18 Side-By-Sides Of "The Vampire Diaries" Cast Then Vs. Now
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Back on Sept. 10, 2009, the first-ever episode of The Vampire Diaries aired on TV — making the series 12 years old this year.
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And to celebrate, let's see what the cast looks like now:
1.Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert/Katherine Pierce
What else you've seen her in: The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Degrassi: The Next Generation, The Final Girls, Let's Be Cops, xXx: Return of Xander Cage, Fam, and more
2.Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore
What else you've seen him in: Tell Me a Story, Before I Disappear, 24, Army Wives, Fallen, Cane, American Dreams, and more
3.Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore
What else you've seen him in: Lost, V-Wars, Smallville, Tell Me You Love Me, Young Americans, Pulse, The Rules of Attraction and more
4.Candice King as Caroline Forbes
What else you've seen her in: The Originals, After We Collided, Dating Rules From My Future Self, Deadgirl, Juno, and more
5.Kat Graham as Bonnie Bennett
What else you've seen her in: How It Ends, Cutthroat City, All Eyez On Me, Operation Christmas Drop, The Holiday Calendar, Hannah Montana, 17 Again, and more
6.Steven R. McQueen as Jeremy Gilbert
What else you've seen him in: Piranha 3D, Club Soda, Chicago Fire, Legacies, Chicago P.D., Everwood, and more
7.Matt Davis as Alaric Saltzman
What else you've seen him in: Legacies, The Originals, Legally Blonde, Blue Crush, Cult, Damages, What About Brian, Pearl Harbor, and more
8.Michael Trevino as Tyler Lockwood
What else you've seen him in: Roswell, New Mexico, The Factory, Cane, The Originals, 90210, The Riches, Cow Belles, and more
9.Marguerite MacIntyre as Liz Forbes
What else you've seen him in: Red Dragon, Little Fires Everywhere, Kyle XY, Loving, The Shield, and more
10.Sara Canning as Jenna Sommers
What else you've seen her in: Nancy Drew, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Hospital Show, Big Sky, 9-1-1, Remedy, Hell on Wheels, and more
11.Zach Roerig as Matt Donovan
What else you've seen him in: Legacies, Dare Me, Rings, As The World Turns, Assassination of a High School President, Friday Night Lights, One Life to Live and more
12.Kayla Ewell as Vicki Donovan
What else you've seen her in: Freaks and Geeks, Roswell, New Mexico, The Bold and the Beautiful, Batwoman, Me and My Grandma, Entourage, The O.C., and more
13.Joseph Morgan as Klaus Mikaelson
What else you've seen him in: The Originals, Brave New World, Immortals, Animal Kingdom, Casualty, Doc Martin, Hex, and more
14.Michael Malarkey as Enzo St. John
What else you've seen him in: Project Blue Book, The Oath, Mr. Sloane, Raw, and more
15.Claire Holt as Rebekah Mikaelson
What else you've seen her in: The Originals, 47 Meters Down, H2O: Just Add Water, Blue Like Jazz, Aquarius, Pretty Little Liars, and more
16.Daniel Gillies as Elijah Mikaelson
What else you've seen him in: The Originals, Virgin River, Spider-Man 2, Saving Hope, SEAL Team, Street Legal, Coming Home in the Dark, and more
17.Jodi Lyn O'Keefe as Jo Laughlin
What else you've seen her in: She's All That, Legacies, Hit the Floor, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, Prison Break, Two and a Half Men, The Evidence, Boston Legal, Nash Bridges, Whatever It Takes, and more
18.And finally, Chris Wood as Kai Parker
What else you've seen him in: Supergirl, Masters of the Universe: Revelation, Legacies, Containment, The Carrie Diaries, Girls, The Flash, and more
