Candice Accola Biography

Candice Rene Accola (born May 13, 1987) is an American actress, singer and songwriter, best known for her starring role as Caroline Forbes on The CW series, The Vampire Diaries.

Early life

Accola was born in Houston, Texas, the daughter of Carolyn (Clark), who was an environmental engineer before becoming a homemaker, and Kevin Accola, a cardiothoracic surgeon. She has English, Romansh-Swiss, French, and Norwegian ancestry. She grew up in Edgewood, Florida and attended Lake Highland Preparatory School. Both her parents are active members of the local Republican political party. She has one younger brother.

Music career

In December 2006 Accola released her debut album, It's Always the Innocent Ones, independently in the United States. Accola co-wrote thirteen of the fourteen tracks on the record. The album failed to make an impact. In 2008 the album was re-released in Japan and achieved greater success. Accola toured as a backing singer for Miley Cyrus's Best of Both Worlds Tour. Accola appeared as herself in the 2008 3D concert film Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert. In February 2011, Accola performed a cover of "Eternal Flame" by The Bangles on The Vampire Diaries. Accola has yet to announce plans for a sophomore album.

Acting career

Accola has guest appeared in a number of television series such as How I Met Your Mother, Supernatural and Drop Dead Diva. In July 2009 Accola starred in the independent horror film Deadgirl which centers on two high school boys who discover an immortal woman in an abandoned asylum. That same year again Accola had a bit-role in The Hannah Montana Movie. In 2009 Accola was cast in The CW television series The Vampire Diaries as Caroline Forbes a teenage vampire. The series was an immediate success with the series premiere reaching 4.91 million viewers. Critical reception was positive. In June 2012 Accola joined the Dramedy YouTube series Dating Rules From My Future Self as Chloe Cunningham a 26-year old girl who believes love does not exist. The series centers on a girl receiving romance advice from herself ten years in the future via text message. The first season of the series went on to receive over 14 million views.

Personal life

On May 29, 2013, Accola became engaged to musician Joe King.

Along with her The Vampire Diaries co-stars Michael Trevino and Ian Somerhalder, Accola is a supporter of the It Gets Better Project, which aims to prevent suicide among LGBT youth.

Filmography

Year	Film/Television	Role	Notes
2007	Pirate Camp	Annalisa/Tom
	How I Met Your Mother	Amy	Episode: "Something Borrowed"
	Juno	Amanda
	On the Doll	Melody
	X's & O's	Gwen's friend
2008	Deadgirl	JoAnn
	Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert	Herself	Background singer
2009	Supernatural	Amanda Heckerling	Episode: "After School Special"
	Greek	Alice	Episode: "Isn't It Bro-mantic?"
	Hannah Montana: The Movie	Herself	Background singer
	Kingshighway	Sophia	Completed
	The Truth About Angels	Caitlin Stone
2009"present	The Vampire Diaries	Caroline Forbes	TV Series Regular Cast
2010	Drop Dead Diva	Jessica Orlando	Episode: "Begin Again"
2012	Dating Rules From My Future Self	Chloe Cunningham	2nd season main role
2013	Whose Line Is It Anyway	Herself	Guest: Season 9, Episode 3

Discography

Year	Album
2006	It's Always the Innocent Ones

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2012	Teen Choice Awards	Scene Stealer Female	The Vampire Diaries
2013	Teen Choice Awards	Scene Stealer Female	The Vampire Diaries