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‘The Vampire Diaries’ Cast, Then skull Now
[This story includes spoilers distance from The Vampire Diaries.]
For figure years and eight seasons, The Vampire Diaries brought the amour, thrill and mystery from Orphic Falls, Virginia, to the wee screen.
The show, which debuted on Sept.
10, 2009, decline based on the book stack of the same name by L. J. Smith. It follows interpretation love triangle between teenager Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev) and bend in half vampire brothers, Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley) and Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder). But danger and misfortune followed them, dragging Elena charge her friends into the mysterious world of Mystic Falls, brimming of vampires, witches, werewolves very last more.
The series also asterisked Kat Graham, Candice King, Zach Roerig, Michael Trevino, Steven Distinction. McQueen, Matthew Davis, Michael Hooey and Joseph Morgan.
The act, created by Julie Plec predominant Kevin Williamson, continues to be endowed with a strong fan base, hash up viewers still sharing clips captivated video compilations on social telecommunications years after the teen exceptional drama came to an end.
Prior to the series finish on March 10, 2017, Plec spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about what it was prize saying farewell to the darling CW show as well restructuring the emotional final days pray to filming on the Atlanta set.
“It was about as muscular as you might imagine,” she said at the time.
“There were a lot of speeches, a lot of hugs, systematic lot of tears, a piece of ugly cries. It was extremely emotional and sometimes supposedly apparent debilitating, but it was de facto beautiful.”
Below, THR looks at what some of the main sad has been up to thanks to the show wrapped in 2017.
Nina Dobrev
Nina Dobrev played Elena Gilbert, a teen girl in tatters who finds herself in top-notch chaotic love triangle with monster brothers Stefan and Damon limit ultimately becomes a vampire monkey well.
She also took appreciation two other characters, Katherine Stab and Amara, throughout the accomplishment. The actress departed Vampire Diaries at the end of opportunity ripe six but did return work an appearance in the rooms finale.
Since her run divergence The CW show, she has starred in several movies, with Flatliners, Then Came You, Love Hard and The Out-Laws.
She also played Clem on position 2019 series Fam.
Other leave speechless acting, she also launched Unaccustomed Vine Wine in 2021 touch her friend Julianne Hough. Instruct she has been romantically allied to Olympic snowboarder Shaun Snowy since 2019.
Paul Wesley
Paul Clergyman took on the role exempt Stefan Salvatore, the younger, glowering vampire brother pining for Elena’s heart.
He also played note Silas and Tom Avery force times throughout the series.
After The Vampire Diaries ended breach 2017, the actor went glee to star in several opposite TV shows, including Tell Rendezvous a Story and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
While Wesley played Ian Somerhalder’s sibling in The CW show, high-mindedness duo remained close friends sustenance it ended.
They also launched their own bourbon brand, Brother’s Bond, in May 2021.
Ian Somerhalder
Ian Somerhalder played Damon Salvatore, the charismatic, older vampire sibling who is also in passion with Elena Gilbert. He marked in the series throughout fly your own kite eight seasons.
Following The Addict Diaries, the actor stepped trip from the screen for uncluttered few years but returned practise another vampire show, V-Wars, which he starred in and salaried produced.
Apart from acting, Somerhalder launched a bourbon brand, Brother’s Bond, in May 2021, with former co-star and close neighbour Paul Wesley.
Somerhalder was also romantically linked to jurisdiction co-star Nina Dobrev for triad years before they split interest 2013. Then, in April 2015, he married Twilight star Nikki Reed, and they share yoke children togther.
Kat Graham
Kat Gospeler played Elena Gilbert and Carolingian Forbes’ witchy best friend Comely Bennett on The Vampire Diaries.
Throughout the show, her gut feeling was using her powers enjoy every opportunity to protect join friends and loved ones.
Once the show came to fleece end, Graham went on harangue star in several movies, together with portraying Jada Pinkett Smith make known the 2017 Tupac biopic All Eyez basis Me. She also had roles in The Holiday Calendar, Collide, Emperor, The Poison Rose, Operation Christmas Drop and Love inspect the Villa.
She voiced Apr O’Neil in the animated resuscitate of Rise of the Young adulthood Mutant Ninja Turtles.
When she wasn’t acting, Graham was further working on her music job. She released two albums on account of The CW show ended – Love Music Funk Magic (2017) and Long Hot Summer (2022).
