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Nina Dobrev at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. Photo by Gage Skidmore.

Top 10 Facts about Nina Dobrev

Nina Dobrev is an actress who was born in Sofia and raised in Toronto. She rose to prominence for her roles in Degrassi: The Next Generation (the season with Drake) and The Vampire Diaries.

Before that, she made her film debut in minor roles. She went on to star in several feature films, including the 2012 coming-of-age drama :

• The Perks of Being a Wallflower,
• Let’s Be Cops,
• The Final Girls (2014),
• the 2017 science-fiction drama Flatliners.

Her most commercially successful film was XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017). She also appeared in the romcoms Dog Days (2018), Then Came You (2018), and Love Hard (2021), as well as the sitcom Fam.

For her 31st birthday, instead of receiving gifts, she asked fans to donate to the devastating Australian wildfires. Australia at that time was experiencing the worst wildfires. 2,000 homes have were destroyed, and 27 people were killed.

1. She has facilitated in the construction of a school in Kenya

Nina Dobrev. Photo by MingleMediaTVNetwork.

Nina Dobrev visited Kenya with some of her ‘Degrassi: Next Generation’ co-stars in 2001. They were raising funds for the non-profit organization Free the Children. During their visit, the group assisted in the construction of a school for Kenyan schoolchildren. Dobrev was still supporting this cause many years later, as she is seen wearing a top promoting their work at the end of her 2008 film ‘The American Mall.’

2.  Nina participated in rhythmic gymnastics

Nina used to be a competitive gymnast as a child. She competed in both the traditional gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics. She competed for Canada in Aesthetic Group Gymnastics.

Furthermore, she competed in both the Senior World Championships in Denmark and the Junior World Championships in the Czech Republic in 2005. She eventually had to choose between training for the Olympics and becoming an actress.

3. She’s a total adrenaline junkie

Nina loves doing things that make her nervous. She was terrified of sharks at one point. She’s now swum with sharks a few times and is a shark advocate. Furthermore, she has participated in Oceana campaigns to protect sharks from the deadly fin trade. 

Nina believes in pushing herself. If something scares her, she wants to do it even more. 

4. She is multilingual

Nina Dobrev. Photo by Tomdog.

Nina was born in Bulgaria, where some of her relatives still reside. Because Nina is fluent in Bulgarian, the writers of The Vampire Diaries changed her character, Katherine, from German to Bulgarian. She’s also fluent in French and English. 

5. Her real name is not Nina

Nina Dobrev. Photo by MingleMediaTVNetwork.

Dobrev was born on January 9, 1989, in Sofia, Bulgaria, to computer specialist Kamen Dobrev and artist Michaela Dobreva. She has an older sibling. Her family moved to Canada when she was two years old, and she was raised in Scarborough, Toronto.  At the age of ten, she returned to Bulgaria with her mother for two years. 

Nikolina Constantinova Dobreva is her given name. Her maternal grandmother inspired her name. Her stage name isn’t too dissimilar to her given name. Nina Dobrev is, if anything, an Americanized version of Nikolina Dobreva. 

6. Nina Dobrev and Paul Wesley apparently didn’t get along at first

Paul Wesley, Nina Dobrev & Ian Somerhalder. Photo by Rach.

The chemistry between Stefan and Elena on the show is palpable, but the two weren’t fans when the cameras were off. Nina and Paul didn’t get along at the start of the show. Everyone thought they had great chemistry because they respected each other. This was the case for the first five months. They eventually got along and are now very good friends.

7. She also enjoys making jewellery

The actress has always been interested in fashion and looks her best when photographed by paparazzi. She has hundreds of pairs of shoes and wears some amazing outfits.

As a celebrity, she may be able to become the face of a fashion or accessory brand in the future. She has very different goals because she enjoys making her own jewellery in her spare time. She hopes to launch her own fashion jewellery line in the future.

8. Nina Dobrev once auditioned via Skype from a restroom

Dobrev was desperate for the role in ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower,’ and StarsandCelebs details the unusual measures she took to ensure she got the part. She was in the middle of filming for another job at the time of the auditions and couldn’t make it. Instead, she arranged for the audition to take place via Skype.

Nina had to inform the crew of the set she was working on that she needed to use the restroom and proceeded to do so. She delivered her audition performance via Skype from the restroom. She must have impressed them despite the unusual circumstances because she was cast in the role.

9. Her personal net worth is $11 million

A person holding dollars. Photo by Brittany Bendabout.

Nina Dobrev has a personal net worth of $11 million. She has accomplished this primarily through her work as a film and television actress, but she has also done some modelling.

Nina Dobrev is likely to have a much higher personal net worth in the future because she has many years of her career ahead of her.

10. She has a reasonably large social media following

Social media icons. Photo by Aman Pal.

Nina Dobrev is a frequent social media user who updates her accounts frequently. Dobrev has over six million Twitter followers. She enjoys posting inspirational and motivational quotes in addition to her regular posts about her life and activities.

On Instagram, she has twenty-six million followers. Her photos frequently show her with her friends, cast mates, and pets. She has previously used her social media accounts to play practical jokes on her followers. She even once told everyone that she had married as a joke.

Dobrev may have become a household name thanks to her role on The Vampire Diaries, but it wasn’t her first and certainly won’t be her last.