Candice Accola is a singer and actress that plays the regular role of Caroline Forbes, a young woman searching for love and acceptance, in the CW drama The Vampire Diaries.http://www.cwtv.com/shows/the-vampire-diaries/cast/candice-accola Accola has made several guest star appearances in TV, as well as playing on the big screen in movies such as Juno, where she plays a lab partner alongside Ellen Page and Michael Cera.http://www.cwtv.com/shows/the-vampire-diaries/cast/candice-accola She has also played in the independent film shown at the 2008 Toronto Film Festival Deadgirl.

Accola is also an accomplished singer and music writer. She signed a record deal when she was 16 years old and has traveled as a backup singer with the Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana Best of Both Worlds tour in 2008. She has also sang back up vocals in Hannah Montana: the Movie.

Accola began training for her career at 8 years old when she came home and informed her mother she was holding auditions for her own singing group.http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9006:exclusive-interview-candice-accola-talks-vampire-diaries-fan-reaction-a-her-music-career&catid=43:exclusive-features&Itemid=73 After that she started singing lessons and did a play or two at school before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career. She was introduced to a manager and agent and started auditioning.http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9006:exclusive-interview-candice-accola-talks-vampire-diaries-fan-reaction-a-her-music-career&catid=43:exclusive-features&Itemid=73

She signed a record deal just six months after moving to Los Angeles and released a CD called It’s Always the Innocent Ones.http://candiceaccola.net/?page_id=2 She has also worked with Miley Cyrus as a back up singer. Her screen career started with the movie Pirate Camp in 2007 and she has gone on to guest star in television shows, such as Supernatural, How I Met Your Mother, and Greek. http://candiceaccola.net/?page_id=2 She played a supporting role in the movie Juno and was in the movie Deadgirl.http://candiceaccola.net/?page_id=2 She has been a regular on The Vampire Diaries since 2009.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2127038/

• 2009-2011: The Vampire Diarieshttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm2127038/

• 2010: Drop Dead Divahttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm2127038/

• 2010: Kingshighway http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2127038/

• 2009: Greekhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm2127038/

• 2009: Supernaturalhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm2127038/

• 2009: The Truth About Angels http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2127038/

• 2008: Deadgirlhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm2127038/

• 2007: X's & O's http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2127038/

• 2007: On the Dollhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm2127038/

• 2007: Junohttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm2127038/

• 2007: How I Met Your Motherhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm2127038/

• 2007: Pirate Camphttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm2127038/

"I wouldn’t say that I necessarily had the acting bug. I think it would be more accurate to say I had the performing bug. I grew up performing."--Candice Accola in an interview with IESB.http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9006:exclusive-interview-candice-accola-talks-vampire-diaries-fan-reaction-a-her-music-career&catid=43:exclusive-features&Itemid=73

"To be honest, growing up, I never had the hots for vampires. The Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie was as far as I got into vampires. But, recently, with the phenomenon of True Blood, I was definitely hooked and I'm looking forward to Season 3 of that show."---Candice Accola in an interview with IESB.http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9006:exclusive-interview-candice-accola-talks-vampire-diaries-fan-reaction-a-her-music-career&catid=43:exclusive-features&Itemid=73