How Nina Dobrev Built Her 'Degrassi', 'Vampire Diaries', and 'Love Hard' Characters

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Nina Dobrev has played many iconic movie and tv show characters throughout her long career. Her portrayal of Elena Gilbert on 'Vampire Diaries is still widely loved and respected.
Now she's walking us through some of her most memorable roles, how the characters were created, what inspired the look and details of these roles, and their impact on her career and pop culture.
Catch Nina Dobrev starring in 'The Out-Laws,' now streaming on Netflix!
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@neeenonasser988 10 ай бұрын

Nina will always be Elena to me.

@v1mpiredrs 10 ай бұрын

and katherine for me

@hopeslove 10 ай бұрын

@@v1mpiredrsand both for me

@wandarexrode-xc6fp 9 ай бұрын

Same here like Nina. She good actress. Like her movie

@valeriamarrerodiaz1731 9 ай бұрын

same

@itsyanna 9 ай бұрын

Facts

@emmad.176 10 ай бұрын

She seems like such a lovely person and I love how she still speaks so warmly of her earlier roles, which she looks absolutely stunning in btw 😍 She seems to have been one of those teenagers/young adults that just didn't have an awkward phase and I'll always love her as Katherine ♡

@mairaakadir 9 ай бұрын

i love nina so much, she so awesome i mean like played 4 characters in one show and you could definitely tell it's katherine or elena even amara and tatia. she deserve so many award for that

@dancerkris95 9 ай бұрын

You can even tell when Nina is playing Katherine pretending to be Elena without being told to the audience.

@fancygram 9 ай бұрын

Nina was underrated on the😢 Vampire Dairy. She played all of her rolls excellent! She should have gotten a lot more credit for the shows success than what she got. I think she was the main star of the show. She helped make that show a success I hated it when she left. Then she got forgotten by her Costars..Just Sad!!

@pryak6581 9 ай бұрын

Nina as Katherine unmatched.

@maleficentmills 10 ай бұрын

nina thinking the vampire diaries is sci-fi is actually astounding

@blessingmamabolo1682 9 ай бұрын

I was about to say that😭😭😭

@user-sd8fx1gq3m 9 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@iamtrusfrated6319 9 ай бұрын

what is it?

@WithoutAnyHope 9 ай бұрын

@@iamtrusfrated6319Fantasy.

@blessingmamabolo1682 9 ай бұрын

@@iamtrusfrated6319 urban fantasy/paranormal romance

@Kim1814tvd 9 ай бұрын

Nina will forever be my comfort actress/person🥹 Today it is four years since I started watching The vampire diaries and I’m still watching it. It doesn’t get boring and I’ve probably watched the series a million times🥹😭

@MG-bt2xs 5 ай бұрын

Started loving Nina on Degrassi growing up. Really nice that she still acknowledges the show

@ellegarrels2317 9 ай бұрын

katherine is always my favorite character nina has played and on my list of best characters of all time

@rmannayr2129 10 ай бұрын

SHE WAS SO YOUNG ON DEGRASSI!

@aliciakaput71 10 ай бұрын

I loved Nina on Degrassi and Vampire Diaries! ❤

@jallorial 9 ай бұрын

I have always loved Nina and her hard work, she is incredibly talented. I think Love Hard and The Out-Laws are also very good. But Elena's role has been the best so far. ❤ She has two more movies coming out this year, so we wish Nina strength and success!

@samiaislam6627 9 ай бұрын

She shouldn't have left The Vampire Diaries in season 6 for better job offer... There were no better show for her after TVD. We will always know her as Elena/Katherine. Moreover, she and TVD could get more appropriation and fame if she would stay 🙂 We all missed her❤

@ClaraClaiyer 9 ай бұрын

It wasn't a job offer, she was dating Damon in real life and they broke up, without her knowing he started to hook up with one of her best friends at time - Nikki Reed-- and she couldn't deal when she found out. A lot of people say that is not because of that, but to me it's a very big coincidence if she just decided to leave at the same she found out and realized they (Nikki and Ian aka damon) were serious about each other.

