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Nina Dobrev

Nina Dobrev

3 films · 195 frames · top-billed in 1 · 20062015

Born 9 January 1989 · Sofia, Bulgaria

Nikolina Konstantinova Dobreva, better known as Nina Dobrev, is a Canadian actress. Her first acting role was of Mia Jones in the drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation. She later became known for portraying Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce on The CW's supernatural drama series The Vampire Diaries.

Born in Sofia and raised in Toronto, Dobrev made her screen debut playing minor roles in various films. Following her television success, she appeared in a variety of films, including the 2012 coming-of-age drama The Perks of Being a Wallflower, the comedies Let's Be Cops and The Final Girls (2014), and the 2017 science-fiction drama Flatliners.

How their films are shot

Measured across 195 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Nina takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 3 films we hold, 47% of their frames are night, 45% low key — the look of the work Nina takes.

Time of day

Night47%
Day39%
Interior7%
Golden hour4%

Lighting

Low key45%
Natural40%
High key8%
Silhouette7%

Shot size

Medium51%
Wide19%
Closeup19%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level85%
Low angle8%

Mood

Neutral68%
Tense15%
Lonely9%
Ominous6%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 195 frames from Nina Dobrev's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.