Elena Gilbert

### Turned

* By Eliana Gilbert's blood on November 6, 2010  (administered by Meredith Fell)
* By Eliana Gilbert preforming a un-repression spell (via Qetsiyah)

### Occupation

* Member of The 11 (Currently)
* Member of the Ursa Major Wolf Pack (Currently)
* High School Student (Graduated/Formerly)
* Cheerleader for the Timberwolves (Formerly)
* The Cure (Formerly)
* College Student (Formerly)
* Hospital Volunteer (Formerly)
* Doctor (Currently)

### Title(s)

* Elena Marie Gilbert (birthname)
* Annoying, One of a Kind, Knock-off version (all by Damon)
* Love, Babe, Baby (by Rory)
* Dull As Dishwater Doppelganger (by Katherine)
* Elena Williams (an alternate identity)
* Darling #2, Former Blood Bag (all by Kol)
* Human Blood Bag, Stupid Human Girl (both by Stefan)
* Doppelgänger Bitch, Doppelgänger Wench (all by Rebekah)
* Idiot, The bane of my existence, Selfish Bitch, Worst Thing That Ever Happened to Me, Twin (all by Eliana)
* Lena (by Carter, and Ignacio)

### Species

* Human (Formerly)
* Vampire (Niklaus' bloodline) (Cured/Formerly)
* Augustine Vampire (Cured/Formerly)
* Ghost (Briefly/Formerly)

## Family Information

### Family Members

* Amara † (Maternal Ancestor)
* Inadu's Mother † (Distant Maternal Relative)
* The Hollow † (Distant Maternal Relative)
* Tatia's Child † (Maternal Ancestor)
* Mr. Petrov † (Maternal Ancestor)
* Mrs. Petrova † (Maternal Ancestor)
* Katerina Petrova (Maternal Ancestor)
* Karina Petrova (Maternal Ancestor)
* Ariana Petrova(Maternal Ancestor)
* Katerina's Unnamed Sister † (Maternal Ancestor)
* Nadia Petrova (Maternal Ancestor)
* Marcel Gerard (Brother-In-Law)
* Giuseppe Salvatore † (Father-In-Law)
* Lillian Salvatore † (Mother-In-Law)
* Rory Marashall (Wife)
* Damon Salvatore (Brother-In-Law)
* Stefan Salvatore † (Brother-In-Law)
* Johnathan Gilbert † (Paternal Ancestor)
* Christopher Gilbert † (Paternal Ancestor)
* Samantha Gilbert † (Paternal Ancestor)
* Mary † (Adoptive Maternal Ancestor)
* Beth † (Adoptive Maternal Great-Grandmother)
* Carson Flemming (Biological Maternal Grandfather)
* Maria Flemming (Biological Maternal Grandmother)
* Grayson Gilbert † (Adoptive Father/Paternal Aunt)
* Eliana Gilbert (Twin Sister)
* Carter Gilbert (Twin Sister)
* Miranda Sommers-Gilbert (Adoptive Mother/Paternal Aunt)
* Isobel Flemming † (Biological Mother)
* John Gilbert † (Biological Father/Adoptive Uncle)
* Alaric Saltzman (Former Legal Guardian/Step-Father)
* Jenna Sommers † (Adoptive Aunt)
* Ignacio Salvatore (Brother-in-Law)
* Isabella Gilbert (Daughter)
* Hayley Marshall (Honorary Sister/Sister-In-Law)
* Jenna Gilbert (Daughter)
* Camila Gilbert (Daughter)
* Jeremy Gilbert (Adoptive Brother/Paternal Cousin)
* Amanda Gilbert (Paternal Cousin-in-Law/Adoptive Sister-in-Law)
* Hope Mikaelson (Niece-In-Law)
* Lizzie Saltzman (Step-Sister/Honorary Niece)
* Josie Saltzman (Step-Sister/Honorary Niece)
* Lucas Salvatore (Nephew)
* Ringo Salvatore (Niece)
* Miranda Salvatore (Niece)
* Sheila St. John (Honorary Niece)
* Nathan Salvatore (Nephew)
* Grayson Gilbert II (Nephew)
* Rylee Salvatore (Niece)
* Jade Salvatore (Niece)
* John Gilbert III (Nephew)
* Stefanie Salvatore (Honorary Niece)
* Chris Salvatore (Honorary Nephew)