@amanilayea3698 9 ай бұрын

@@ClaraClaiyer Nina said that she initially signed a contract for 6 seasons for the show. her breakup with Ian could have something to do with why she didn't renew her contract, but she also could have been tired of 6 years doing 1 project and wanted to explore herself and what else is out there. 6 years is a long time for one show.

@loveRCDtv 9 ай бұрын

Definitely her relationship with Ian played a part in it BUT... I really think she was tired and bored. The show demanded so much out of her compared to your regular lead. And I think she didn't like the future directions and storylines they were going to take her characters too. They gutted Elena and for some reason wouldn't let Katherine stay long term regardless of Nina's preference to her.

@dancerkris95 9 ай бұрын

The toxic side of fandom also made it hard on Nina and Ian to work together because those fans couldn't separate real life to their characters, so that added a lot of pressure on them aswell. Those toxic fans were brutally attacking Nikki all over social media. Even Ian almost left the show due to how bad the toxic fandom was and also because of Julie. He ended up ONLY staying so he could have Kat Grahams back on set. Some of the fans on TVD and TO were VICIOUS. Leah Pipes had to quit because of the stress it was getting to her with all threats she was getting through social media and mail from the toxic fans because Klaus was with her character Camille and not Caroline. Now I'm a Klaroline shipper, but I would never go to that extreme over CHARACTER RELATIONSHIPS. Even though I LOVED Klaroline , I also loved Klaus and Camille connection as well.

@courtneysdances 9 ай бұрын

I disagree, it allowed her to try different things as an actress even if those projects weren’t as popular as TVD, nobody wants to be put in a box as an actress. Look at Ellen Pompeo, great actress but stayed with Grey’s after it had run it’s course and that’s really all she is known for.

@sweetgeo96 9 ай бұрын

She still remembers her Degrassi roots I love that ❤️

@SA-oz9hg 9 ай бұрын

She should play dramatic characters, that suit her better

@celestialsiren_ 6 ай бұрын

I will forever and always be such a huge TVD fan. I read the books in junior high and that’s when it first premiered as well ugh time flies! I’ve recently been rewatching it for spooky szn

@gabrielsr4791 9 ай бұрын

i meet Nina watching TVD and till tooday i love her so much,she is beaultiful, has so much talent,despite everything about the troubles in on TVD she is still one of my fav actress.

@rmannayr2129 10 ай бұрын

I REMEMBER NINA ON DEGRASSI!

@lovelylune3 10 ай бұрын

I love that she talked about TVD

@jimeboldrini 8 ай бұрын

amo Degrassi y The Vampire Diaries hizo un gran trabajo en esas series. Pero el verdadero personaje desafiante que tuvo fue el de Candace en "las ventajas de ser invisible" yo conoci a Nina por ese trabajo y la conoci por el mejor. Las escenas que tiene en esa pelicula son increibles, logan lerman y nina fueron un gran duo ❤️

@rashione982 10 ай бұрын

Ah! Thanks for this!!!!🌹

@seana_momsen 10 ай бұрын

Cute. Katherine Pierce forever.

@pinterest.voguee 9 ай бұрын

I love how the vampire diaries never gets old and it is on Netflix again😍😍😍

@devinwilson92 10 ай бұрын

I watched her as Mia on degrassi before I even heard of vampire diaries and I still debate on if I like Elena or Catherine more lol

@katerinamikaelson1416 9 ай бұрын

Choose Katherine lol

@danielanica3463 10 ай бұрын

Her new movie was really fun to watch 💖

@lanascherryflvrduche 9 ай бұрын

Nina will forever be Katherine Pierce to me

@rmannayr2129 10 ай бұрын

I LOVE NINA!!!!!!!!!

@antoniareviews 10 ай бұрын

Beautiful!

@arabellapatriciabieber 9 ай бұрын

What a goddess you are, Nina. Thank you for all your hard work, projects, and work ethic, i love you. 🙏💖

@Dariusvoice 10 ай бұрын

Nina, you are my favorite actress. ♥️

@daisyramdeva3093 10 ай бұрын

Anyone but me noticing how her face shape and features

@vishalsingh-li6ot 9 ай бұрын

Nina as Katherine my crush for life .

