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Nina Dobrev She’s acted in plenty of on-camera romances, but the actress has also been linked to her fair share of off-screen notable men.

The Bulgarian native told Cosmopolitan in September 2013 that she prefers a committed relationship to casual dating.

“You either have chemistry or you don’t, but a lot of what I’m attracted to is a man’s mind, humor and talent,” she said at the time. “I need to know all those things before I fall in love with someone. I’m not the one night stand type. I’m a relationship girl.”

The Degrassi alumnus added that her type of man has a versatile style and can easily switch from a well-dressed look to a low-maintenance look.

“A man in a suit who looks dressed up and handsome is very attractive, but I also like the kind of man who just got out of bed, a little scruffy, effortlessly, without trying. tough guy but still sexy,” he said. “If a guy spends more time looking in the mirror than I do, that’s a problem!”

The Flatliners star is also drawn to a man who is “progressive in some ways, old-fashioned in others.” She explained, “I like it when guys hold the door open and are sweet and considerate.”

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Dobrev found some of these qualities in ian somerhalder, who played her character Elena’s love interest Damon on The Vampire Diaries. The couple began dating in 2010 and their romance went public a year later. She told Seventeen in 2012 that dating her coworker wasn’t something she expected, but she couldn’t help but fall for Somerhalder.

“I didn’t want to be dating one of my co-stars; my goal on the show was to be professional,” Dobrev said at the time. “But sometimes you can’t help who you have a connection to, and you can only fight it for so long, which I did for a long, long time.”

Us Weekly broke the news in May 2013 that Dobrev and the V Wars star had called it quits after three years.

The perks of being a Wallflower actress later sparked dating rumors with shaun white in February 2020. The duo were seen getting cozy on multiple occasions before Us confirmed in April 2020 that Dobrev and the pro snowboarder were a couple.

Scroll down to see Dobrev’s dating history:

Dobrev first linked up with the professional snowboarder in February 2020, when fans realized they had posted similar photos on social media from a trip to South Africa. Weeks later, they were photographed riding their bikes together in Malibu. We confirm that they are dating in April 2020. A month later, a source told us that the couple have been “living together” amid the coronavirus pandemic. They were spotted on a romantic trip in Tulum, Mexico in August 2020.