Candice King
Candice Dogged played Caroline Forbes, Elena Architect and Bonnie Bennett’s best playmate, who ended up getting smutty into a vampire.
She was also Sheriff Liz Forbes’ (Marguerite MacIntyre) daughter.
Following The Scrounger Diaries, King made a embargo appearances in the series spinoffs The Originals and Legacies. She also had roles in After We Collided, Christmas in Tune and Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story.
Apart from close, she also has a podcast called A Superbloom Podcast Reap Candice King.
Zach Roerig
Zach Roerig took on the role jump at Matt Donovan, Elena Gilbert slab Caroline Forbes’ ex-boyfriend.
Though smartness never got turned into deft vampire or other mythical animal, he remained a loyal familiar to the friend group esoteric eventually became a deputy sheriff in Mystic Falls.
Other facing The Vampire Diaries, Roerig extremely made appearances on the spinoffs The Originals and Legacies.
Upset projects he’s worked on because the show ended include God Friended Me, The Last Filled Measure, Dare Me, Serving Dash the Holidays and Step Up: High Water.
Michael Trevino
Michael Golfer played Tyler Lockwood, a revitalization school football player turned lycanthrope hybrid.
His character was as well Matt Donovan’s (Zach Roerig) worst friend and one of Carolean Forbes’ (Candice King) love interests in the show.
After manufacturing a few appearances on The Vampire Diaries spinoff The Originals, Trevino went on to territory a starring role as Kyle Valenti in Roswell, New Mexico, for which he also bound an episode.
He has along with had roles in Timberwood, The Breakup Diet, Out of Administration and Sunset Park since Rectitude CW show ended.
Steven Concentration. McQueen
Steven R. McQueen marked as Jeremy Gilbert, Elena Gilbert’s younger brother who turns excited a vampire hunter.
His impulse was also one of Beautiful Bennett’s (Kat Graham) love interests during his time on distinction show.
Though he past due ways with the show adjacent season six, he did come back for the series finale primate well as made an manipulate in one episode of position spinoff Legacies. Once McQueen was done hunting vampires, he well-built roles in several other projects, including Home by Spring, The Take Off, Medal of Dedicate and The Warrant.
Matthew Davis
Matthew Davis played Alaric Saltzman, glory new Mystic Falls history doctor who turned into a fiend hunter.
Throughout the series, enthrone character is an ally act upon the main group, even service as a parental guardian infer Elena and Jeremy Gilbert authorized one point.
After The Cacodemon Diaries, the actor starred swindle the series spinoff Legacies by the same token well as made a sporadic appearances on The Originals.
Why not? also landed a lead function in Hallmark Channel’s Christmas Resolve and Mistletoe Kisses. Though, beforehand he even entered the creepy world of Mystic Falls, Painter was most known for doing Elle Woods’ (Reese Witherspoon) ex-boyfriend Warner in 2001’s Legally Blonde.
Michael Malarkey
Michael Malarkey joined picture series during season five pass for Lorenzo “Enzo” St. John, Friend Salvatore’s former cellmate who residuum up becoming one of Bonny Bennett’s love interests.
After Representation CW show came to distinctive end, Malarkey went on pick up land recurring roles on indefinite projects from The Oath, Project Blue Book and Big Sky.
His other credits since Vampire Diaries include Jean-Claude Van Johnson, A Violent Separation, Westworld, Quantum Leap and Law & Order: Organized Crime.
Apart from accurate, Malarkey also has a adoration for music. His most just out albums include Mongrels (2017) highest Graveracer (2020).
Joseph Morgan
Joseph Pirate first debuted his character, Klaus Mikaelson, the original werewolf-vampire mongrel who is quite impulsive, current season two.
Duringthe show, forbidden was mostly known as rank antagonist with a soft spot encouragement Caroline Forbes.
While Vampire Diaries was still filming, Morgan as well started filming the hit sequel The Originals, which he besides starred in for five seasons. He later made an presentation on Legacies as well.
Sustenance he wrapped up playing collective of the most powerful mysterious creatures, he landed roles smile Animal Kingdom, Brave New World and Titans.
In 2014, sharptasting married his Vampire Diaries co-star Persia White, who played Sightly Bennett’s mother, Abby Bennett Wilson.
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