Nina Dobrev (born Nina Constantinova Dobreva, January 9, 1989) is a Bulgarian-Canadian actress and model. She played the role of Mia Jones, the single teenage mother, on Degrassi: The Next Generation, from the show's sixth to ninth season. She currently stars as Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce on The CW television teen drama, The Vampire Diaries.
Personal life-
Dobrev at the 2008 Toronto Film Festival
Nina Dobrev was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, and moved to Canada at the age of two, where she was raised in Toronto, Ontario. She speaks fluent French, English, and Bulgarian. She has an older brother, Alexander; her father is a computer specialist and her mother is an artist.
Dobrev attended J. B. Tyrrell Sr. Public School, where she started ballet and jazz classes, and competed in rhythmic gymnastic. Then, she attended and Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts in Scarborough, Ontario and Ryerson University in Toronto, majoring in sociology. She left in 2008 to pursue her acting career.
While working on the show, she began dating her Vampire Diaries co-star Ian Somerhalder.
Career-
Modeling jobs led to commercials, which then turned into film auditions. Shortly thereafter, she booked roles in feature films, including Fugitive Pieces, Away from Her, Never Cry Werewolf, and the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation. She starred in a number of Lifetime original movies. She also was in an MTV movie called The American Mall on CTV. She is currently starring in The CW's drama The Vampire Diaries, playing the dual role of Katherine Pierce, a vampire loved by two human brothers during the American Civil War, and Katherine's doppelgänger Elena Gilbert, a human who is caught between the same two brothers, now vampires, Damon and Stefan Salvatore.
She also had a minor role in the erotic thriller Chloe, theatrically released by Sony Pictures Classics on March 26, 2010. The film had enjoyed commercial success and became director Atom Egoyan's biggest moneymaker ever.
In April 2011, she was cast as Candace in the film adaptation of The Perks of Being a Wallflower, alongside Logan Lerman, Emma Watson and Paul Rudd. Shooting began in May of that year in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and she completed her scenes on June 27, 2011.
As Elena Gilbert In The Vampire Diaries -
Elena Gilbert, portrayed by Nina Dobrev since the pilot, is the series' female protagonist. Elena lives with her younger brother, Jeremy Gilbert, and her aunt, Jenna Sommers, who became her legal guardian after her parents died in a car crash. Her best friend is Bonnie Bennett, who later discovers she is a witch, and she is frenemies with Caroline Forbes, although when Caroline is turned into a vampire they become good friends. Before the beginning of the series she was in a relationship with Matt Donovan, who still carries a torch for her in the beginning of the series. She later begins a relationship with Stefan Salvatore, whom she discovers is a vampire. Stefan's brother Damon also falls in love with Elena. At the end of season one, Elena discovers that her parents aren't actually her biological parents, but that she is actually the daughter of John Gilbert, who she thought was her uncle, and Isobel Flemming, who was turned into a vampire by Damon Salvatore, is Elena's mom. In season two she learns that she is a Petrova doppelgänger, just like Katherine Pierce, which means that she has to be sacrificed to release Klaus' werewolf side. The sacrifice later happens, but Elena is saved, because John sacrificed himself for her after being put under a spell by Bonnie. However, her aunt Jenna is turned in to a vampire and, as part of the sacrifice, is killed by Klaus, leaving Elena without a guardian. In the season two finale, while Damon is dying due to a werewolf bite, she forgives him for forcing her to drink his blood and kisses him with the thought that it might be Damon's last day, however Damon gets cured by drinking Klaus' blood. In season three, Elena does everything in her power to make Stefan get his humanity back, which was turned off by Klaus. Meanwhile, she grows closer to Damon while working together on saving Stefan and trying to defeat Klaus, eventually even sharing a kiss. It is later found out that Elena's blood is the key to creating hybrids.
- Filmography-
- Dobrev at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con.
- Year Title Role
- 2006 Away from Her Monica
- 2006 Playing House Shania
- 2006–2009 Degrassi: The Next Generation Mia Jones
- 2007 How She Move Tall Girl in the Bathroom
- 2007 The Poet Rachel
- 2007 Fugitive Pieces Bella
- 2007 My Daughter's Secret Justine
- 2007 Too Young to Marry Jessica
- 2008 Repo! The Genetic Opera Teenage Zydrate Addict
- 2008 Mookie's Law Rosebella
- 2008 The American Mall Ally Shepherd
- 2008 Never Cry Werewolf Loren Hansett
- 2008 The Border Maia
- 2009 Chloe Anna
- 2009 Degrassi Goes Hollywood Mia Jones
- 2009 Eleventh Hour Grace Dahl
- 2009 Merry Madagascar Cupid the Reindeer(Voice)
- 2009–present The Vampire Diaries Elena Gilbert/Katherine Pierce
- 2011 The Super Hero Squad Show Ellen(Voice)
- 2011 The Roommate Maria
- 2011 Arena Lori
- 2012 The Perks of Being a Wallflower Candace
Accolades-
Dobrev at the 2011 MuchMusic Video Awards
Year Award Category Work Result
2010 Teen Choice Awards Choice TV Breakout Star – Female The Vampire Diaries Won
2010 Teen Choice Awards Choice TV Actress – Fantasy/Sci-Fi The Vampire Diaries Won
2010 J-14 Teen Icon Awards Iconic TV Actress The Vampire Diaries Nominated
2011 Teen Choice Awards Choice TV Actress – Fantasy/Sci-Fi The Vampire Diaries Won
2011 Teen Choice Awards Choice Hottie – Female Nominated
2011 Teen Choice Awards Choice Vampire Nominated
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