Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert & Katherine Pierce
There are repeated references as to her looking like an angel. She has blonde hair and midnight blue eyes and is slender and pale. Over the course of the series, Elena transforms from a self centered 'ice queen' to a more loving, open-minded person. Bonnie commented in Elena's diary when she first died that Elena was far from perfect and while she was never an angel, she was a good person. She breaks up with Matt Honeycutt right around when school starts, feeling he has become more to her than one of her disposable boyfriends; she loves him like a friend or brother. Elena is madly in love with Stefan Salvatore though she does recognize that she also has feelings for Damon, his brother. Stefan was the first to breeze by Elena, ignoring her beauty though he was trying his best to stay away from her. He makes comparisons between her and former vampire girlfriend Katherine, though he realizes that beneath the looks they are very different people. Her school reputation is important to her, so she makes up a fake boyfriend to hide the fact that Stefan has rejected her advances. She dies several times, becoming from human to vampire (after she gets enough blood from both brothers), to spirit (after an unknown power brings her back). In The Return: Nightfall, she comes back perfectly normal after her death as a vampire, only with her supernatural powers intact, making her blood irresistible to all beings.
Nina Dobrev
Nina Dobrev (born Nina Constantinova Dobreva;[1] January 9, 1989) is a Bulgarian-Canadian actress, instrumentalist, and model currently living in Atlanta, Georgia. She has played the role of Mia Jones, the single teenage mother on Degrassi: The Next Generation, since the show's sixth season. She currently stars as Elena Gilbert in the TV series The Vampire Diaries.
Early life Dobrev was born in Sofia, Bulgaria and then moved to Canada at the age of two and lived in Toronto, Ontario until her relocation to Atlanta,Georgia for her job. Her mother is an artist; her father is a computer specialist. She has one older brother who is now studying to become an engineer.[2] She attended J.B. Tyrrell Sr. Public School and Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts in Scarborough, Ontario. From a very young age she showed great enthusiasm and talent for the arts: dance, gymnastics, theater, music, visual arts, and acting. Dobrev attended the Dean Armstrong Acting school where she was discovered by many different talent agencies in Toronto.
[edit] 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 was also in an MTV movie called The American Mall on CTV. She is currently starring in The CW's drama The Vampire Diaries, playing Elena, a human who is caught between two vampire brothers.
[edit] Personal life Dobrev attended Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts in Toronto until her graduating year. She entered secondary studies at Ryerson University in Toronto, majoring in Sociology, before dropping out in 2008 to pursue her acting career. [3]
[edit] Filmography Film Year Film Role Notes 2008 The American Mall Ally 2006 Away from Her Monica Repo! The Genetic Opera Teenage Zydrate Addict 2007 The Poet (aka Hearts of War) Rachel Fugitive Pieces Bella My Daughter's Secret Justine 2008 How She Move Tall Girl Extra (Uncredited) Mookies Law Rosebella Short film 2009 Chloe Anna You Got That Light Girl Extra (Uncredited) Film Made for Television Year Title Role Notes 2006 The Playing House Shania Minor Role 2007 Too Young to Marry Jessica Lead Role 2008 The American Mall Ally Shepherd Lead Role Never Cry Werewolf Loren Hansett Lead Role 2009 Degrassi Goes Hollywood Mia Jones Lead Role Television Year Title Role Notes 2006-2009 Degrassi: The Next Generation Mia Jones 2006-2009 (44 episodes) 2006-2007, Season 6 (Reucrring)
2007-2009, Season's 7-8 (Regular)
2009, Season 9 (Guest Appearance)
2008The Border Maia Episodes: "Articles of Faith" & "Blowback" 2009Eleventh Hour Rachel Dahl Episode: "Eternal" Merry Madagascar Cupid the Reindeer (voice) The Vampire Diaries Elena Gilbert/Katherine Pierce 2009-present (14 episodes)
Early life Dobrev was born in Sofia, Bulgaria and then moved to Canada at the age of two and lived in Toronto, Ontario until her relocation to Atlanta,Georgia for her job. Her mother is an artist; her father is a computer specialist. She has one older brother who is now studying to become an engineer.[2] She attended J.B. Tyrrell Sr. Public School and Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts in Scarborough, Ontario. From a very young age she showed great enthusiasm and talent for the arts: dance, gymnastics, theater, music, visual arts, and acting. Dobrev attended the Dean Armstrong Acting school where she was discovered by many different talent agencies in Toronto.
[edit] 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 was also in an MTV movie called The American Mall on CTV. She is currently starring in The CW's drama The Vampire Diaries, playing Elena, a human who is caught between two vampire brothers.
[edit] Personal life Dobrev attended Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts in Toronto until her graduating year. She entered secondary studies at Ryerson University in Toronto, majoring in Sociology, before dropping out in 2008 to pursue her acting career. [3]
[edit] Filmography Film Year Film Role Notes 2008 The American Mall Ally 2006 Away from Her Monica Repo! The Genetic Opera Teenage Zydrate Addict 2007 The Poet (aka Hearts of War) Rachel Fugitive Pieces Bella My Daughter's Secret Justine 2008 How She Move Tall Girl Extra (Uncredited) Mookies Law Rosebella Short film 2009 Chloe Anna You Got That Light Girl Extra (Uncredited) Film Made for Television Year Title Role Notes 2006 The Playing House Shania Minor Role 2007 Too Young to Marry Jessica Lead Role 2008 The American Mall Ally Shepherd Lead Role Never Cry Werewolf Loren Hansett Lead Role 2009 Degrassi Goes Hollywood Mia Jones Lead Role Television Year Title Role Notes 2006-2009 Degrassi: The Next Generation Mia Jones 2006-2009 (44 episodes) 2006-2007, Season 6 (Reucrring)
2007-2009, Season's 7-8 (Regular)
2009, Season 9 (Guest Appearance)
2008The Border Maia Episodes: "Articles of Faith" & "Blowback" 2009Eleventh Hour Rachel Dahl Episode: "Eternal" Merry Madagascar Cupid the Reindeer (voice) The Vampire Diaries Elena Gilbert/Katherine Pierce 2009-present (14 episodes)