Nina Dobrev is certainly considered to be a beautiful bachelorette who plenty of guys are interested in! Ever since her days playing Elena Gilbert on The Vampire Diaries, she has become a familiar face. Even before that, she starred in the Canadian teen TV series Degrassi playing the role of a teenager who was raising a baby alongside Drake.
Nina Dobrev has been very open about her friendships and relationships over the years. Most people know that she is close with Kat Graham, Candice Accola, and other popular actresses. Nina Dobrev's dating history is a little more interesting and complex than that though! These are ten guys she has been romantically linked to.
Updated on December 21, 2021, by Michael Chaar: Nina Dobrev hasn't been shy about her love life! The actress's first major public romance was with Vampire Diaries co-star, Ian Somerhalder. Since then, fans have wondered who Nina Dobrev is dating, and turns out she's been romantically linked to a few men including Glenn Powell, Derek Hough, and Liam Hemsworth, however, it is pro snowboarder, Shaun White that has her heart today. The duo have been dating since the pandemic began. Reports claim that Shaun is expected to propose to Nina any day now and fans couldn't be happier!
10 Nina Dobrev's First Public Romance
One of Nina Dobrev's longest-lasting relationships in history was her relationship with Ben Hollingsworth. They dated from 2006 to 2009. This was before she landed her leading role on The Vampire Diaries.
Despite the fact that both of them never publicly spoke out about their relationship, they were photographed spending time together for three consecutive years and he was a guest at her 21st birthday party which pretty much says it all. Today, Ben is not only married to Nila Billingsworth, but the duo shares two kids together!
9 Nina Dobrev Dated Ian Somerhalder Betwee 2010 - 2013
Nina Dobrev’s relationship with Ian Somerhalder developed on the set of The Vampire Diaries. She played the human teenage girl and he played the handsome, brooding vampire. On camera, fans were rooting for the relationship of their fictional characters to work out.
In real life, the relationship that they were going through was actually falling apart. Ian Somerhalder ended up getting into a relationship with another actress who has played a vampire in the past… Nikki Reed (Twilight.) Because of all of this, Nina decided to part ways with The Vampire Diaries early. While the duo didn't work out, Ian has since moved on and married Nikki, with whom he shares a 4-year-old daughter, Bodhi.
8 Nina Dobrev's Relationship With Derek Hough
Derek Hough is another ex-boyfriend of Nina Dobrev. The reason they met? He is Julianne Hough’s older brother— and Nina and Julianne are considered best friends! It seems like this would be a match made in heaven but unfortunately, it didn’t work.
Things for this couple started falling apart after six weeks of dating.
They knew pretty early on that it wasn’t going to work out and they decided to call it quits. This breakup did not impact her friendship with Julianne. The pro dancer is now in a relationship with Hayley Erbert, and the pressure to propose is definitely on!
7 Nina Dobrev And Liam Hemsworth Dated In 2014
Whenever people think of Liam Hemsworth’s exes, they think of Miley Cyrus! His relationship with Miley Cyrus was heavily talked about over 10 years since the time they filmed The Last Song.
The first time Miley and Liam called off the engagement was back in 2013. At the beginning of 2014, he was spotted at a bar and making out with Nina Dobrev. They were located in Atlanta at the time where he was filming The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1. currently dating Gabriella BrooksLiam, who split from Miley last year, is, and has been for over a year now!
6 Nina Dobrev And James Marsden Dated In 2014
It would’ve been so ideal if a true relationship between Nina Dobrev and James Marsden were to have amounted from their quick fling in New Orleans but unfortunately, nothing really ever came to be for this couple.
They were spotted in New Orleans sharing a kiss at a karaoke bar in June 2014. This is the type of couple that would’ve instantly gotten labeled a “power couple." James is reportedly dating musician, Edei, who is 15 years James' junior.
5 Did Nina Dobrev Date Orlando Bloom?
Orlando Bloom is happily in love with Katy Perry these days but back in 2014 he was spotted getting super cozy with Nina Dobrev. They were spotted at Comic-con and witnesses claimed that they saw the couple kissing! Things obviously did not go further than that for these two because they have both moved on with new people.
4 Nina Dated Austin Stowell In 2015
In 2015, Nina Dobrev and Austin Stowell confirmed their relationship on Twitter during the month of October. The first Sunday they were spotted together was in July 2015 kissing each other during a trip to Monaco.
Traveling together and sharing PDA in front of curious eyes was definitely their thing for about seven months. After seven months, they decided to part ways because their schedules were way too busy to maintain a relationship. Although their schedules got in the way, Stowell has managed to continue his dating efforts, jumping from girlfriend to girlfriend.
3 Nina Dated Glen Powell In 2017
2017 was the year that Nina Dobrev and Glen Powell sparked romance rumors. People saw them hanging out together in January at the very beginning of the year at the after-party for the Golden Globes awards.
They both attended Julianne Hough's wedding and took several really cute pictures together prompting everyone to question if they were a couple or not! It turns out that they were but after a year of dating, they decided to break up. Now, Glen is dating model, Gigi Paris, with whom he just celebrated her birthday with none other than a helicopter ride!
2 Nina Dobrev Later Moved On To Grant Mellon
Grant Mellon and Nina Dobrev let the world know that they were dating in February 2019. He was a guest at her 30th birthday party and a lot of photographs were taken of the happy couple.
In March, they attended a Los Angeles Lakers basketball game together and were photographed sitting courtside enjoying the thrill of the sport. They were photographed going on several vacations together throughout the year that they dated but they decided to part ways in November 2019.
1 Nina Dobrev's Current Boyfriend Is Shaun White
These days, it seems that Nina Dobrev is totally caught up with Shaun White, the Olympic snowboarder. Back in March, they were photographed riding bicycles in Malibu, California. A bicycle date sounds just about right and super romantic.
Although they both haven’t spoken up too much about their relationship, according to Nina’s Instagram it appears that the two of them have been isolating together in the midst of the world's current pandemic. Now, sources are claiming Shaun proposing to Nina could be "around the corner" says Us Weekly.