## Supernatural Information

### Significant Kills

* Alaric Saltzman (5th time/Revived by Gilbert Ring and 8th time, indirectly)
* Connor Jordan
* Jeremy Gilbert (4th time/Revived by Gilbert Ring)
* Jolene
* Jesse (as a vampire)
* Katherine Pierce (Indirectly/Post-Cure Effects/2nd Time as a Traveler Witch)
* The Travelers (including Markos, with Damon, and Eliana Gilbert)

### Cause Of Death

* Drained of Blood (1st time/as a human)
* Drowned (2nd time/as a human)
* Explosion (3rd time/as a vampire)

### Killed By

* Niklaus Mikaelson (1st time/as a human)
* Rebekah Mikaelson (2nd time/as a human)
* Damon Salvatore (with her consent) (3rd time/as a vampire)

## Physical Appearance

### Height

* 5'5" (Feet)
* 1.67 (Meters)

## Appearance

### Played By

* Nina Dobrev
* Kayla Madison (Young)

**Dr. Elena Marie Gilbert-Marshall** (born **Brooke Camila Flemming**) was the former Main Female Protagonist, of The Vampire Diaries, she was a Guest Star on The Originals and is a Recurring Guest Character in Legacies.

At the beginning of *The Vampire Diaries* series, Elena and her sister, Eliana Gilbert appear to be regular human girls, but are later then revealed to be Petrova Doppelgangers. In the Season Three Finale, she became a vampire despite never wanting to be one. In I'd Leave My Happy Home For You, she takes The Cure to become human again, in order to live a life with Rory Marshall.

Elena was born in Mystic Falls with her twin into one of the two ruling families of the Ursa Major Wolf Pack.The pack was near extinction, and Carson Flemming helped his daughter make the executive choice of hiring a witch to preform Repression Spell of power on Elena and her sister, thereby making their werewolf gene dormant; and giving them up for adoption. He stated that he would rebuild the pack from the ground, while his grandchildren went away to live normal life, unknowing of the supernatural and their werewolf gene. She and Eliana Gilbert were adopted by a family of hunters who loved them no matter what

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 16 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 twin sister Eliana Gilbert, Bonnie Bennett, Carter Gilbert, Caroline Forbes, and her wife, Rory Marshall. She is also close friends with her ex-boyfriend, and brother-in-law, Stefan Salvatore, as well as his brother, Ignacio Salvatore. Her actions and beliefs throughout the series have been most influenced by her relationships with the Stefan and Rory, as well as by her antagonistic relationship with Katerina Petrova.

In Season One, Elena, along with Eliana, was still coping with her parents' death when she meets a mysterious new student at Mystic Falls High School, Stefan Salvatore. Elena and Stefan fall in love with each other. However, not long after that, Elena and Eliana discovers that both Stefan and his brother, Damon, are vampires. She also becomes aware of the existence of Katherine Pierce, and Ariana Petrova, the women who turned the Salvatore brothers into vampires in 1864, and to whom they bear a striking physical resemblance. In the process, Elena and Eliana discovers a shocking truth - they were adopted, and their real parents are John Gilbert, their "uncle", and Isobel Flemming, Alaric's wife.

InSeason Two, Elena learns that she and her sister are Karina and Katherine's Doppelgängers, which explains their identical appearance. Because of this, an Original Vampire, Klaus, wants to use them in a sacrifice to break an ancient curse. Despite Elena's and her friends' best efforts, the sacrifice takes place. Her biological father, John, sacrificed his own life to keep Elena alive and human, after Eliana told him that he needed to pick Elena over her. However, Klaus killed Elena's aunt Jenna, after turning her into a vampire, leaving Jeremy her only blood relative left alive.

