Nina Dobrev Bulgarian Actress Born 1989 in Sofia

Nina Dobrev is a Bulgarian actress born on 9 January 1989 in Sofia. She is known for xXx Return of Xander Cage (2017) and Let's Be Cops (2014).

Early life

She attended Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts and Toronto Metropolitan University.

Career

The earliest of her listed screen credits is Away from Her, from 2006. Her 2000s credits include The Vampire Diaries (2009, as Elena Gilbert, Katherine Pierce, Amara) and Chloe (2009). During the 2010s, she worked on The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) and Patriots Day (2016). Work from the 2020s includes Love Hard (2021) and The Out-Laws (2023, as Parker McDermott).

In total, 27 films and one TV series are listed from 2006 to 2026. Drama is the most frequent genre among her listed titles (8), followed by action (5) and thriller (4). The list ends, for now, with The Get Out (2026). Of her two titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, xXx Return of Xander Cage (2017) has the highest, at $346 million.

Kat Graham appears in two of her listed titles, including The Roommate (2011). Other co-stars who recur in her credits are Jimmy O. Yang (two titles) and Samuel L. Jackson (two titles).

As of March 2026, she counts 27.7M followers on Instagram. Other notable work credited to her includes Flatliners, Degrassi: The Next Generation and The Final Girls.