Later during an interview with E Online, the actress revealed that she decided to pull back because of her fear. I was a human, a vampire, a doppelganger, a crazy immortal, a doppelganger pretending to be human, a human pretending to be a doppelganger,” she wrote. “I always knew I wanted Elena's story to be a six-season adventure, and within those six years I got the journey of a lifetime. In an Instagram post shared by the 31-year-old actress, after saying goodbye to the show, she stated that she decided to leave it because she felt like Elena’s journey had come to an end. However, according to Nina, that wasn’t the case. The fans instantly speculated that she decided to leave the show because of her breakup with co-star Ian Somerhalder, who played the role of Damon in the show. The show revolved around Nina’s character Elena, who loses both her parents in a car accident, and eventually falls in love with a 162-year-old vampire named Stefan Salvatore (played by Paul Wesley).Īfter owning the limelight for a while, it was announced in 2015 that the actress would leave the show after the 6th season finale. Developed by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, the series came out in 2009 and ran for 8 seasons. Smith's popular book series of the same name, the show was one of the most-watched series in CW history. After featuring as the central character on The Vampire Diaries for years, Nina Dobrev left the popular supernatural teen drama for good at the end of Season 6.

Cast of the vampire diaries season 6