Nina Dobrev, actress and now former star of the CW's hit series "The Vampire Diaries," got emotional at last night's Teen Choice Awards, People reported. She choked up as she accepted her award for Choice TV Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy for her role as Elena Gilbert in the show.
"So the last two months have been a pretty big change for me," the 26-year-old actress said as she accepted her award. "Change. It's a scary word – or at least I used to think that – because it meant new beginnings, new beginnings with a future that's unknown."
"Change is necessary, necessary for you to grow and to learn and to better yourself because everything in your life comes to an end. And, as this chapter in my life comes to an end, I look back at it with a grateful heart, and I smile," she continued and then started to choke up. "Because just like my character Elena, I started the show as a young girl, and together we've grown up. Over the last six years, we've become women."
Dobrev announced she would be leaving the show in April, according to Fox 411. She started the show as a teen, and she opened up about the one piece of advice she wish she had when starting her career as a young girl.
"I didn't know then but I know now – a little bit of advice is to let everyday go day by day and learn," she told Fox 411. "And be OK with the fact that it's not always going to be okay, but it's going to get better."
Along with her award for Choice TV Actress: Sci-Fi Fantasy, she also went home with the Choice TV: Liplock award for her kiss with former "Vampire Diaries" co-star and ex-boyfriend Ian Somerhalder, as previously reported by HNGN.
