<P> Guy starred alongside Ellen Muth and Mandy Patinkin in the series Dead Like Me , created by Bryan Fuller . The show ran 29 episodes over two seasons , in 2003 and 2004 , on Showtime . Guy played Roxy Harvey , a meter maid turned police officer and one of the core group of grim reapers around which the series was based . Guy was nominated for the 2005 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for the role . She later starred in the feature - length series sequel Dead Like Me : Life After Death , which was released on video in 2009 before being shown on the Syfy channel . In 2009 , Guy performed in The People Speak , a documentary that used dramatic and musical performances of the letters , diaries , and speeches of everyday Americans , based on historian Howard Zinn 's A People 's History of the United States . A broad look at civil rights issues in America , The People Speak was executive produced by and seen on The History Channel . In 2010 , she was seen in the second season of the Lifetime comedy series Drop Dead Diva as a judge in the episode titled `` Last Year 's Model , '' and from 2009 to 2017 , Guy had a recurring role in The CW 's series The Vampire Diaries . In that program , Ms. Guy played Sheila `` Grams '' Bennett , the grandmother of Bonnie ( Katerina Graham ) , who proved to be a descendant of Salem Witches . Both shows were filmed in the Atlanta area . In late 2017 , she appeared in the Lifetime Christmas movie Secret Santa . </P>
<P> Guy starred alongside Ellen Muth and Mandy Patinkin in the series Dead Like Me , created by Bryan Fuller . The show ran 29 episodes over two seasons , in 2003 and 2004 , on Showtime . Guy played Roxy Harvey , a meter maid turned police officer and one of the core group of grim reapers around which the series was based . Guy was nominated for the 2005 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for the role . She later starred in the feature - length series sequel Dead Like Me : Life After Death , which was released on video in 2009 before being shown on the Syfy channel . In 2009 , Guy performed in The People Speak , a documentary that used dramatic and musical performances of the letters , diaries , and speeches of everyday Americans , based on historian Howard Zinn 's A People 's History of the United States . A broad look at civil rights issues in America , The People Speak was executive produced by and seen on The History Channel . In 2010 , she was seen in the second season of the Lifetime comedy series Drop Dead Diva as a judge in the episode titled `` Last Year 's Model , '' and from 2009 to 2017 , Guy had a recurring role in The CW 's series The Vampire Diaries . In that program , Ms. Guy played Sheila `` Grams '' Bennett , the grandmother of Bonnie ( Katerina Graham ) , who proved to be a descendant of Salem Witches . Both shows were filmed in the Atlanta area . In late 2017 , she appeared in the Lifetime Christmas movie Secret Santa . </P>
who plays bonnie 's grandma on vampire diaries
who plays bonnie 's grandma on vampire diaries
Guy
Guy