Sheila Rosenberg

Sheila Rosenberg
Name	Sheila Rosenberg
Status	Alive
Classif.	Human
Affiliation	Mothers Opposed to the Occult
Relatives	Willow Rosenberg (daughter) Ira Rosenberg (husband)
Appearances
Appeared in	"Gingerbread"
Portrayed by	Jordan Baker

“Oh, well, identification with mythical icons is perfectly typical of your age group. It's a classic adolescent response to the pressures of incipient adulthood.”

―Sheila Rosenberg

Sheila Rosenberg was a resident of Sunnydale and mother of Willow Rosenberg.

Biography

Sheila lived in Sunnydale with her husband Ira and her daughter Willow. On many occasions, Sheila displayed a serious disconnect with Willow's personal life, such as not knowing the name of her daughter's best friend, whom she referred to as "Bunny" instead of Buffy.

In 1999, Sheila succumbed to the powers of a demon who incited bigotry. Developing a mistrust and hatred towards witchcraft, Sheila joined Joyce's group Mothers Opposed to the Occult. During this time, Willow told her mother she was a witch and dating a guitarist.

Sheila, Joyce, and the other parents of Sunnydale attempted to burn Willow, Buffy, and Amy at the stake. However, Giles broke the spell in time, and Buffy slayed the demon. Sheila forgot the incident soon afterward, but she did remember her daughter's boyfriend.

When Willow came out as a lesbian in college, Sheila was proud of her daughter, believing that she was making a political statement. However, she had little contact with Willow's girlfriend Tara, and the novelty of her homosexuality soon wore off.

Personality

Sheila was highly intelligent and led her life as a very logically focused individual. She used terminology and made many references to the area of child psychology/development and problematic adolescent behavior. Despite Sheila's knowledge, her negligence with her only child was evident and poignant in Willow's life.

According to Willow, Sheila and her husband didn't even bicker, although they glared sometimes.

Sheila didn't celebrate Thanksgiving or Columbus Day, which represented the destruction of the indigenous peoples.

Behind the scenes

• She was portrayed by Jordan Baker.

Appearances

Canonical

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 1
"Welcome to the Hellmouth" Mention	"The Harvest" Absent	"Witch" Absent	"Teacher's Pet" Absent	"Never Kill a Boy on the First Date" Absent	"The Pack" Absent	"Angel" Absent	"I Robot, You Jane" Mention	"The Puppet Show" Absent	"Nightmares" Mention	"Out of Mind, Out of Sight" Mention	"Prophecy Girl" Absent

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 2
"When She Was Bad" Absent	"Some Assembly Required" Absent	"School Hard" Absent	"Inca Mummy Girl" Absent	"Reptile Boy" Absent	"Halloween" Absent	"Lie to Me" Voice Only	"The Dark Age" Absent	"What's My Line? Part One" Absent	"What's My Line? Part Two" Absent	"Ted" Absent
"Bad Eggs" Absent	"Surprise" Absent	"Innocence" Absent	"Phases" Absent	"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" Absent	"Passion" Mention	"Killed by Death" Absent	"I Only Have Eyes for You" Absent	"Go Fish" Absent	"Becoming, Part One" Mention	"Becoming, Part Two" Mention

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 3
"Anne" Absent	"Dead Man's Party" Absent	"Faith, Hope & Trick" Absent	"Beauty and the Beasts" Absent	"Homecoming" Absent	"Band Candy" Absent	"Revelations" Absent	"Lovers Walk" Absent	"The Wish" Absent	"Amends" Mention	"Gingerbread" Appears
"Helpless" Absent	"The Zeppo" Absent	"Bad Girls" Absent	"Consequences" Absent	"Doppelgängland" Absent	"Enemies" Absent	"Earshot" Absent	"Choices" Absent	"The Prom" Absent	"Graduation Day, Part One" Absent	"Graduation Day, Part Two" Absent

