Katherine Pierce is one of several characters portrayed by actress Nina Dobrev on The Vampire Diaries. She is the first big antagonist introduced on the series and continued to be a main villain throughout its run.
Despite her villain status, Katherine is also one of the most popular characters in the entire show. Many fans even like her more than Elena Gilbert, who is considered the show's heroine. For those of you that are diehard fans of Katherine, here are some interesting facts about the vampire vixen you may not know.
10 Katherine's birthday is on June 5 making her a Gemini
Katherine Pierce was born on June 5 to a wealthy family in Bulgaria. Her birthday makes her astrological sign a Gemini. considering Gemini is the twin sign, it's very fitting for her to be one as it represents her dual life as a doppelganger to Tatia Petrova and eventually Elena Gilbert.
Geminis are also said to be duplicitous, although that is not always true of course, for Katherine it certainly is.
9 Katherine and Hayley Marshall have a lot in common
Hayley Marshall (Phoebe Tonkin) is a main character on The Originals but she was initially introduced on The Vampire Diaries during its fourth season as an ally of Katherine. That eventually changes as she becomes further associated with Tyler Lockwood and eventually the Mikaelsons, but both Hayley and Katherine have a lot in common.
Both women come from an ancient lineage of supernatural beings, both give birth to a baby girl in difficult circumstances, and both have their lives fundamentally altered by the Mikaelson family. They were both even romantically involved with Elijah Mikaelson.
8 Katherine was originally German in the book series
In the book series, the show is based on, Katerina Petrova was actually Katherine von Swartzschild. She came from a German heritage. The reason this was changed in the series is due to the casting of Nina Dobrev.
Nina is actually Bulgarian so the writers decided to change Katherine's background to reflect the actress's real-life lineage. It helped that she was able to speak the language as well.
7 Klaus could have used her to make hybrids in the past
The reason Katherine gets roped into Klaus Mikaelson's twisted schemes is that he intends to capture her and sacrifice her so he can break the hybrid curse. However, one has to wonder what would have happened had Klaus knew that he could use her blood to create hybrids.
At the time, he was only interested in breaking the curse by killing her but had that happened he might not have ever discovered what was possible with her blood. This winds up becoming Elena's problem years later.
6 Katherine hated junk food at one point
When we meet Nadia Petrova, Katherine's long-lost daughter, in the show's fifth season, there is one exchange where Nadia wonders why Katherine is eating junk food. She claims that Katherine hates junk food and believed it to be "toxic poison."
This is obviously not true in the series as Katherine is generally shown to have a fondness for sweets and junk. She drinks a lot of alcohol and munches on chips while human. However, it is possible and makes sense that Katherine would have disliked food before being turned since she has always been a fashionista and enjoyed keeping up her modelesque good looks.
5 Katherine looks and acts physically different in the books
We've briefly discussed how Katherine's heritage was different in the books but that's not the only thing changed about her for the series. Katherine was also blonde and blue-eyed like Elena.
Additionally, she had a different personality that was more similar to how Elena acts on the series while Elena was actually the more fierce of the two. Although Katherine does still play a villainous in the books she is initially described as a "kitten," by Stefan.
4 Nina Dobrev often wore wigs to differentiate between Elena and Katherine
Nina Dobrev does have brunette hair in real-life but she actually wore wigs for the majority of the series. Even when her hair was simply worn straight, it was generally a wig. She always wore a wig while playing Katherine. The reason is due to Katherine styling her hair much differently than Elena.
This was generally done so that the audience could tell Elena and Katherine apart much easier. Although this could get tricky at times when Elena was impersonating Katherine or vice versa, luckily Dobrev was a talented enough actress to make it obvious who she was playing at any given moment regardless of what her hair looked like.
3 Katherine had more than one reason to take vervain
It's established early on that Katherine took vervain for centuries because she was on the run from Klaus Mikaelson. The other reason she took it is that she was trying to build up an immunity to it since vervain can be used to weaken vampires.
However, the other reason she might have been using it is to prevent herself from being susceptible to compulsion from Original vampires. We don't find out that Originals can compel vampires until the second season but it makes her seem even more intelligent and intent on survival.
2 Katherine's relationship with Klaus is also different in the books
The book version of Katherine is actually turned into a vampire against her will by Klaus. She becomes very loyal to him and it is under his influence that she becomes increasingly sadistic, cruel, and generally unhinged.
In the television series, Katherine hates Klaus and wants nothing to do with him after he mercilessly slaughters her family for sabotaging his scheme to unlock his full hybrid potential.
1 Katherine had a serious shoe obsession
Unless you pay attention to all of Katherine's numerous outfits and accessories, you might not realize that the vampire has a very intense love of shoes.
She's rarely seen wearing the same pair twice and prides herself on being able to do anything she wants while still wearing high heels. Katherine would not be caught wearing sneakers. She often wears designer boots, even when murdering people.
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