Nina Dobrev as Elena in ‘The Vampire Diaries’ (The CW)
Nina Dobrev is leaving “The Vampire Diaries”!
The actress made the announcement in a post on Instagram on Monday.
“I’ve just spent the most beautiful weekend on Lake Lanier in Georgia with my own TVD Family, the cast and crew of The Vampire Diaries. I want to be the first to tell you that it wasn’t just a holiday celebration, it was a goodbye party,” Nina wrote.
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“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. I was a human, a vampire, a doppelganger, a crazy immortal, a doppelganger pretending to be human, a human pretending to be a doppelganger. I got kidnapped, killed, resurrected, tortured, cursed, body-snatched, was dead and undead, and there’s still so much more to come before the season finale in May,” she continued. “Elena fell in love not once, but twice, with two epic soulmates, and I myself made some of the best friends I’ll ever know and built an extended family I will love forever.”
The actress posted a host of photos from her weekend adventure with her “TVD” family on her Instagram page.
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In the post confirming her exit, Nina thanked the fans for their support over the years.
“I want to share this goodbye with all of you (this weekend’s pictures were just the beginning). You, the wonderful fandom who gave more love, support and passion than anyone could have ever imagined seven years ago, when a young Degrassi girl from Canada showed up in LA to audition for ‘that Twilight TV show,'” she wrote. “I love you all. Fasten your seatbelts. If you think you know what’s coming, you don’t.”
Executive Producer Julie Plec also issued a statement.
“Saying goodbye to Nina is both bittersweet and beautiful,” she said in her statement. “After six-plus years together, the entire cast and crew of The Vampire Diaries has reached a level of closeness that I don’t think any of us ever expected. Nina is excited to spread her wings, get some rest, travel the world and also take it by storm, and we support her a thousand-fold. We will miss Nina and the four hundred characters she played, but we look forward to the insane and exciting challenge of continuing to tell stories of our Salvatore Brothers and our much-loved and gifted ensemble.”
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Nina’s upcoming exit follows Steven R. McQueen, whose character, Jeremy Gilbert (Elena’s brother), was written out of the show earlier this year.
“The Vampire Diaries” airs Thursdays at 8/7c on The CW.
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