After Jeremy's death in Season Four, at Eliana's command to ease her pain, Elena turned off her humanity so she wouldn't have to feel all the guilt. Vampires in rare cases form a sire bond to the one who turned them, based on how strong their human feelings or bond were before transitioning. After a brief time, she was finally able to regain her humanity after a surprising plan was carried out by Damon and Matt.

During the events of Season Five, Elena's body was also possessed by Katherine, who was attempting to escape her fate caused by the effects of the cure. It took a while for Elena's friends to discover Katherine's deceit and when she died, she left a 'little present' in the form of infecting Elena's body with a deadly virus, but this was later cured. She and Rory offically got together near the end of the season, after having an unexplainable difficult relationship since Season 3. After Stefan's shocking death, in order to bring him and others back from The Other Side, Damon, Elena, Eliana, and Caroline devised a plan, involving Olivia Parker performing a spell that the Travelers had used to bring back their leader, Markos. However, the spell was interrupted before Damon could pass through the Anchor, Bonnie, and as the Other Side began to disintegrate, Elena and her friends were left heartbroken by their impending deaths.

During Season Six, Elena is mourning the loss of Bonnie, and trying to keep her sister from going off the deep end. When Eliana turns off her humanity, Elena works to bring her sister back from the deep end.

Things go well until Kai ruins Jo and Alaric's wedding and casts a sleeping spell on Elena, linking her life to Bonnie's. She makes a sacrifice to let Bonnie live out her life until it is her turn. She bids goodbye to her friends and loved ones before parting ways but knows that she will see Rory, Stefan and Caroline again one day.

Eliana also goes to sleep think that her sister has died, being unaware that Eliana will later be saved.

For most of her life, Elena lived at 2104 Maple Street, in the Gilbert family house. During the fourth season, she and Eliana briefly moved to the Salvatore Boarding House, when her brother, Jeremy, became a member of The Five and developed an uncontrollable urge to kill vampires, making it impossible for them to live together. Later in the season, after Jeremy's death, Elena burned down the Gilbert house. After that, she lived in the Salvatore Boarding House for several months, before moving to the Whitmore College dorm.

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.

As Elena was placed in a sleep by Kai Parker, she would have remained that way until Bonnie died. However, Bonnie later found a way to wake her, and she reunited with her friends. Elena said her goodbye to a dying Stefan, before living a long and happy life with Rory, whom she married. Elena achieved her dream of being a doctor, before she died of old age and found peace, reuniting with her adopted parents, Grayson and Miranda, her aunt Jenna and biological father, John.

**Elena** is the a member of the Petrova Family, and a member of the Gilbert Family.

## Physical Appearance

Physically, Elena is a very beautiful and attractive young woman with an oval face, light olive complexion, almond-shaped brown eyes which are sometimes described as doe-eyes, and long dark brown hair.

Elena has an uncanny physical resemblance to her ancestor and doppelgänger, Katherine, who often poses as Elena in order to trick others.

However, even though Elena and Katherine look exactly the same in terms of physical appearance, there are some slight differences between the two in terms of fashion and style, and especially personality. In terms of fashion sense, while Elena's human, she's much more casual, sporty and "girl next door" and doesn't wear a lot of make up or favor fashionable clothing unless attending a formal event. Elena favors wearing dark blue jeans with t-shirts of various colors and Converse sneakers. Elena primarily wears fashionable clothing or dresses up for special occasions or formal events. Katherine's fashion sense or style, on the other hand, is much more high maintenance, expensive and trendy. Another distinct difference between Elena and Katherine's physical appearance is that Elena always wears her hair straight with a middle part in which Katherine doesn't like, while Katherine wears her hair curly. However, Katherine often straightens her hair in order to fool people when she's posing as Elena.

