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The series is set in the fictional town of Mystic Falls, Virginia, a town charged with supernatural history. Other story lines revolve around the other inhabitants of the town, most notably Elena's younger brother Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen), Elena's best friend Bonnie (Katerina Graham), Elena's close friend, Caroline (Candice Accola) and Elena's childhood friend and ex-boyfriend, Matt (Zach Roerig). The town's politics are orchestrated by descendants of the original founding families, all comprising a "Founders' Council". Some of the founding families of Mystic Falls include the Salvatores, the Gilberts, the Fells, the Forbes and the Lockwoods. They guard the town mainly from vampires, but also creatures such as werewolves and witches, some of whom are themselves members of the Founders' Council.
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Nina Dobrev
Short Biography
Nina Dobrev is a Bulgarian-Canadian actress, singer, instrumentalist, and model currently living in Canada. She played the role Mia Jones, the single teenage mother on Degrassi: The Next Generation since the show`s sixth season. She currently stars as Elena Gilbert in the TV series The Vampire Diaries.
Dobrev moved to Canada at the age of two and has lived in Toronto, Ontario, since then. She attended J.B. Tyrrell Sr. Public School and Wexford Collegiate Institute: School for the Arts in Scarborough. From a very young age she showed great enthusiasm and talent for the arts: dance, gymnastics, theater, music, visual arts, and acting. Dobrev attended the Dean Armstrong Acting school where she was discovered by many different talent agencies in Toronto.
Modeling jobs led to commercials, which then turned into film auditions. Shortly thereafter, she booked roles in feature films including Fugitive Pieces, Away from Her, Never Cry Werewolf, and the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation. She was also in an MTV movie called The American Mall on CTV. She has landed the lead role in The CW`s drama pilot The Vampire Diaries, playing Elena, a human who is caught between two vampire brothers.
Dobrev attended Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts in Toronto until her graduating year. She entered secondary studies at Ryerson University in Toronto, majoring in Sociology, before dropping out in 2008 to pursue her acting career.
She was reportedly arrested on August 22, 2009, along with cameraman Tyler Shields, 27, and actresses Sara Canning, Kayla Ewell, Krystal Vayda, and Candice Accola, charged with disorderly conduct and released on bond. The group were accused of hanging from an I-75 overpass and sitting on its parapet. They were in Georgia filming her TV series "The Vampire Diaries." However, on September 12, 2009, "Degrassi: The Next Generation" producer Stephen Stohn announced on his Twitter account, "do NOT believe the story about Nina!!!! It was just a publicity stunt by the CW. No-one was arrested!!!!!"
Dobrev moved to Canada at the age of two and has lived in Toronto, Ontario, since then. She attended J.B. Tyrrell Sr. Public School and Wexford Collegiate Institute: School for the Arts in Scarborough. From a very young age she showed great enthusiasm and talent for the arts: dance, gymnastics, theater, music, visual arts, and acting. Dobrev attended the Dean Armstrong Acting school where she was discovered by many different talent agencies in Toronto.
Modeling jobs led to commercials, which then turned into film auditions. Shortly thereafter, she booked roles in feature films including Fugitive Pieces, Away from Her, Never Cry Werewolf, and the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation. She was also in an MTV movie called The American Mall on CTV. She has landed the lead role in The CW`s drama pilot The Vampire Diaries, playing Elena, a human who is caught between two vampire brothers.
Dobrev attended Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts in Toronto until her graduating year. She entered secondary studies at Ryerson University in Toronto, majoring in Sociology, before dropping out in 2008 to pursue her acting career.
She was reportedly arrested on August 22, 2009, along with cameraman Tyler Shields, 27, and actresses Sara Canning, Kayla Ewell, Krystal Vayda, and Candice Accola, charged with disorderly conduct and released on bond. The group were accused of hanging from an I-75 overpass and sitting on its parapet. They were in Georgia filming her TV series "The Vampire Diaries." However, on September 12, 2009, "Degrassi: The Next Generation" producer Stephen Stohn announced on his Twitter account, "do NOT believe the story about Nina!!!! It was just a publicity stunt by the CW. No-one was arrested!!!!!"
