ABOUT NINA DOBREV
Became known to television audiences for her Teen Choice Award-winning role as Elena Gilbert/Katherine Pierce on The Vampire Diaries . Her film credits include The Perks of Being a Wallflower and The Roommate .
While growing up, she spent time training in ballet and jazz dance while competing in rhythmic gymnastics.
She played Mia Jones on Degrassi: The Next Generation and Degrassi Goes Hollywood.
She has one older brother named Alexander and was raised by her artist mother and her tech-savvy father. In 2019, she began dating screenwriter Grant Mellon. She was previously in relationships with Glen Powell , Austin Stowell and her Vampire Diaries co-star Ian Somerhalder . She has been romantically linked to Olympic snowboarder Shaun White . The duo got engaged in 2024. The engagement was called off in September 2025.
She and Drake both began their careers on the Canadian show Degrassi: The Next Generation.
