Nina Dobrev
Nina loves to travel and has often visited Europe both for pleasure, as well as competing internationally, representing Canada in Aesthetic gymnastics. She enjoys playing volleyball, soccer, swimming, rock climbing, wake boarding, snowboarding, and horse back riding, to name a few.
But, above all, acting is her passion, and she sees it as an adventure that has just begun; she believes that the journey and the characters we create along the way will help us understand ourselves. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Nina/Michaela Dobrev
Trade Mark
Big brown eyes
Long brown hair
Big brown eyes
Long brown hair
Trivia
Studied acting at Armstrong Acting Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
She has competed internationally representing Canada in Aesthetic Group Gymnastics. In 2005, she joined both the Senior World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark and the Junior World Championships in Plzen, Czech Republic.
She enjoys playing Rock Band and engages in water sports including swimming, windsurfing, wake boarding and scuba diving. Nina also loves to travel and often visits Europe. Among her other activities are playing volleyball, soccer, horseback riding, snowboarding and rock climbing.
She traveled to Kenya where she built a school with fellow Degrassi: la nueva generación(2001) co-stars through the non-profit organization, Free The Children. She also wore a top promoting the cause towards the end of her movie, The American Mall (2008).
She went into a general audition for Degrassi: la nueva generación (2001) and read the role of Manny Santos. Later, she was called back, read for the role of Mia Jones, and got the role.
She has been sharing an apartment in Atlanta with Kayla Ewell.
One of her hobbies is making jewelry. She plans on starting her own jewelry line in the future.
Is frequently compared, and is aware of bearing a resemblance, to Victoria Justice.
Some of her favorite films include La lista de Schindler (1993), El diario de Noa (2004), Juno (2007) and Lío embarazoso (2007).
Her favorite television series are "Orange is the New Black" (2013) _, _"Homeland" (2011) _, Grey's Anatomy" (2005)_, Friday Night Lights" (2006) _ and "House of Cards" (2013) _.
Is a huge fan of the HBO television series True Blood (2008).
Her favorite actresses are Meryl Streep and Rachel McAdams.
Was in a relationship with Crónicas vampíricas (2009) co-star, Ian Somerhalder (2010-May 2013).
She lists child rights advocate, Craig Kielburger and Meryl Streep among the people she admires.
Being a huge fan of the musical film Chicago (2002), Nina derived inspiration from the song, "Cell Block Tango", for her performance of "Survivor" in The American Mall (2008).
Has played a teenage mother on Degrassi: la nueva generación (2001) and played both a teenage mother and daughter of teenagers on Crónicas vampíricas (2009).
Ranked #44 in the 2011 FHM Australia list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".
Wears glasses.
Second child and only daughter of Konstantin Dobrev and Michaela Dobreva (nee Radeva).
Has an older brother named Alexander Konstantinov Dobrev.
Speaks fluent English, French and Bulgarian.
Close friends with her Crónicas vampíricas (2009) co-stars, Candice King, Kat Graham, Michael Trevino and Paul Wesley.
Is a very skilled ballet and jazz dancer and gymnast.
Is six years younger than Olga Fonda who played her daughter on Crónicas vampíricas(2009).
Named after her maternal grandmother Nikolina Constantine.
Nina has competed internationally representing Canada in Aesthetic Group Gymnastics. In 2005, she joined both the Senior World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark and the Junior World Championships in Plzen, Czech Republic.
Nina Dobrev, the actress who plays Katherine Pierce, was born in Bulgaria and speaks Bulgarian. For this reason, Katherine, who was German in the books, became Bulgarian in the series.
Nina attended Wexford Collegiate, an arts school in Toronto. In 2007, she began her post secondary studies at Ryerson University in Toronto, where she was majoring in Sociology. Nina also trained at the Dean Armstrong Acting Studio in Toronto, Ontario.
She's a huge fan of the "Harry Potter" series, by J.K. Rowling.
Her father is a computer specialist and her mother is an artist.
Good friends with Lily Collins, Julianne Hough and her older brother Derek Hough. She spent thanksgiving and Christmas of 2013 with the Hough family.
Ranked #53 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2014 list.
As of July 2015, in a relationship with actor Austin Stowell.
Nina Dobrev has 2 pets - 1 dog and 1 cat, named, Miss Linx.
Would like to open a yoga studio one day.
Great athlete that enjoys competing in athletic competitions.
Is a huge fan of the Netflix series House Of Cards.
Is a friend of Hip-Hop Artist Drake (Aubrey Graham), whom she worked with on Degrassi: la nueva generación (2001).
Personal Quotes
Looking back on high school, I just remember specific scenarios and thinking, wow, that was such a big deal at the time, but right now it feels like it never even happened. So I guess if I can give any advice, I would just say that everything will pass, and it'll feel like it was a big deal over nothing. Life goes on and then you change and other things happen, and everything feels like it's so much worse afterwards. It'll always get better.
I did Degrassi: la nueva generación (2001) for four years. It was my constant, no matter what movie I would do on hiatus or whatever I would do elsewhere, every year I would always go back to Degrassi, to my family, and they really sort of taught me all the groundwork and got me started. Before that I was really green, I didn't know what I was doing, so it kind of helped ease my path into the whole industry.
[on working on The Vampire Diaries] There were daily challenges, there were yearly challenges, there were character challenges. The whole show was challenging in different ways throughout the six years. The multiple characters, the hours, creating characters, deaths. I was constantly crying, it felt like. But for that reason, it kept me occupied, I was never bored, it never felt stale. I always came to work excited, and looking forward to the next thing I got to do. It was almost like actor boot camp, or a college experience. I started college in real life, but I never finished. I went to high school in real life, and then went to Degrassi high school, and then four years as Elena - 12 years is a long time to go to school. I need to graduate! I'm ready now. I'm ready to go into the real world. I've literally grown up on this show. I was a baby when I started, and now I'm a woman. I feel like I've learned so much and have grown so much because of every single person, and every single character, and person I've worked with. They made me who I am, and I'm excited to apply that to the next chapter.
People aren't defined by their relationships. The whole point is being true to yourself and not losing yourself in relationships, whether romances or friendships.
I've reached a point where I'm comfortable in my own skin, and I do what I need to do, to feel good, but I'm built the way I am. The dancer's feet, the bruises on my legs, they're not going to go away. I think real girls have bruises. Tough chicks get bruised. They get dirty. And they have fun.
I'm an artist; content is incredibly important to me. I only want to keep moving up and up in terms of quality and be careful with perception. I don't just want to do things that are the pretty girl with lots of makeup, I want to get into the gritty stuff and get down and dirty and dark and really feed my soul and not my vanity.
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