Nina Dobrev is a wonderful actress. She’s attracted a number of big names in Hollywood, from Orlando Bloom to Miley Cyrus’ episodic love interest Liley Hemsworth. However, Nina never really stuck with one man, as most of her relationships were just flings, but a few were very promising, like her three-year relationship with her Vampire Diaries co-star and her match. on screen, Ian Somerhalder. (hey Damon Salvatore fans).
As of this writing, Nina Dobrev has never been engaged to anyone and is unmarried. While we wait in hopes for her big day to come sometime in the future, let’s take a look at all the burly men who’ve had the great good fortune to share a kiss with the Bulgarian beauty. In ascending order, here is the list.
List of ex-boyfriends of Nina Dobrev
1. Ben Hollingsworth (2006 – 2009)
While still winning hearts with her portrayal of Elena Gilbert and Kathrine Pierce on The Vampire Diaries, Nina Dobrev struck up a romantic relationship with actor Ben Hollingsworth. When Nina celebrated her 21st birthday on January 9, 2010, he was there to party with her. They remained friends after their split.
2. Evan Williams 2009
Nina used Evan Williams to rebound from Hollingsworth. How do we know? Their relationship was only a short-lived affair.
3. Ian Somerhalder (2010 – 2013)
Yeah! This was the big one. Without a doubt, her most publicized relationship… It excited a lot of Vampire Diaries fans who were part of the Damon team, but the relationship started at a time when Elena was dating Stephan on TVD and Damon was in a lot of trouble thanks to her villain so their relationship with Team Stefan didn’t go so well, but when Elena started dating Damon… what a spark that was. Unfortunately, they called it quits in 2013, but still maintained great on-screen chemistry. We enjoyed while it lasted. Ian Somerhalder later married Nikki Reed and the two remain friends with Nina Dobrev… How cute!
4. Derek Hough – 2013
Post-Ian, Nina sought to freshen up her romantic life with Derek Hough whom she met through Julianne Hough, her best friend and Derek’s younger sister. According to USA Magazine, the distance was part of what strained their relationship, which survived for barely two months.
5. Liam Hemsworth 2014
Liam’s heart the whole world had come to accept belonged to pop star Miley Cyrus, but like most Hollywood relationships, their story is not without hiccups… She’s had more hiccups than average and during that period, each couple was experimenting with others and in 2014, Nina caught Liam’s eye. Their little fling came after Liam and Miley broke off their engagement. Either way, they will never last long. That moment they were seen kissing in an Atlanta club was the only PDA the world could see. Liam returned to Miley and Nina went heartily.
6.James Marsden 2014
There was a massive age difference here…but if Nina didn’t want to try an older man, who are we to judge, right? In June 2014, they presented a personal digital assistant during a karaoke in New Orleans.
7. Orlando Bloom 2014
Nina’s relationship with Mr. Bloom made one thing clear to us: she doesn’t think about older men and finds them just as attractive as younger ones! They attended Zachary Levi’s Nerd HQ reunion and gave the onlookers a very hot kiss. They displayed another PDA in August 2014 at Comic-Con.
8. Derek Theler 2014
Nina was seen lip-locking with Derek Theler at a Comic-Con party in August 2014. He then met Christina Ochoa. The hunky star who got his breakthrough with Baby Daddy had a role in Marvel’s Ninjak vs. the Valiant Universe released in 2018.
9. Chris Wood 2014
Nina ended her long list of dating in 2014 with Chris Wood, the hunky gray-eyed actor who joined The Vampire Diaries. Nina was pretty open with Wood, who shared lots of cute snaps of themselves on social media. Their relationship lasted as long as Nina was at TVD.
10. Austin Stowell 2015
Nina and Austin got along really well and gave us hopes for a long-term romance. Nina is known for her personal digital assistants and she got very excited about Austin. They even confirmed their relationship on Twitter in October 2015, but 7 months later, busy schedules kept them apart.
11. Glen Powell 2017
They snapped photos in July 2017 causing dating rumors and a few days later their relationship was confirmed. According to reports, they had been together since January 2017. In November 2017, reports surfaced that the pair were “taking time off” due to Nina’s busy filming schedules.