many.

In January 2016 she was chosen for the role of ‘Jada Pinkett Smith’ in the Tupac biopic ‘All Eyez On Me’. The film was released in 2017, featuring Demetrius Shipp Jr. as the lead character.

As a singer she has recorded a lot of singles including ‘Cold Hearted Snake’ (2010), ‘Put Your Graffiti on Me’ (2012), and ‘All Your Love’ (2016). Some of her music videos as the lead artist include ‘My Boyfriend's Back’ (2009) and ‘Sassy’ (2010).