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PAUL WESLEY Paul Wesley became famous after his role (Stefen Salvadore) from the television series "Vampire Diaries". Paul Wesley crafted a nice career both in television and film even since he was a teenager. Paul Wesley was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, but it was raised in Marlboro, New Jersey where he became interested in acting while enrolled in a summer arts program in third grade. *****************************************************************
Accola grew up in Edgewood.[1] Her father, Kevin, is a cardiothoracic surgeon[2] and her mother, Carolyn, was formerly an environmental engineer before becoming a homemaker. Both her parents are active members of the local Republican political party.[3][4] She has one younger brother.[1]
In her early teens, Accola found a talent agent in San Francisco. Then, in the middle of her junior year at Lake Highland Preparatory School, she moved to Los Angeles.[1] Six months later, she had a deal for a CD titled It’s Always the Innocent Ones. She finished high school through correspondence and graduated with her class in 2005.[1] Accola appeared in her first movie, Pirate Camp, in 2007. Accola has guest starred on popular TV series How I Met Your Mother, Supernatural and Greek. She has also appeared in films such as On the Doll, Juno, Deadgirl and X's & O's.
Accola has continued her professional singing and has appeared as a background singer in the movies Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert and Hannah Montana: The Movie.
She appears as Caroline Forbes in the television series The Vampire Diaries.
Accola guest starred on Drop Dead Diva as Jessica of pop group Confetti with Mackenzie Mauzy.
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Zachary George Roerig was born in Montpelier, Ohio to Daniel and Andrea Roerig in 1985. He attended Montpelier High school where he played both football and was also a wrestler. While he was growing up, Zach worked for his dad and grandpa at Fackler Mounuments, a place where they make gravestones. Zach also has a younger sister named Emily who was born in 1989. While Zach is technically bi-coastal, he will always consider New York his home.
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Steven R. McQueenSteven R. McQueen (born Steven Chadwick McQueen;[1] July 13, 1988) is an American actor, best known for his role as Jeremy Gilbert in The CW show The Vampire Diaries[2] and his recurring role as Kyle Hunter in Everwood.[2]
McQueen was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Stacey Toten and actor/producer Chad McQueen.[3] His paternal grandparents were actor Steve McQueen and Filipino-born actress Neile Adams.[4] His stepfather, Luc Robitaille, is a retired Canadian NHL hall of famer.[3]
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Sara Canning
Born inGander,Newfoundland,Canada, Canning was raised inSherwood Park, nearEdmonton,Alberta.She is a graduate of theVancouver Film School.Her first role after graduating was playingNicky Hiltonin theTV film,Paparazzi Princess: The Paris Hilton Story, produced inVancouverin 2008.She guest starred on the television seriesSmallvillethat year, and onKyle XYin 2009. Also in 2009, Canning played Anne Sluti, the lead character in the based on real events TV movieTaken in Broad Daylight.
Canning co-stars onThe CWtelevision seriesThe Vampire Diaries. She plays Jenna Sommers, the aunt and guardian of Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev) and her younger brother Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen).Canning is the same age, or younger, than her fellow cast members who play high school students.
Canning was arrested for disorderly conduct along with photographerTyler Shieldsand fellow cast members Nina Dobrev,Candice Accola, andKayla Ewellfor loitering on a bridge during a photo shoot inGeorgia. The charges were later dismissed.Canning had relocated toAtlanta, Georgia to film the series. She stated inParademagazine that she found theSouthern U.S.to have "a much different culture than the west coast of Canada", but it "has become like my second home".
Canning stars as Maggie McGregor in thefeature filmBlack Field, aperiod pieceset in the 19th Century, shot in Tyndall,Manitoba, Canada.
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Kayla Ewell
Kayla Noelle Ewell (born August 27, 1985) is an American actress known for her roles on television as Caitlin Ramirez on CBS's long-running soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful, as Maureen Sampson on NBC's acclaimed Freaks and Geeks, and as Vicki Donovan on The CW's The Vampire Diaries.
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Katerina Graham
Graham was born in Geneva, Switzerland. Her father, Joseph, is Liberian, and her mother, Natasha, is Jewish (of half Russian and half Polish background).[5][6] Graham attended Hebrew school and speaks English, Spanish, French, and some Portuguese and Hebrew.[7] Graham's father was a music executive and also the godfather of two of Quincy Jones's children.[citation needed] Her grandfather was a UN Ambassador from Liberia to Switzerland.[8] Graham was born in Geneva while her father was working as a journalist for the UN. She was raised in Los Angeles, California.
Graham appeared in the Mr. Lonely music video by Akon. In 2010, Graham appeared in Justin Bieber's and Usher's music video, "Somebody to Love (Remix)" and also in Nelly's music video "Just a Dream". Katerina will also be starring in the sequel to Honey, alongside Audrina Patridge.
