Nina Dobrev

I'll be honest — I came to Nina Dobrev through The Vampire Diaries like pretty much everyone else, and I fully expected to see another CW pretty face doing the brooding supernatural thing. What I didn't expect was how much range she'd pack into that show: playing Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce simultaneously, with two completely different energy signatures, is legitimately hard acting that doesn't get enough credit outside the fandom. Born in Sofia, Bulgaria and raised in Canada, she cut her teeth on Degrassi before landing the role that made her a household name in 2009. She's since moved into films — The Perks of Being a Wallflower, xXx: Return of Xander Cage — proving she's not content to be forever tied to Mystic Falls. There's a scrappiness to her career that I genuinely respect.

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Name (English)

Nina Dobrev

Name (Japanese)

ニーナ・ドブレフ

Reading

にーな・どぶれふ

Born

January 9, 1989 (age 37)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Snake

Origin

Sofia, Sofia City, Bulgaria

Height

170 cm

Occupation

television actor / film actor / actor / model / voice actor

University

Toronto Metropolitan University

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://www.ninadobrev.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/nina/
• Xhttps://x.com/ninadobrev
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina%20Dobrev
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%83%96%E3%83%AC%E3%83%95
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183439

Tags

• Sofia City
• television actor
• film actor
• actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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