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 4
"The Freshman" Absent	"Living Conditions" Absent	"The Harsh Light of Day" Absent	"Fear, Itself" Mention	"Beer Bad" Absent	"Wild at Heart" Absent	"The Initiative" Absent	"Pangs" Mention	"Something Blue" Absent	"Hush" Absent	"Doomed" Absent
"A New Man" Absent	"The I in Team" Absent	"Goodbye Iowa" Absent	"This Year's Girl" Absent	"Who Are You?" Absent	"Superstar" Absent	"Where the Wild Things Are" Absent	"New Moon Rising" Absent	"The Yoko Factor" Absent	"Primeval" Absent	"Restless" Mention

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 5
"Buffy vs. Dracula" Absent	"Real Me" Absent	"The Replacement" Absent	"Out of My Mind" Absent	"No Place Like Home" Absent	"Family" Absent	"Fool for Love" Absent	"Shadow" Absent	"Listening to Fear" Absent	"Into the Woods" Absent	"Triangle" Absent
"Checkpoint" Absent	"Blood Ties" Absent	"Crush" Absent	"I Was Made to Love You" Absent	"The Body" Absent	"Forever" Mention	"Intervention" Absent	"Tough Love" Mention	"Spiral" Absent	"The Weight of the World" Absent	"The Gift" Absent

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 7
"Lessons" Absent	"Beneath You" Absent	"Same Time, Same Place" Absent	"Help" Absent	"Selfless" Absent	"Him" Absent	"Conversations with Dead People" Absent	"Sleeper" Absent	"Never Leave Me" Absent	"Bring on the Night" Absent	"Showtime" Absent
"Potential" Absent	"The Killer in Me" Mention	"First Date" Absent	"Get It Done" Absent	"Storyteller" Absent	"Lies My Parents Told Me" Absent	"Dirty Girls" Absent	"Empty Places" Absent	"Touched" Absent	"End of Days" Absent	"Chosen" Absent

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 10
New Rules, Part 1 Absent	New Rules, Part 2 Absent	New Rules, Part 3 Absent	New Rules, Part 4 Absent	New Rules, Part 5 Absent	I Wish, Part 1 Mention	I Wish, Part 2 Absent	Return to Sunnydale, Part 1 Absent	Return to Sunnydale, Part 2 Absent	Day Off (or Harmony in My Head) Absent
Love Dares You, Part 1 Absent	Love Dares You, Part 2 Absent	Love Dares You, Part 3 Absent	Relationship Status: Complicated, Part 1 Absent	Relationship Status: Complicated, Part 2 Absent	Old Demons, Part 1 Absent	Old Demons, Part 2 Absent	Old Demons, Part 3 Absent	Freaky Giles Day Absent	Triggers Absent
In Pieces on the Ground, Part 1 Absent	In Pieces on the Ground, Part 2 Absent	In Pieces on the Ground, Part 3 Absent	In Pieces on the Ground, Part 4 Absent	In Pieces on the Ground, Part 5 Absent	Own It, Part 1 Absent	Own It, Part 2 Absent	Own It, Part 3 Absent	Own It, Part 4 Absent	Own It, Part 5 Absent
"Where Are They Now?" Absent

Other

Buffy the Vampire Slayer novels The Harvest (Only mentioned) The Angel Chronicles, Volume 1 (Only mentioned) Blooded Child of the Hunt Out of the Madhouse Ghost Roads The Angel Chronicles, Volume 3 (Only mentioned) Sunnydale High Yearbook (Only mentioned) The Willow Files, Volume 1 (Only mentioned) The Willow Files, Volume 2 The Evil That Men Do The Book of Fours The Cordelia Collection (Only mentioned) "All That You Do Comes Back Unto Thee" (Only mentioned) Chosen: The One (Only mentioned) The Suicide King Buffy the Vampire Slayer Classic Halloween New Kid on the Block, Part One (Only mentioned) New Kid on the Block, Part Two (Only mentioned) The Latest Craze (Only voice) The Food Chain (Only mentioned) The Blood of Carthage, Part One (Only in flashbacks) The Blood of Carthage, Part Two (Only mentioned) Haunted, Part One (Only mentioned)