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: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 Credit: 1383 2. Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore 3. Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore 4. Kat Graham as Bonnie Bennett Credit: 2694 5. Candice King as Caroline Forbes Credit: 3166 6. Zach Roerig as Matt Donovan 7. Michael Trevino as Tyler Lockwood 8. Steven R. McQueen as Jeremy Gilbert 9. Matthew Davis as Alaric Saltzman Credit: 4868 Credit: 5035 10. Michael Malarkey as Enzo St. John Credit: 5373 11. Joseph Morgan as Klaus Mikaelson Credit: 5847 12. Marguerite MacIntyre as Liz Forbes Credit: 6323 13. Sara Canning as Jenna Gilbert Credit: 6764 14. Claire Holt as Rebekah Mikaelson Credit: 7240 15. Daniel Gillies as Elijah Mikaelson Credit: 7718 16. Jodi Lyn O'Keefe as Jo Laughlin Credit: 8192 17. Kayla Ewell as Vicki Donovan Credit: 8663 18. Chris Wood as Kai Parker Credit: 9130 19. Arielle Kebbel as Lexi Branson Credit: 9603Nowadays, 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.