Full Name: Nina Constantinova Dobreva Born: 9 January 1989 (Age 25) Height: 5″ 6 (1.68 m) Eye Color: Brown Hair Color: Brown
Biography 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. Her mother is an artist, and her father is a computer scientist. She has one older brother. From a very young age, she showed great enthusiasm and talent for the arts—dance, gymnastics, theater, music, visual arts, and acting. She attended J. B. Tyrrell Sr. Public School and Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts in Scarborough, Ontario. She attended Ryerson University in Toronto, majoring in sociology. She left in 2008 to pursue her acting 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. The Vampire Diaries:In The CW’s hit drama, “The Vampire Diaries,” Nina Dobrev plays a double role, starring as Elena Gilbert, a beautiful young girl caught between two vampire brothers, and as Katherine Pierce, the ruthless vampire the brothers knew and loved in the nineteenth century. For her portrayal of Elena/Katherine, Dobrev was awarded the Teen Choice Award for “Choice TV Actress Fantasy/Sci Fi in 2011 and 2010. In film, Dobrev has just wrapped production on the Summit Entertainment film “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” written and directed by Stephen Chbosky. The film, based on the novel published in 1999, tells the story of an introverted freshman named Charlie (played by Logan Lerman), who learns about everything from drug use to suicide after being taken under the wings of his step-siblings. Dobrev will play Charlie’s older sister in the film, which will be released in 2012. She has also finished production on “The Killing Game,” with Kellan Lutz and Samuel L. Jackson. The film centers on a man (Lutz) who is kidnapped and forced into the world of modern gladiators. Dobrev plays the wife of Lutz’s character. Nina was last seen in Screen Gems’ “The Roommate,” with Leighton Meester and Minka Kelly. Other past film credits include Montecito Pictures’ “Chloe,” with Julianne Moore, Amanda Seyfried and Liam Neeson , “Fugitive Pieces“, with Ayelet Zurer and Rosamund Pike, “Away From Her”, with Julie Christie, and “The Poet.” Television credits include lead roles on “DeGrassi: The Next Generation” and “MTV’s The American Mall,” as well as a guest appearance on “Eleventh Hour.” She has also appeared in the television movies “Never Cry Werewolf” and “Too Young to Marry.” Born in Bulgaria, Nina Dobrev moved to Canada at the age of 2 and grew up in Toronto, Ontario. She currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia, where “The Vampire Diaries” is filmed. Dobrev began working alongside American actor Ian Somerhalder in 2009, when they were cast as love interests on The Vampire Diaries. They were in a real-life relationship from September 2011 until May 2013.
Filmography The Final Girls (2015)
Let's Be Cops (2014)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
Arena (2011)
The Roommate (2011) The Killing Game as NBA (2011) Family Guy (2011)
The Super Hero Squad Show (2011)
The Vampire Diaries as Elena Gilbert & Katherine Pierce aka Katerina Petrova (2009 – Present) Merry Madagascar as Cupid (V) (2009) Degrassi : The Next Generation as Mia Jones (2006-2009) Chloe as Anna (2009) Degrassi Goes Hollywood as Mia Jones (2009) Eleventh Hour as Rachel Dahl (2009) You Got That Light as Girl(2009) The Border as Maia (2008) Mookie’s Law as Rosabella(2008) The American Mall as Ally (2008) Never Cry Werewolf as Loren Hansett(2008) My Daughters Secret as Justine (2007) Fugitive Pieces as Bella (2007) Too Young to Marry as Jessica Carpenter (2007) The Poet as Rachel (2007) How She Move as Tall Girl in Bathroom(2007) Away from Her as Monica (2006) Playing House as Young Frannie (2006) Repo! The Genetic Opera as Teenage Zytrate Addict(2006)