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Nina Dobrev

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Nina Dobrev

Born January 9, 1989 in Sofia, Bulgaria37 films

Nikolina Konstantinova Dobreva (born January 9, 1989), better known as Nina Dobrev, is a Canadian actress. Her first acting role was of Mia Jones in the drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation. She later became known for portraying Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce on The CW's supernatural drama series The Vampire Diaries.

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Born in Sofia and raised in Toronto, Dobrev made her screen debut playing minor roles in various films. Following her television success, she appeared in a variety of films, including the 2012 coming-of-age drama The Perks of Being a Wallflower, the comedies Let's Be Cops and The Final Girls (2014), and the 2017 science-fiction drama Flatliners. Her biggest commercial success came with XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017). She also starred in the romantic comedies Dog Days (2018), Then Came You (2018), and Love Hard (2021), and had a leading role in the sitcom Fam (2019).

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower posterFirst watchThe Perks of Being a Wallflower20127.8as CandacePittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, become…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
xXx: Return of Xander Cage poster6.1xXx: Return of Xander Cage2017Redeeming Love poster7.9Redeeming Love2022Let's Be Cops poster6.5Let's Be Cops2014Love Hard poster6.9Love Hard2021Then Came You poster7.5Then Came You2018The Final Girls poster6.4The Final Girls2015Chloe poster6.1Chloe2010Flatliners poster5.6Flatliners2017

Filmography

37 films as actor
  1. TBAIt Happened One SummerPiper Bellinger
  2. 2026The Get OutCarrie
  3. 2026General Admission
  4. 2024ReunionAmanda Tanner
  5. 2023The BricklayerKate
  6. 2023Sick GirlWren Pepper
  7. 2023The Out-LawsParker McDermott
  8. 2022Redeeming LoveMae
  9. 2021Love HardNatalie Bauer
  10. 2020Run This TownAshley
  11. 2019Lucky DayChloe
  12. 2018Then Came YouIzzy
  13. 2018Dog DaysElizabeth
  14. 2017Crash PadHannah
  15. 2017FlatlinersMarlo
  16. 2017xXx: Return of Xander CageRebecca 'Becky' Clearidge
  17. 2015The Final GirlsVicki Summers
  18. 2014Let's Be CopsJosie
  19. 2012The Perks of Being a WallflowerCandace
  20. 2011ArenaLori Lord
  21. 2011The RoommateMaria
  22. 2010ChloeAnna
  23. 2009Merry MadagascarCupid (voice)
  24. 2009Degrassi Goes HollywoodMia Jones
  25. 2008Repo! The Genetic OperaTeenage Zydrate Addict (uncredited)
  26. 2008The Curse of DegrassiMia
  27. 2008Mookie's Law
  28. 2008The American MallAlly
  29. 2008Never Cry WerewolfLoren
  30. 2008Fugitive PiecesBella
  31. 2008How She MoveTall Girl in Bathroom
  32. 2007My Daughter's SecretJustine
  33. 2007The PoetRachel
  34. 2007Too Young to MarryJessica Carpenter
  35. 2007Away from HerMonica
  36. 2006Playing HouseYoung Frannie Mackenzie
  37. 2006Repo! The Genetic Opera