Elena Gilbert

Elena Marie Gilbert-Salvatore was the former main female protagonist of The Vampire Diaries. At the beginning of the series, Elena appears to be a regular human girl, but is then revealed to be a Petrova doppelgänger.

Elena had been struggling to live a normal life ever since her adoptive parents, Miranda and Grayson Gilbert, died in a car accident when she was seventeen years old. Her life also changed drastically as she and her friends are caught up in the supernatural world that surrounds them and are forced to face powerful supernatural enemies.

Elena was described as a star student. She was popular, sporty, smart, compassionate, empathetic, caring and friendly. She could be very vulnerable and a damsel in distress.

Elena is best friends with her sister Clara Gilbert, Bonnie Bennett, Caroline Forbes, Matt Donovan, and Damon Salvatore. She was also close friends with her husband, Stefan Salvatore. Her actions and beliefs throughout the series have been most influenced by her relationship with the Stefan Salvatore as well as by her antagonistic relationship with Katerina Petrova.

She attended Mystic Falls High School from Seasons One to Four, where she was a cheerleader, honor student, and one of the most popular girls in the school. Elena wanted to become a great writer and she has a diary in which she writes everything that happens in her life. She was originally turned in this direction by her adoptive mother, who gave Elena her first diary when she was ten. In Season Five, she began attending Whitmore College and in Season Six, she majored in pre-med, wanting to become a doctor.

Elena is one of the last living members of the Petrova Family and a member of the Gilbert Family.