@vivienbandova5418 10 ай бұрын

Always and forever elena gilbert to me

@LoammiMSoler 10 ай бұрын

I love Nina she’s the besttt❤❤

@Terra.Nicole 6 ай бұрын

The vampire diaries changed my life, too. As for my imagination. Wish I could watch the series for the first time again. Lol

@myav9271 10 ай бұрын

Please let there be a Love Hard 2 😫

@taylorelissaa 10 ай бұрын

I know it was too good not for a second one! the cast was amazing

@bigvirgonrg 9 ай бұрын

i love that movie 🥹🥹🥹

@nora-yd3ud 7 ай бұрын

I love how our precious Nina is still grateful to have been a part of TVD.

@mariaahm6653 8 ай бұрын

That about the serie FAM❤

@lisha1229 9 ай бұрын

i know this comment is overdone but the actual truth is- i see Nina, i click.

@dylanre96 9 ай бұрын

Nina made vampire diaries ❤️

@sweetgeo96 9 ай бұрын

I might be more Eclare era of Degrassi I feel more connected with that generation but I love all of Degrassi ❤

@feliciabianco3287 10 ай бұрын

Beautiful Nina ❤

@Sarahj397 10 ай бұрын

Love anything Nina !

@paulyont3092 6 ай бұрын

It’s a shame that Nina Dobrev never talked about her role as Loren from NEVER CRY WEREWOLF (2008). Not only was Nina a badass as Elena Gilbert, she was a badass as Loren as well. 😉

@paulyont3092 3 ай бұрын

@@Plywood_NB Nina wasn’t a werewolf in that movie. Nina was a werewolf hunter. 😉

@LoammiMSoler 10 ай бұрын

I love ninaaaaa she’s so pretyyyy❤❤❤❤

@sylvain123 10 ай бұрын

Nina is so beautiful 😍

@rmannayr2129 10 ай бұрын

LOL I WAS VERY GREEN!

@randomgeekcrap 10 ай бұрын

Don't lie you here to see her talk about Katherine

@katerinamikaelson1416 9 ай бұрын

Omg exactly

@ik5513 8 ай бұрын

OMG she looked gorgeous in Vampire Diaries. what happened her face?

@Hotaru25 7 ай бұрын

I don't know. She was different when she came back at the end of season 8... I don't know what happened. Her eyes, eyebrows are very different than before...

@user-qh6fn3pr4z 7 ай бұрын

@@Hotaru25 i think she used botox on her lips, they look bigger and i dont know why she did that, she was a princess pretty before 2017. Britney Spears and Courteney COX did the same mistake.

@katgirl1111 10 ай бұрын

Nina my forever Katherinee

@PadawanEden 10 ай бұрын

ELENAAAAAAA

@MrsMedearis2018 9 ай бұрын

I'm sry to all the amazing shows that came after Degrassi. But there will never be a teen drama like the Degrassi franchise.

@sweetgeo96 9 ай бұрын

Agreed

@dancerkris95 9 ай бұрын

- Degrassi: The next generation I LOVED, but after all of the original teens had left the show, I couldn't get into the other ones with basically all new cast/new Degrassi titles. - I also LOVED One Tree Hill that's another amazing teen drama that goes through EVERYTHING between high-school and adult life. - Buffy the Vampire Slayer is another good one. Yeah it has vamps/demons BUT they used a lot of that stuff as metaphors that you can relate to in real life in their storylines. All of high-school is about dealing with the pressure of adolescence, high-chool, dating, the popular kids/the outcasts, when Buffy told her mom she's a slayer that was basically a coming out story when a kid comes out to their parents. After high school was dealing with real life adult stuff college, dating, s*x, expermenting, finding your identity in the world, getting a job/career, relationships, basically adopted kid/sibling storyline, family, taking care of a sick parent, losing a parent, depression, addictions etc.

@sweetgeo96 9 ай бұрын

@dancerkris95 you should watch from season 10 of Degrassi it's my favourite era. The stroylines are amazing, the characters are iconic, and the best ships are in season 10-14 era ❤️ my top ten favourite characters are Clare, Alli, Fiona, Manny, Liberty, Marisol, Adam, Jake, Hazel and Jenna Where my top ten ships include Eclare, Janny, Bhandallas, Fimogen, Marimo, Jonnor, Jatie, Bhandturner, Savvy J and Jazel But honestly please give 10-14 a chance

@rachelolivia2475 10 ай бұрын

mia was the first character I knew!!!

