Birth Name
Nikolina Constantinova Dobreva
Nickname
Almond
Height
5' 7" (1.70 m)
Mini Biography
Nina Constantinova Dobreva was born 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.
Shortly after, she booked roles in the feature films
Fugitive Pieces (2007),
Υστερόγραφο μιας Σχέσης (2006) and the popular television series,
"Degrassi: The Next Generation" (2001), 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.
IMDb Mini Biography By:
Nina/Michaela Dobrev
Trivia
Studied with Armstrong Acting Studio.
Is best friends with
Matt Lanter and
Sara Paxton.
She
has competed internationally representing Canada in Aesthetic Group
Gymnastics. In 2005, she joined both the Senior World Championships in
Copenhagen, Denmark and the Junior World Championships in Plzen, Czech
Republic.
She enjoys playing Rock Band and engages in water sports
including swimming, windsurfing, wake boarding, and scuba diving. Nina
also loves to travel and often visits Europe. Among her other activities
are playing volleyball, soccer, horseback riding, snowboarding and rock
climbing.
She traveled to Kenya where she built a school with fellow
"Degrassi: The Next Generation"
(2001) co-stars through the non-profit organization, Free The Children.
She also wore a top promoting the cause towards the end of her movie,
The American Mall (2008) (TV).
She went into a general audition for
"Degrassi: The Next Generation" (2001) and read the part of Manny. Later, she was called back, read for the part of Mia, and got the role.
She has been sharing an apartment in Atlanta with
Kayla Ewell.
One of her hobbies is making jewelry. She plans on starting her own jewelry line in the future.
She is frequently compared, and is aware of bearing a resemblance, to
Victoria Justice.
Some of her favorite films include
Με την Πρώτη (2007),
Juno (2007),
Το Ημερολόγιο (2004), and
Η Λίστα του Σίντλερ (1993).
Her favorite television shows are
"House M.D." (2004),
"Gossip Girl" (2007), and
"Grey's Anatomy" (2005).
She
is a big fan of the "Twilight" book series and had hoped to play the
role of Bella Swan in the film franchise before landing the role of
Elena in
"The Vampire Diaries" (2009).
She is a fan of the HBO television series
"True Blood" (2008).
Her favorite actresses are
Meryl Streep and
Rachel McAdams.
Was in a relationship with
"The Vampire Diaries" (2009) co-star,
Ian Somerhalder (2010- May 2013).
She lists child rights advocate,
Craig Kielburger and
Meryl Streep among the people she admires.
Being a huge fan of the musical film
Chicago (2002), Nina derived inspiration from the song, "Cell Block Tango", for her performance of "Survivor" in
The American Mall (2008) (TV).
She played a teenage mother in
"Degrassi: The Next Generation" (2001) and played the daughter of a teenage mother in
"The Vampire Diaries" (2009).
She is only 8 years younger than
David Anders and 14 years younger than
Mia Kirshner, who play her biological parents on
"The Vampire Diaries" (2009).
Was ranked #44 in the 2011 FHM Australia list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".
Wears glasses.
Personal Quotes
Looking back on high school, I just remember specific scenarios and
thinking, wow, that was such a big deal at the time, but right now it
feels like it never even happened. So I guess if I can give any advice, I
would just say that everything will pass, and it'll feel like it was a
big deal over nothing. Life goes on and then you change and other things
happen, and everything feels like it's so much worse afterwards. It'll
always get better.
I did
"Degrassi: The Next Generation"
(2001) for four years. It was my constant, no matter what movie I would
do on hiatus or whatever I would do elsewhere, every year I would
always go back to "Degrassi", to my family, and they really sort of
taught me all the groundwork and got me started. Before that I was
really green, I didn't know what I was doing, so it kind of helped ease
my path into the whole industry.