Mavis

True Blood
Mavis is a fictional ghost featured on the HBO television series True Blood. Played by actress Nondumiso Tembe, she was a minor antagonist in season four of the series. She was introduced in the episode, "I Wish I Was the Moon", and made four appearances in the series in total.

Mavis was a young Creole woman from Louisiana in the 1920s. She was married to a white man named Virgil and had a child for him. Virgil killed Mavis, as well as the child, and her spirit was bound to a doll that she had given her baby. In the modern era, the doll eventually came into the possession of Mikey Bellefleur. Mavis' spirit awakened and she mistook Mikey as her own lost child. She took possession of Lafayette Reynolds and abducted Mikey. Lafayette's lover, Jesus Velasquez, found Mavis' corporeal remains, as well as that of her baby, buried near a tree. Reuniting the soul with the body, Mavis was able to come to peace and relinquished her hold over Lafayette. Mikey was returned safely to his parents. Jesus helped Mavis' spirit make her final journey into the afterlife.