@hk3126 10 ай бұрын

QUEEN

@jeremywilliams3107 10 ай бұрын

Degrassi is the best

@stelenaaesthetic2009 10 ай бұрын

Nina Dobrev my forever Love 🫶😗♥️

@user-ku7ht3xd3w 8 ай бұрын

И тебе Нинка хорошего и доброго дня с позитивным настроением!! МММА! КРАССОТКА!

@blessingmamabolo1682 9 ай бұрын

Elena🥰

@aronsmith2688 10 ай бұрын

Beautiful Nina🥰

@Darenlover 9 ай бұрын

I wanted to Herat about The American Mall movie lol

@Ninadobrevlove 9 ай бұрын

한글자막줘!

@paubreppe 10 ай бұрын

I love you Nina ❤

@stephaniepage4334 9 ай бұрын

I'd like to see nina play new doppelganger from 19 th century because Julie revealed that she team are definitely work on new spinoff based on legacies original tvd?

@MidnightMusings948 10 ай бұрын

She could be good a Wonder Woman

@user-bk2kr1jz9d 2 ай бұрын

Nina Dobrev ❤❤❤❤

@charlestoti2252 10 ай бұрын

4:35 Not Nina even prefering Katherine than Elena

@suripanta1924 9 ай бұрын

She doesn't prefer Katherine over Elena, she always says she loves them both but that playing Katherine is funnier, all actors find playing mean and villains characters funnier.

@nightfrost1891 9 ай бұрын

no, she just said she gained more confidence with katherine because katherine was confident elena wasn't as bold and confident i mean, she played elena more

@ninaloveray 3 ай бұрын

@@suripanta1924she actually did mention in the past she preferred Katherine

@josiahdavistv1216 9 ай бұрын

Katherine was 5 centuries old not 1 century

@kenyattacooper4437 10 ай бұрын

I hope they do a season 9 of the vampire diaries

@taylorelissaa 10 ай бұрын

they will never do a season 9 of tvd for so many reasons. plus most of the og cast doesn’t wanna do it.

@Hooves_of_Freedom 9 ай бұрын

fr and honestly as much as me, as a fan, would LOVE LOVE LOVE to see a season 9 I really don't blame the cast. Ik there was and still is alot of hate to Ian and Nina bc they broke up, Kat cause of her skin color, ect

@dancerkris95 9 ай бұрын

@@Hooves_of_FreedomPersonally there's no hate between Ian and Nina. The issue was the toxic side of fandom that couldn't seperate real life to their characters so back then it added a lot of stress on to them because of it. Especially with the way those fans were brutally attacking Nikki all over social media. Even Ian almost quit the show because of it but the ONLY reason he stayed was to have Kat Grahams back on set. But, no all 3 of them are good with each other. The TVD and TO toxic fandom were VICIOUS. Leap Pipes that played Camille on The Originals quit the show due to the stress of all the threats she was getting from those toxic fans on social media and mail. All because Klaus was with her character Camille and not Caroline. Now I'm a Klaroline shipper I LOVED them but I did also love the connection that Klaus and Camille had as well.

@Hooves_of_Freedom 9 ай бұрын

@@dancerkris95 I know that there was no hate between nina and Ian. I never said that there was. I was just saying the same thing that your saying just a way shorter version. I said “I know there was a lot of hate bc TO ian and Nina” not between Those people who call themselves “fans” and then do that bs its horrible I heard that people were giving ian and Nikki’s daughter death threats cause ian had her with Nikki instead of nina. It’s sick. It’s so dumb that people can’t see the difference between fiction and reality. I am a Delena fan/shipper, and ian and Nina were REALLY cute. But, at the end of the day, I’m ian and Nina’s fan and if they are happy than that’s great!

@dancerkris95 9 ай бұрын

@@Hooves_of_Freedom I'm sorry I missed read on what you were saying regarding to Ian and Nina. Yeah I'm awful at making simple and short comments I tend to go on and on at times, lol.

