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It’s been nearly 10 years since The Vampire Diaries came to an end.

The popular CW supernatural drama aired it’s series finale in March 2017 after airing 171 episodes across eight seasons. It debuted in September 2009.

TVD also spawned two spinoffs – The Originals and Legacies - which both also aired on The CW, and there’s also been talk of a fourth series set in the universe.

Based on the book series by LJ Smith and created by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, the show centered on “seventeen-year-old Elena is torn between two vampire brothers, good Stefan and the evil Damon, who face new dangers in the town of Mystic Falls.”

The cast of the popular vampire series included Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Steven R McQueen, Kat Graham, Candice King, Zach Roerig, Michael Trevino, Matthew Davis.

Since it’s debut in 2009, the stars have gone on to have successful careers in Hollywood, and they have wracked up impressive fortunes in the process. But who is the wealthiest? We did some digging and looked at the estimated net worth of the biggest stars on the show and ranked them. The top earners are worth over $10 million!

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Ian Somerhalder and Nikki Reed attend a book signing and conversation for Josh Tickell‘s book Kiss the Ground.

The 46-year-old actor and the 37-yaer-old actress are both executive producers on the documentary of the same name, which recently arrived on Prime Video.

To further discuss the book and the doc, Ian joined Josh for a special event held at Barnes & Noble at The Grove in Los Angeles on Wednesday (October 29).

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Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley are heading out for a night on the town together!

The former Vampire Diaries co-stars and on-screen brothers were seen heading out alongside Paul‘s fiancée Natalie Kuckenburg on Saturday night (October 11) in Paris, France.

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The Vampire Diaries is back in the news about 16 years after it first debuted!

The CW supernatural series premiered in September 2009, running for eight seasons and 171 episodes.

Based on the book series by LJ Smith and created by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, the show centered on “seventeen-year-old Elena is torn between two vampire brothers, good Stefan and the evil Damon, who face new dangers in the town of Mystic Falls.”

Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Steven R McQueen, Kat Graham, Candice King, Zach Roerig, Michael Trevino, Matthew Davis and more all starred on the show throughout its eight years on the air.

From it’s success, the popular show spawned two spinoffs – The Originals and Legacies, and there’s even been talks for a fourth series in the TVD universe.

Since it’s debut in 2009, the stars have gone on to have successful careers in Hollywood, and they have wracked up impressive fortunes in the process. But who is the wealthiest? We did some digging and looked at the estimated net worth of the biggest stars on the show and ranked them. The top earners are worth over $10 million!

Keep reading to find out who the richest The Vampire Diaries cast member is…

Nina Dobrev was arguably the lead character on The CW’s The Vampire Diaries, but she was never able to reach pay parity with her male co-stars and she’s opening up about that fight in some surprising new comments.

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Nina Dobrev is commenting on dating Ian Somerhalder.

The 36-year-old The Vampire Diaries actress, who plays Elena in the show, gave a rare quote about her 46-year-old co-star in a newly released book about the series, called I Was Feeling Epic: An Oral History of The Vampire Diaries.

In the book, Nina reflected on early audition days, and the chemistry read she did with actor Rob Mayes for the part of Damon, whom she was actually dating at the time.

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Ian Somerhalder is opening up about a difficult moment he experienced while filming The Vampire Diaries.

In an excerpt from the upcoming book I Was Feeling Epic: An Oral History of the Vampire Diaries, the actor revealed that during Season 3, he was so unhappy with the direction of his character (Damon Salvatore) that he nearly quit the CW show.

Ian explained that he didn’t want Damon to become a romantic lead as the character of Stefan (Paul Wesley) got to explore a dark villain arc.

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