Elena as a newly turned vampire wears a small daylight ring made by Bonnie in order to protect her from the sunlight. Elena has a slightly more sophisticated look and trades her usual jeans and t-shirts to dresses and boots. Since Elena now has the freedom to accessorize, she dips into her jewelry box more often, which causes her to be mistaken for Eliana on several occasions. Elena is seen wearing more chain necklaces in season 4. After she abandons her humanity, she becomes more womanly in the way she looks. She gets red streaks in her hair and curls it. She also begins to wear skirts and belts. When Katherine possessed Elena, she removed the red streaks.

In *American Gothic*, Elena impersonates Katherine for the first time. As she has now changed her style, she's able to temporarily fool Elijah of her identity. As Katherine's wardrobe is much more adult, Elena switches her comfortable boots for high heels, casual denim jacket for slim fitting leather and took Katherine's sparkly eye catching jewelry including earrings, bracelets and her watch. To pass for Katherine, Elena also applies more make up, particularly dark eye shadow and eyeliner to a much more "sluttier" degree, as said by Rebekah. At first glance, Elena and Katherine are identical yet their personalities, mannerisms, style, and makeup differ greatly and are generally aspects which give away their identity.

In Season Five, Elena starts to wear more skinny jeans, low-heeled boots, low heels, combat boots, sleeveless blouses, leather jackets, short skirts and super short shorts, varied dresses, makeup, and plunges more in her jewelry box.

After returning to a human towards the end of Season Six, she stops curling her hair and goes back to her original straight hairstyle.

In Season 8, after awakening from her magically induced coma, Elena is seen in black floral-print dress, combat boots, and a red sweater as she attends a welcome home party.

## Powers and Abilities

### Human

She possesses fighting abilities to defend herself against vampires as she trained under Alaric and Damon. She knows how to stake vampires and also the traits of a vampire hunter. Currently Elena is the cure. Her blood, if every bit is drank by a person affected by Qetsiyah's immortality spell (and subsequently Esther's variation); (Original vampires, non-Original vampires, Augustine vampires, True Immortals, and Hybrids) then the recipient will be made the cure (effectively human) and Elena will return to life, aging to her appropriate human age, since this is that of a normal human, Elena by definition possesses an extra life so long as she dies by blood loss within her normal lifespan. Elena also possesses the abilities of the doppelgängers, meaning her blood can be used for various spells, particularly the magic stripping spell. Elena is also a Doppelgänger which means her blood in an unlimited (while she's alive) source of power for witches and siphoners as well.

### Vampire

Elena possessed all the standard powers and abilities of a non-Original vampire.

## Relationships

Eliana Gilbert

*Main Article: Elena and Eliana*

*"I won't ever lose her again."*
— **Elena** to Ignacio Salvatore about **Eliana** in The House Guest
Elena is the older twin sister to Eliana After they're adoptive parents died, they wanted to help and protect each other. Once they become aware of the supernatural activities and entities of Mystic Falls, they worked to keep each other and their loved ones safe. Although they sometimes were led apart, they still seemed to retain their closeness as siblings. They love each other and are always willing to risk their lives to save one another. They have a bond that no one could ever break. They continue to protect each other seeing that they are what they have left each other. Losing their younger brother crushes them and causes Elena to turn her emotions off and Eliana to do everything in her power to bring her back.

### Jeremy Gilbert

*Main Article: Jeremy and Elena*

"*Look, Elena. You're my sister and I love you, no matter what you choose.*"
— **Jeremy** to **Elena** in "*Graduation"*

Jeremy is Elena's biological cousin/adoptive brother. Although Jeremy and Elena are biological first cousins, they've been raised together as siblings. After their parents died, they wanted to help and protect each other. Once the two of them became more aware of the supernatural activities and entities of Mystic Falls, Elena and Jeremy worked to keep each other and their other loved ones safe. Although they sometimes were led apart, they still seemed to retain their closeness as siblings. They love each other and are always willing to risk their lives to save one another. They have a bond that no one could ever break. After becoming a vampire, he still loves her regardless of what she is. They continue to protect each other seeing that they are what they have left each other. Losing her younger brother crushes her and causes her to turn her emotions off. But thanks to Bonnie, he was brought back to life.

