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Nina Dobrev

Nina Dobrev (born Nina Konstantinova Dobreva; Bulgarian: born January 9, 1989) is a Bulgarian-Canadian actress. She played the role of Mia Jones, the single teenage mother, on Degrassi: The Next Generation, from the show's sixth to ninth season. She currently stars as Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce on The CW television teen drama, The Vampire Diaries. 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, theatre, music, visual arts and acting.

Dobrev 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.

Nina moved to Canada at the age of two and has lived in Toronto, Ontario 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. Shortly after, she booked roles in feature films "Fugitive Pieces", "Away From Her" and the popular television series "Degrassi: The Next Generation" on CTV.

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.

Date of Birth: January 09, 1989 Sofia, Bulgaria

Birth Name:Nina Const Dobreva

Height: 5'6½" (1.69 m)

Personal Life

Nina was born in Sofia, Bulgaria but moved to Toronto, Ontario in Canada at the age of two. She attended J.B. Tyrell Sr. Public School. Nina attended the Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts in Scarborough, after graduating she attended Ryerson University. While attending Ryerson she majored in Sociology, she dropped out in 2008 to pursue acting.

Training

Nina attended the Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts in Scarborough, in Ontario. From the start Nina showed interest in acting, dance, gymnastics, music and theater. She attended the Dean Armstrong Acting school which lead to her being discovered by many talent agencies.

Movies/Television

1.     "The Vampire Diaries" (2009 - ) Elena Gilbert
2.     Chloe (2009) Anna
3.     Degrassi Goes Hollywood (2009) (TV) Mia Jones
4.     "Degrassi: The Next Generation" (2006-2009) Mia Jones
5.     "Eleventh Hour" (1 episode, 2009) Rachel Dahl
6.     You Got That Light (2009) Girl
7.     "The Border" (2 episodes, 2008) Maia
8.     Mookie's Law (2008) Rosabella
9.     The American Mall (2008) (TV) Ally
10.     Never Cry Werewolf (2008) (TV) Loren Hansett
11.     My Daughter's Secret (2007) (TV) Justine
12.     Fugitive Pieces (2007) Bella
13.     Too Young to Marry (2007) (TV) Jessica Carpenter
14.     The Poet/Hearts of War (2007) Rachel
15.     How She Move (2007) Tall Girl in Bathroom
16.     Away from Her (2006) Monica
17.     Playing House (2006) (TV) Young Frannie
18.     Repo! The Genetic Opera (2006) Teenage Zytrate Addict

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