History Characters / TheVampireDiariesCharactersIntroducedInSeason1

* {{Badass}}: Katherine is one of the most badass characters in the entire series and one of the strongest female characters in the series.

* [[spoiler: DraggedOffToHell]] : [[spoiler: Unable to pass through Bonnie and dragged off to a dark world. WordOfGod says she's never coming back.]]

* GrandTheftMe: In 5.11 [[spoiler: Katherine possesses Elena's body using a Traveller's spell.]]

* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: She was the one more or less responsible for Jeremy's death with Silas to finish him off.]]

* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler:Stabbed by the Traveller knife in Gone Girl.]].
* KissOfDeath: Katherine kisses Stefan before Stefan stabs and kills her with the Travellers Knife.

** [[spoiler: It was revealed in 5.05 that Katherine is the long lost mother of Nadia.]]

** And in 4x18 [[spoiler: her love and gesture of trust towards Elijah]].

* {{Retcon}}: In Season 5, it's revealed that Katherine comes from a family of witches. How they were so easily killed by Klaus is unexplained.

* KnightTemplarParent: Towards Anna. She is overly protective of her.

* [[OverprotectiveDad Overprotective Mom]]: Towards Anna.

* [[BastardGirlfriend Bastard Wife]]: To Alaric. She made Alaric think that she was dead for a long period of time, when in reality, she just wanted to be turned into a vampire out of selfishness. When Alaric reunited with Isobel for the first time after a long time, he called Isobel a "selfish bitch".

* [[LongLostRelative Long Lost Parent]]: To Elena.
* TheLostLenore: Her [[spoiler: apparent]] death is the primary motivation for both John and Alaric's actions throughout season one.

* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]: By Damon.
* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler: Thanks Damon.]]

* [[KnightTemplarBigBrother Knight Templar Big Sister]]: To Stefan. She is ''extremely'' protective of him.

Katerina Petrova ('''''Bulgarian:''' Катерина Петрова''), better known as Katherine Pierce, is a witch of the Traveller subculture, the assumed third doppelgänger of Amara, a former vampire, a major antagonist and one of the main characters during the fifth season. She was born to either Peter and his wife or Mr. Petrov and Mrs. Petrova on June 5th, 1473 in Bulgaria. She was the main antagonist of season one (through John Gilbert's and Isobel's actions, as both were working for her), and one of the antagonists of season two. She was also a recurring character in the third and fourth seasons. Finally, she has a main role in season five. Katherine's life has always been brought with much tragedy, loss and pain. Katherine was born into a wealthy Bulgarian family. When Katherine was just seventeen years of age, she gave birth to a daughter out of wedlock. Because of the fact that Katherine had a child out of wedlock, her father had her banished from Bulgaria. Katherine than ran away and settled in England. Some time during the late fifteenth century, Katherine met Klaus and Elijah Mikaelson. Katherine fell in love with or had affections for both of the Mikaelsson brothers, although it was Klaus that she was originally taken with. Unknown to her, Katherine was wanted by Klaus for one simple reason: so he could sacrifice her in order to break his hybrid curse. When Katherine had discovered this fact, she began to flee and hide from Klaus, fearing for her safety and her survival. On April 6, 1492, Katherine met Rose, a young British woman who was a vampire and whom was best friends with Trevor, someone who had helped Katherine to escape because Trevor had affections for Katherine. Fearful for her survival, Katherine tricked Rose into feeding her her vampire blood so that a wound that she inflicted upon herself would heal. When Rose was distracted with Trevor, Katherine ended up hanging herself, completing her transformation into a vampire. Katherine returned to Bulgaria to find her entire family slaughtered and brutally murdered after Klaus had retaliated against Katherine for running away from him. Throughout the centuries, Katherine travelled across the world running away from Klaus until in 1864, she came to the town of Mystic Falls where she met Stefan and Damon Salvatore. Katherine fell in love with Stefan and also had an affair with Damon on the side, which only caused the sibling rivalry between the two brothers to heat up immensely. It was the Salvatore brother's relationship with Katherine that ended up changing the relationship between the two forever and what sparked a century plus old rivalry between the once very close brothers. Katherine is responsible for turning both of the Salvatore brothers into vampires, although in regards to Stefan, Katherine come;l;led Stefan to drink her blood while Damon drank Katherine's blood willingly. Katherine's notable ancestors include Amara, the who was Silas' true love and presumably the world's first immortal woman, and Tatia, whose blood was involved in the creation of the spell of immortality that was cast on the Mikaelson Family and the curse that bound Klaus' werewolf side. She is also the maternal ancestor of Isobel Flemming and the latter's biological daughter, Elena Gilbert. She was once the romantic interest of Stefan and Damon Salvatore, as well as Mason Lockwood. Since the late 15th century, she has also been the romantic interest of Elijah, with whom she was involved, until he effectively ended their relationship by leaving to join his half-brother Klaus in New Orleans. Katherine is a member and distant ancestor of the Petrova Family.

* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: To Nadia. It was revealed during the fifth season that Nadia is Katherine's long lost daughter. Katherine had Nadia when she was a teenager, seventeen years old to be exact. Katherine has also been a vampire for over 500 years, therefore, she has not physically aged because of the fact that she is immortal. Therefore, Katherine has been physically eighteen years old for over 500 years. Nadia is also a vampire, but actually looks older than Katherine; this could be because Nadia was turned at an older age than when Katherine was turned. According to the show, Katherine was turned at the age of eighteen while Nadia was turned at the age of thirty, hence Nadia is physically 12 years older than Katherine in regards to physical age. However, both Katherine and Nadia are over 500 years old because Katherine had Nadia at a very young age.

* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: To Elena. Understandable considering that Isobel had Elena when she was only 16.
** In real life, Mia Kirshner is only 13 years older than Nina Dobrev, hence why Isobel looks insanely young next to the teenaged Elena.

* MemeticSexGod: Both in-universe and out of the universe. Katherine is known to be a highly sexual individual and she seems to be rather spontaneous in the bedroom as seen with all of her love making scenes with male characters.

* GenreSavvy: Anna is very knowledgable and smart.

* DepravedBisexual: Strongly hinted at. Possibly an ActorAllusion to Mia Kirshner's role on TheLWord.

* BigBad: In Season 1

Katerina Petrova ('''''Bulgarian:''' Катерина Петрова''), better known as Katherine Pierce, is a witch of the Traveller subculture, the assumed third doppelgänger of Amara, a former vampire, a major antagonist and one of the main characters during the fifth season. She was born to Mr. and Mrs. Petrova on June 5th, 1473 in Bulgaria. She was the main antagonist of season one (through John Gilbert's and Isobel's actions, as both were working for her), and one of the antagonists of season two. She was also a recurring character in the third and fourth seasons. Finally, she has a main role in season five. Katherine's life has always been brought with much tragedy, loss and pain. Katherine was born into a wealthy Bulgarian family. When Katherine was just seventeen years of age, she gave birth to a daughter out of wedlock. Because of the fact that Katherine had a child out of wedlock, her father had her banished from Bulgaria. Katherine than ran away and settled in England. Some time during the late fifteenth century, Katherine met Klaus and Elijah Mikaelson. Katherine fell in love with or had affections for both of the Mikaelsson brothers, although it was Klaus that she was originally taken with. Unknown to her, Katherine was wanted by Klaus for one simple reason: so he could sacrifice her in order to break his hybrid curse. When Katherine had discovered this fact, she began to flee and hide from Klaus, fearing for her safety and her survival. On April 6, 1492, Katherine met Rose, a young British woman who was a vampire and whom was best friends with Trevor, someone who had helped Katherine to escape because Trevor had affections for Katherine. Fearful for her survival, Katherine tricked Rose into feeding her her vampire blood so that a wound that she inflicted upon herself would heal. When Rose was distracted with Trevor, Katherine ended up hanging herself, completing her transformation into a vampire. Katherine returned to Bulgaria to find her entire family slaughtered and brutally murdered after Klaus had retaliated against Katherine for running away from him. Throughout the centuries, Katherine travelled across the world running away from Klaus until in 1864, she came to the town of Mystic Falls where she met Stefan and Damon Salvatore. Katherine fell in love with Stefan and also had an affair with Damon on the side, which only caused the sibling rivalry between the two brothers to heat up immensely. It was the Salvatore brother's relationship with Katherine that ended up changing the relationship between the two forever and what sparked a century plus old rivalry between the once very close brothers. Katherine is responsible for turning both of the Salvatore brothers into vampires, although in regards to Stefan, Katherine come;l;led Stefan to drink her blood while Damon drank Katherine's blood willingly. Katherine's notable ancestors include Amara, the who was Silas' true love and presumably the world's first immortal woman, and Tatia, whose blood was involved in the creation of the spell of immortality that was cast on the Mikaelson Family and the curse that bound Klaus' werewolf side. She is also the maternal ancestor of Isobel Flemming and the latter's biological daughter, Elena Gilbert. She was once the romantic interest of Stefan and Damon Salvatore, as well as Mason Lockwood. Since the late 15th century, she has also been the romantic interest of Elijah, with whom she was involved, until he effectively ended their relationship by leaving to join his half-brother Klaus in New Orleans. Katherine is a member and distant ancestor of the Petrova Family.