### Damon Salvatore

*Main Article: Damon and Elena*

"*Shut it Gilbert.*"
— **Damon** to **Elena** in The Hybrid

Damon Salvatore is Elena's best friend and Stefan's impulsive older brother. He is also her brother-in-law. Elena met Damon at the dinner when Bonnie and Elena got to know Stefan better. After a while, she started to view Damon as self-centered, violent, sociopathic and cruel, especially when she found out that he continuously abused and used her close friend, Caroline Forbes against her will. Originally, Damon disliked Elena and was rather apathetic about whether Elena lived or died. Damon and Elena's friendship deepens with time and the two become closer, Damon fallen for Elena and Elena developing feelings for Damon. But throughout the series, he has grown and changed, protecting not only Elena, but her family and friends as well. Elena and Damon got into Constant arguments over Eliana.

### Alaric Saltzman

*Main Article: Alaric and Elena*

"*You’re going to think that the pain will never end, but it will. But first you have to let it all in. You can’t fight it. It’s bigger than you. You have to let yourself drown in it. But then eventually you’ll start to swim. And then every single breath that you fight for will make you stronger. And I promise you, you will beat it.*"
— **Elena** to **Alaric** in I'm Thinking Of You All The While

Alaric is Elena's step father and guardian. They became close when Alaric started dating her aunt, Jenna Alaric was also her and her sister's history tutor. Alaric taught Elena and Eliana how to protect themselves from vampires and how to fight. Alaric became the legal guardian of Elena, Eliana, and Jeremy when their aunt Jenna was killed by Klaus. As Elena didn't have much family left, Alaric was there for her, Eliana and Jeremy. Alaric along with Damon, protected them from the dangers that surrounded them. Elena was devastated when Esther turned Alaric into an Original resulting into him not completing the transition. But Esther took control of Bonnie and made her feed him her blood so that the transition would complete. Alaric then took Elena hostage so he could lead Klaus there to kill him. Elena realized that their lives are connected meaning if she dies, he dies. The moment Elena had died, Alaric died in Damon's arms and Elena came back as a vampire. During season four, she had mourned him and amends were then made. She was reunited with him when he was brought back to life in the Season Five finale, due to Damon and Bonnie's sacrifices.

### Rory Marshall

*Main Article: Elena and Rory*

"*I love you. Why can't you just love me back.*"
— **Rory** to **Elena** in For Whom the Bell Tolls

Rory Marshall met Elena at the beginning of senior year, in the Season 3 season premiere. Rory is a quiet girl, who is later revealed to have no family, since her older,sister, left her with $50,000 and no explanation. Elena befriends Rory, after finding out she is a werewolf. Rory takes an instant liking to Elena and forms a crush on her, which remains one sided for a while.

After Elena an Stefan break up, Elena starts to realize her feelings for the girl, but since she has never been with a woman before, is scared to take the next step, which results in lots of fights and miscommunication.

The pair finally get together towards the end of Season 5, and last throughout the rest of the show, even when Elena goes into a magical coma, when Elena wakes up, she and Rory gain immortal status together,. They currently have three children.

### Bonnie Bennett

*Main Article: Elena and Bonnie*

"*I know you think now, that you can't have a normal life, that you need to be here for everyone, but you don't. Everyone will find their way.*"
— **Bonnie** to **Elena** in For Whom the Bell Tolls
Bonnie Bennett has been best friends with Elena since birth. Bonnie is also a close friend of Caroline Forbes and Eliana and Carter Gilbert. Bonnie has mentioned that she and Elena are so close they're like sisters, and she would die for Elena in an instant without hesitation. Throughout the series, Bonnie is protective of Elena, even risking her life to ensure Elena's safety and protection. Elena used to joke about Bonnie's "supernatural" or psychic powers until Bonnie eventually discovered she is descended from a long line of powerful witches, inheriting the gifts herself. From the episode "Isobel" and onward, their friendship has remained relatively consistent and the two remain best friends. Ever since Jeremy died and Elena turned off her humanity, Elena ruined her friendship with Bonnie by almost trying to kill her. When Elena got her humanity back, she and Bonnie are now back to being best friends and have a strong friendship. They are also roommates with Caroline in college. However, the Other Side began collapsing which to its destruction and taking down Bonnie as well. Bonnie died with Damon who was still trapped on the Other Side and Elena was greatly devastated. They are reunited in I Was Feeling Epic.