@dontmatterrr 9 ай бұрын

Thick eyebrows do not do anything to her eyes. A nice arch would lift her brows nicely and she would look more like herself

@maddiejung974 9 ай бұрын

it's not the eyebrows she got eyebrow surgery unfortunately :(

@dontmatterrr 9 ай бұрын

@maddiejung974 eyebrow surgery to droop the eyes? I don't think so

@nicoleplumley4094 10 ай бұрын

Bruh they fucked up when they wrote for Elena to be with Damon 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ But Katherine tho 😍😍😍🔥🔥

@katerinamikaelson1416 9 ай бұрын

Katherine>>>>

@valeriamarrerodiaz1731 9 ай бұрын

this is great. thanks. ninas wasting all her energy explaining the whole movie

@elvikahn7754 3 ай бұрын

Katherine 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@user-iq4hg2co8t 9 ай бұрын

nina she the best actres in the vampair darise

@scorpionTV02 Ай бұрын

She look like NINA DOBREVS aka Elena (Vampire Diaries)

@frekenbok2755 5 ай бұрын

What happened to her beautiful face and amazing hair 😢

@skurinski 8 ай бұрын

why always ask about Elena when Katherine was a far more interesting and popular character?

@ericaschannel2599 7 ай бұрын

Ya it went on for 8 season without ya girl remember you left lol

@kaylaneumann6442 6 күн бұрын

Omg now way? She has no idea?!!

@paulyont3092 6 ай бұрын

I liked Nina as Natalie Bauer from LOVE HARD (2021). If Natalie was real, I would probably fall in love with someone like her. Unfortunately, Natalie isn’t real, so that’s that. 🤷‍♂️

@7twenty8 10 ай бұрын

She looked better before the brow lift.

@Liza33650 10 ай бұрын

Imagine if she reads you

@ramziiiii 10 ай бұрын

I was about to say so but didn't want her to see my comment, she had that signature look.

@anonymouscontent3644 9 ай бұрын

It wasn't a brow lift she got eye surgery and changed the shape of her eyes to these ones which look hollow.. her reg eyes were stunning 😢

@aaliyahheap9939 9 ай бұрын

@@anonymouscontent3644actually she didn't get any work like that she was just talking about it in a podcast she did and she says that she never did that and it was just her aging she talks about how someone who works in the field on tik tok talked about how it was just her aging and she said that that was true

@Hotaru25 7 ай бұрын

@@anonymouscontent3644So that happened to her... I kept wondering for so many years what happened because, clearly, her eyes and eyebrows were very different from before... Why would she do this? Pure curiosity...She looked amazing before. Natural beauty 100%.

@arelipreciado3846 7 ай бұрын

There is another movie where she and some"friends" kill themselves on purpose for a reaserch they are doing about life after death, If anyone knows what movie I am talking about, would highly apreciate it! 😢

@FoundSheep-AN 3 ай бұрын

Flat liners

@Sunshine_Meadows 3 ай бұрын

Love you nina🤍

@wandarexrode-xc6fp 9 ай бұрын

Nina. Is all be nina

@hunterx10514 7 ай бұрын

Dont hrt mad or is she more hot in the show then normally

@user-wi9ym2fp5x 4 ай бұрын

🪬🪬

@marcmarc1967 5 ай бұрын

The vocal fry... can't finish video.

@IVoke111 5 ай бұрын

Who on earth let this hair look to be the look.. change stylist asap

@hinabatool9748 9 ай бұрын

God is dog 🐕🤣

@whatwouldgordonramsaydo 9 ай бұрын

Girl........ not tryna be rude but Elena was worse than Bella ur character in Degrassi had way more personality

@wiktoriajedrzejewska7287 9 ай бұрын

Bella was worse. Kristen always had the same face expression and all Bella ever wanted was to become a vampire. She was insecure and clumsy to the extend that the only hope for her was becoming a vampire. Elena never wanted to become one.

@TheStickSquadOfficial 9 ай бұрын

be fr..

@fernandabarrera9794 9 ай бұрын

Elena did everything in the show. Bf

@shannadaniels1387 8 ай бұрын

@@fernandabarrera9794that’s cap