Nikolina Constantinova Dobreva was born on January 9,1989 in Sofia, Bulgaria. She moved to Canada at the age of two and has lived in Toronto, Ontario ever since. From a very young age, she showed great enthusiasm and talent for the arts: Dance, Gymnastics, Theatre, Music, Visual arts, and Acting! Modeling jobs led to commercials, which then turned into film auditions.
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.
Was in a relationship with The Vampire Diaries (2009) co-star, Ian Somerhalder (2010- May 2013).
Speaks fluent English, French & Bulgarian.
She is frequently compared, and is aware of bearing a resemblance, to Victoria Justice.
Is a very skilled ballet and jazz dancer and gymnast.
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.
One of her hobbies is making jewelry. She plans on starting her own jewelry line in the future.
She is Rachel on The Poet.
She is Jessica Carpenter on Too Young To Marry.
She is Bella on Fugitive Pieces.
She is Justine on My Daughters Secret.
She is Loren on Never Cry Warewolf.
She is Ally on The American Mall.
She is Rosabella on Mookie's Law.
She is Elena Gilbert/Katherine pierce on The Vampire Diaries.