There have been countless vampire movies released over the years, but few blood-sucking tales have had success on TV like The Vampire Diaries. To put its popularity into context, over the years, it has been nominated for a whopping 115 awards and won 37 of them, as per Wikipedia.
Now, the hit CW show is a decade old, and in celebration of the love triangles and heart-stopping twists it's treated us to over the years, we've compiled a list of then and now pictures of its very famous cast, who, surprisingly, aren't immortal - even if they look that way.
Check out the trailer for classic vampire movie, The Vampire's Kiss, below: [[jwplayerwidget||https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/NH6FaZyE-sKUnNGKf.mp4||NH6FaZyE]]
Running from 2009 to 2017, the show won legions of fans and helped to catapult many unknown actors to international fame.
1. Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert/Katherine Pierce/Amara [[imagecaption|| Credit: CW]]
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2. Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore [[instagramwidget||https://www.instagram.com/p/B4DH3qOAgCq/]]
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3. Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore [[instagramwidget||https://www.instagram.com/p/B32P2TUgcQm/]]
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4. Kat Graham as Bonnie Bennett [[imagecaption|| Credit: CW]]
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5. Candice King as Caroline Forbes [[imagecaption|| Credit: CW]]
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6. Zach Roerig as Matt Donovan [[instagramwidget||https://www.instagram.com/p/B5WEetYF3ei/]]
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7. Michael Trevino as Tyler Lockwood [[instagramwidget||https://www.instagram.com/p/B5ZIzkqp37y/]]
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8. Steven R. McQueen as Jeremy Gilbert [[instagramwidget||https://www.instagram.com/p/B5UBuEmpHDy/]]
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9. Matthew Davis as Alaric Saltzman [[imagecaption|| Credit: CW]]
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10. Michael Malarkey as Enzo St. John [[imagecaption|| Credit: CW]]
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11. Joseph Morgan as Klaus Mikaelson [[imagecaption|| Credit: CW]]
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12. Marguerite MacIntyre as Liz Forbes [[imagecaption|| Credit: CW]]
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13. Sara Canning as Jenna Gilbert [[imagecaption|| Credit: CW]]
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14. Claire Holt as Rebekah Mikaelson [[imagecaption|| Credit: CW]]
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15. Daniel Gillies as Elijah Mikaelson [[imagecaption|| Credit: CW]]
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16. Jodi Lyn O'Keefe as Jo Laughlin [[imagecaption|| Credit: CW]]
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17. Kayla Ewell as Vicki Donovan [[imagecaption|| Credit: CW]]
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18. Chris Wood as Kai Parker [[imagecaption|| Credit: CW]]
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19. Arielle Kebbel as Lexi Branson [[imagecaption|| Credit: CW]]
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Nowadays, The Vampire Diaries lives on in the form of its spinoff, Legacies, which has been airing on CW since 2018, and with an impressive critical sore of 80% and an audience score of 85% on Rotten Tomatoes, it is certainly worth a watch.
Legacies season two is currently airing on CW every Friday at 9 pm.
