Nina Dobrev
(born Nina Constantinova Dobreva; January 9, 1989) is a Bulgarian
actress and model. 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 American television teen drama, The Vampire Diaries.
Nina Dobrev was born in Sofia, Bulgaria as Нина Константинова Добрева, and moved to Canada at the age of two, where she was raised in Toronto, Ontario. She speaks fluent French, English, and Bulgarian. She has an older brother, Alexander; her father is a computer specialist and her mother is an artist.
Dobrev attended J. B. Tyrrell Sr. Public School, where she started ballet and jazz classes, and competed in rhythmic gymnastics. Then, she attended Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts in Scarborough, Ontario and Ryerson University in Toronto, majoring in sociology. She left in 2006 to pursue her acting career.
Nina Dobrev was born in Sofia, Bulgaria as Нина Константинова Добрева, and moved to Canada at the age of two, where she was raised in Toronto, Ontario. She speaks fluent French, English, and Bulgarian. She has an older brother, Alexander; her father is a computer specialist and her mother is an artist.
Dobrev attended J. B. Tyrrell Sr. Public School, where she started ballet and jazz classes, and competed in rhythmic gymnastics. Then, she attended Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts in Scarborough, Ontario and Ryerson University in Toronto, majoring in sociology. She left in 2006 to pursue her acting career.
