23 Facts About Nina Dobrev

Nina Kamenova Dobreva, credited professionally as Nina Dobrev, is a Canadian actress.

Nina Dobrev is best known for portraying Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce on The CW's supernatural drama series The Vampire Diaries.

Nina Dobrev later rose to prominence with her role in The Vampire Diaries, and appeared in several feature films, including the 2012 coming-of-age drama The Perks of Being a Wallflower, the comedies Let's Be Cops and The Final Girls, and the 2017 science-fiction drama Flatliners.

Nina Dobrev starred in the romantic comedies Dog Days, Then Came You and Love Hard, and had a leading role in the sitcom Fam.

Nina Dobrev took acting classes at Armstrong Acting Studios in Toronto.

Nina Dobrev subsequently attended the arts program at Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts in Scarborough until her graduating year.

Nina Dobrev entered post-secondary studies at Ryerson University in Toronto, majoring in sociology, though her pursuit of an acting career prevented her from graduating.

Nina Dobrev appeared in several feature films in the mid-2000s, including Fugitive Pieces and Away from Her.

Nina Dobrev headlined a number of television films, including Sci Fi Channel's Never Cry Werewolf, MTV's The American Mall, and two Lifetime original movies.

Nina Dobrev left Degrassi in 2009 to star in The CW's supernatural drama series The Vampire Diaries, a television adaptation of the book series of the same name, playing the lead role of Elena Gilbert.

Nina Dobrev recurrently played a 500-year-old doppelganger vampire named Katherine Pierce.

Nina Dobrev played the Petrova doppelganger progenitor Amara, known as the world's first immortal, in season 5.

Nina Dobrev crossed over to The Vampire Diaries spinoff The Originals, as doppelganger character Tatia, in an episode in 2014.

Nina Dobrev had a minor role in Atom Egoyan's erotic thriller Chloe, theatrically released by Sony Pictures Classics on March 26,2010.

Nina Dobrev had a small role in the 2011 film The Roommate.

Nina Dobrev played the role of Vicki Summers in the 2015 horror comedy film The Final Girls.

In March 2018, Nina Dobrev was cast as Clem in the comedy Fam, a CBS sitcom pilot that was picked up to series in May 2018.

Nina Dobrev starred as Chloe in the Roger Avary thriller Lucky Day, released 2019.

Nina Dobrev joined the cast of the film Run This Town, which was released in March 2020.

Nina Dobrev is recognized for her long-term involvement with the WE movement, a Canadian-based charity that empowers youth as agents of change.

Nina Dobrev took part in a Me to We volunteer trip to Kenya to help build a school.

Nina Dobrev hosted the We Day event in Toronto in 2011 and made an appearance on stage at WE Day California 2019.

Nina Dobrev speaks fluent English and Bulgarian, and is conversant in French.