Actress, model

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 starred in a number of Lifetime original movies. She also was in an MTV movie called The American Mall on CTV. She is currently starring in The CW's drama The Vampire Diaries, playing the dual role of Katherine Pierce, a vampire loved by two human brothers during the American Civil War, and Katherine's doppelgänger Elena Gilbert, a human who is caught between the same two brothers, now vampires, Damon and Stefan Salvatore.[3] She also had a minor role in the erotic thriller Chloe, theatrically released by Sony Pictures Classics on March 26, 2010.[4] The film had enjoyed commercial success and became director Atom Egoyan's biggest moneymaker ever.[5] In April 2011, she was cast as Candace in the film adaptation of The Perks of Being a Wallflower, alongside Logan Lerman, Emma Watson and Paul Rudd.[6] Shooting began in May of that year in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and she completed her scenes on June 27, 2011.[7] While working on the show, she began dating her Vampire Diaries co-star Ian Somerhalder.[8][9] In 2012 she appears in a Funny or Die comedy video with Nick Braun called SPF.

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