### Caroline Forbes

*Main Article: Caroline and Elena*

"*I'm really glad that you're here.*"
— **Caroline** to **Elena** and **Eliana** in I Know What You Did Last Summer
Although Elena and Caroline had been friends since birth, Caroline's constant insecurities as a human, which made her jealous of Elena at times, had created and maintained a friendly rivalry between the two. When Caroline became a vampire, her insecurities went away, and their relationship improved a lot as a result. When Elena became a vampire herself, however, she broke up with Stefan and started to lead Rory on instead. And because Caroline could never accept this, as she always liked Rory, and wanted her to be with Elena, all most as much as Stefan, their friendship degraded considerably. Later, it further degraded after Elena turned her humanity off, to the point that they are were enemies: Elena tried to stake Caroline, and will do everything that she can to ruin the prom dance that she carefully planned. She also almost killed Caroline's mother, Liz. That problem seems to be fixed in the latest episode. Now they are back to being best friends and has upgraded tremendously. They were roommates in college.

### Other Relationships

* Elena, Eliana, Jeremy and Jenna (Former Family Bond/Jenna died)
* Elena and Jenna (Adoptive Maternal Aunt/Good Friends)
* John, Isobel, Elena, Eliana (Parents and Daughters/Frenemies)
* Elena and John (Biological Father and Daughter)
* Elena and Isobel (Biological Mother and Daughter/Frenemies)
* Elena and Carter (Biological Half Sisters)
* Elena and Katherine (Maternal Ancestor/Former Enemies/Allies)
* Elena and Karina (Maternal Ancestors/Former Enemies/Allies)
* Elena and Ignacio (Brother-In-Law/Close Friends/Allies)
* Elena, Eliana, Carter, Caroline, and Bonnie (Best Friends and Sisters)
* Elena and Matt (Best Friends)
* Elena and Tyler (Friends/Former Allies)
* Elena and Vicki (Former Enemies)

* Elena and Elijah (Friends/Former Enemies/Allies)
* Elena and Klaus (Former Enemies/Allies)
* Elena and Rebekah (Enemies/Friends/Allies/Sister-In-Law)
* Elena and April(Ex-Friends)
* Elena and Silas (Enemies)
* Elena and Aaron (Former Friends)
* Elena and Liv (Former Allies/Frenemies)
* Elena and Luke (Friends/Former Allies)
* Elena and Jo (Friends/Former Allies)
* Elena and Kai (Enemies/Former Allies)

## Name

* **Elena** is a feminine first name of Greek origin ‘Ελενη (Elene) or ‘ελενη (Elene) which means "**torch**". The meaning of Elena is "the shining light", "the bright one", or "light". It is a variation of the name ***Helen***. This likely means Elena and Katherine are based on Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra, twin sisters, Helen being the most beautiful mortal in the world and Clytemnestra, a less beautiful version.
* **Marie** is derived from Latin "stella maris,"which means "star of the sea." However, it is also a biblical **name** because it is the French version of the **name** Mary, the holy virgin mother of Jesus
* **Gilbert**, which is Elena's surname, is a surname of Germanic origin. The English-language surname is derived from Giselbert, a medieval personal name composed of the following Germanic elements gisil ("pledge", "hostage", "noble youth") and berht ("bright", "famous").
* **Marshall** is an occupation **name** whose origin is from the Frankish mare ("horse") + skalkoz ("servant"). ... It is also an old Scottish surname **meaning** 'Love of Horses'.