Nina Dobrev (born Nikolina Konstantinova Dobreva; January 9, 1989) is a Bulgarian Canadian 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 (2006–2009). She currently stars as Elena Gilbert on The CW's supernatural drama, The Vampire Diaries. Nina Dobrev was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, as Nikolina Konstantinova Dobreva, and moved to Canada at the age of two, where she was raised in Toronto, Ontario.She speaks fluent English and Bulgarian. She has an older brother, Aleksandar Dobrev. Her father, Konstantin Dobrev, is a computer specialist, and her mother, Mihaela Dobreva (née Radeva), is an artist. Dobrev attended J. B. Tyrrell Sr. Public School, where she started ballet and jazz classes, and competed in rhythmic gymnastics. She is now currently living in Atlanta, Georgia where The Vampire Diaries is shooting.
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