Nina Dobrev
Dobrev in 2009, photo by Featureflash / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Nina Kamenova Dobreva
Place of Birth: Sofia, People’s Republic of Bulgaria (now Bulgaria)
Date of Birth: January 9, 1989
Ethnicity: Bulgarian
Nina Dobrev is a Canadian actress and model. She is known for starring on the series The Vampire Diaries, and in the films Dog Days, The Final Girls, and Run This Town.
Nina was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, to Bulgarian parents, Michaela (Radeva) and Konstantin Dobrev. When she was two, her family moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where she was raised. She is fluent in English, French, and Bulgarian.
A picture of Nina with her father can be seen here. A picture of Nina with her mother and brother can be seen here.
Nina once stated “I’m a Gypsy, what can I say…” It is not clear if she was referring to being of the Romani ethnic group, or to the term “gypsy” as it is sometimes used to refer to lifestyle habits. It appears that Nina often refers to herself as a “gypsy” in this latter way.
Two of Nina’s grandparents are named Aleksandr and Efi.
i am convinced that many people who comment here must be mentally retarded. the Bulgarians are related to Greeks, Italians, Armenians etc.. she is White and dark like the overwhelming majority of Whites. She doesnt look Hispanic because if you concentrate on structural features, you can see she is obviously Caucasian. only in North America, Australia and northern Europe are the Blondies more predominant, no where else in Europe, sorry Neo-Nazis!
man Italians aren’t related to Armenians who aren’t themselves related to Greeks and Bulgarians (neighbours but with different culture). What a bunch of shit
Are you crazy? Bulgarians are related to Bosnians, Serbs, Montenegrins, Russians, Croats and other Slavs. Romanians are related to Greeks and Italians. But yes, she is white and and the majority of whites isn’t blond/blue eyed, pale. Plus original Hispanics are white (Spaniards), nowadays it’s a culture of the Spanish speaking world, not a race -.- the word you are looking for is Mestizo (half white half Asiatic including NA)
Bullshit! Romanians are NOT related to Italians and Spaniards. Just because they are part of the same language group it does not them make ethnically alike. They are of the same ethnical make up just like other Balkan nations. All Balkan people, especially Croatians and Bosnians are mixed and cannot be considered “Slavs”. They also don’t look anythig like typicall Slavs (Polish, Czech) and lack their flat faces and undefined features. They have slavic influence yes, but also many others like Illyrian (Croats), Turkish (Bosnians), Venetian (Croats) and so on
no they are not. Bulgarians are related to their neighbouring Balkan nations: Serbs, Croatians, Turks. You have absolutely no idea what you are on about
That’s not true lol there are also blondes in north africa and in south africa,
She’s white obviously look at the following links http://xchiarax.deviantart.com/art/Elena-Gilbert-is-a-Vamp-275590334
http://www.lazygirls.info/Nina_Dobreve/Bikini_Candids_pmsXy9n
In case any of you haven’t noticed she looks like Victoria Justice. Victoria is only half hispanic.
she’s from Bulgaria, Bulgaria is in Europe, Bulgarians are European people. So according to American Census she’s “white”.
End of story.
Obsession “white-or-not-white” again
omg! some of these comments i see here are so stupid!
who really knows if you are 100% pure of one race?
because she’s tanned it means shes a gypsy? wtf! well she could have anything in her blood from Persian to Mongolian. And in Europe we don’t all look Swedish (light hair ,eyes and skin!!)
u can’t just call someone non-European because they are darker etc…
that’s due to so many wars and rulings in Europe and especially Bulgaria it was a part of many empires and ruled by the ottoman Turkish empire for over 200 years.
how can you pretend Americans who never left the country can know something about the indigenous European people, this girl is simply a pretty brunette as many Bulgarian girls
she looks Puerto Rican or Brazilian,I have seen thousands of girls like that.
because most of Puerto Ricans are of Spanish ancestry, and both Spaniards and Bulgarians have predominantly a Mediterreanean look
Yes, you right, but not completely. Bulgains were predominantly slavic. Their meditiranian look is a result
of long wars in their country
What Race or Ethnicity?:
Bulgarian
The above needs to be corrected. Bulgarian isn’t a Race, it’s a nationality.
Her Race or Ethnicity is Caucasian/White.
yes, her race is White/White European but her ethnicity or ancestry is Bulgarian that’s actually the meaning of ethnicity.. that’s where you originally come from :D so race and ethnicity aren’t the same..
Me…: you are right on that matter because ethnicity is created as culture rather than genes. It is like Hispanic/Latino, that is a set of ethnicities, not race. Some hispanics are european purely and that makes them caucasian.
I should have said more for this, but I did not get to it, and now I am. However, don’t mix ethnicity and heritage together because they are not the same terminology for such. anyone that receives any origin is race and mostly heritage, but someone taught traditions and culture is ethnicity. A bit confusing but if a person learns the real meanings, they will understand by then!
Her nationality is AMERICAN.
Her ethnicity is Bulgarian.
Her race is is Caucasian/white.
Race, nationality and ethnicity aren’t the same thing.
“American”, “Australian”, “Canadian”, “Argentinian”, “Brazilian”, etc are not ethnicities because they’re new world countries. Those in Europe, Africa and Asia ARE ethnicities.
finally you wrote something correct
You could also say that her race is Slavic, and Bulgarian is an ethnicity.
Slavic is not a race you idiot and Balkan people are not pure Slavs obviously