Nina Dobrev

Biography of Nina Dobrev

Nina Dobrev was born on January 9, 1989 in Sofia, Bulgaria as Nikolina Kamenowa Dobrewa. She is a Bulgarian-Canadian actress.

Dobrev's mother is an artist, her father is a computer specialist; she has an older brother. In 1991 the family moved to Toronto, Canada.

Dobrev attended JB Tyrrell Sr. Public School and Wexford Collegiate Institute in Scarborough, Toronto. From a young age she was enthusiastic about various artistic fields. In addition to dance, gymnastics, theatre, music and fine arts, this also included acting.

In the years that followed, Dobrev took classes at the Dean Armstrong acting school, where she was discovered by several agencies. After working as a model and appearing in commercials, she finally came to the medium of film. After appearances in various productions such as Chloe or Never Cry Werewolf, she received the leading role in the mystery series Vampire Diaries in 2009. There she embodies the characters Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce (also known as Katerina Petrova) in a dual role.

In 2011, she had a brief stint as Maria in the film The Roommate, which starred Leighton Meester and Minka Kelly.

In the summer of that year, she starred alongside Emma Watson and Logan Lerman in Maybe Tomorrow, in which she played one of the supporting roles. The film was released in theaters on November 1, 2012.

In April 2015, she announced her departure from The Vampire Diaries following the sixth season.

In September 2013, Nina Dobrev graced the cover of a major US lifestyle magazine, Cosmopolitan, for the first time.

ina Dobrev dated her Vampire Diaries co-star Ian Somerhalder from 2010 to 2013 and American actor Austin Stowell from October 2015 to early 2016.

Dobrev is fluent in English, Bulgarian and French. She was living in Atlanta while filming The Vampire Diaries. She has lived in Los Angeles since 2015.

In 2017, she played Becky in the film xXx: The Return of Xander Cage and got the lead role in Flatliners that same year.