->'''Portrayed By:''' Nina Dobrev

* ActionGirl[=/=]DarkActionGirl: Katherine is a vampire and therefore, she has superhuman abilities which can assist her in combat and fighting. She knows how to kick ass when she has to. She is probably the strongest female character in the series next to Rebekah, who is an Original vampire and Qetsiyah, who is known to be one of the most powerful witches of all time. Katherine is the most kickass female character and she can even take down many of the male characters including both of the Salvatore brothers. She is also on par with other female vampires, such as Elena and Caroline for example. Katherine has shown that she is immensely stronger and more powerful than Elena due to the fact that Katherine has over five centuries on Elena in regards to age and being a vampire. Katherine has taken down plenty of male characters other than the Salvatore brothers such as Silas and Jeremy for example. In the fifth season, Katherine had become a human and had therefore lost her superhuman abilities as a vampire. She still showed that she was a very capable individual in terms of survival and she knew how to defend herself when she had to despite being significantly more vulnerable than she was before. Although, when Katherine became a human, she became more of a BadassDamsel and an ActionSurvivor more so than an ActionGirl.

!!Katherine Pierce a.k.a. Katerina Petrova (portrayed by Nina Dobrev)
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->''I will always look out for myself. If you're smart, you'll do the same.''

Katerina Petrova ('''''Bulgarian:''' Катерина Петрова''), better known as Katherine Pierce, is a witch of the Traveller subculture, the assumed third doppelgänger of Amara, a former vampire, a major antagonist and one of the main characters. She was the main antagonist of season one (through John Gilbert's and Isobel's actions, as both were working for her), and one of the antagonists of season two. She was also a recurring character in the third and fourth seasons. Finally, she has a main role in season five. Katherine's notable ancestors include Amara, who was Silas' true love and presumably the world's first immortal woman, and Tatia, whose blood was involved in the creation of the spell of immortality that was cast on the Mikaelson Family and the curse that bound Klaus' werewolf side. She is also the maternal ancestor of Isobel Flemming and the latter's biological daughter, Elena Gilbert. She was once the romantic interest of Stefan and Damon Salvatore, as well as Mason Lockwood. Since the late 15th century, she has also been the romantic interest of Elijah, with whom she was involved, until he effectively ended their relationship by leaving to join his half-brother Klaus in New Orleans. Katherine is a member and distant ancestor of the Petrova Family.

** [[spoiler: However, this became subverted in season five. It seems as though Stefan was still holding onto some minor resentment towards Katherine regarding the things she had done to him in the past century, Stefan finally forgave her as she was dying, something that Katherine had been wanting from Stefan for over a century.]]
* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: To Nadia. It was revealed that Nadia is Katherine's long lost daughter. Katherine had Nadia when she was a teenager. Katherine has also been a vampire for over 500 years, therefore, she has not physically aged. Nadia is also a vampire, but actually looks older than Katherine; this could be because Nadia was turned at an older age than when Katherine was turned.
* [[ActingForTwo Acting For Three]]: Nina Dobrev portrays Katherine, Elena and [[spoiler: Amara.]]
* ActionGirl[=/=]DarkActionGirl: Katherine knows how to kick ass when she has to.
* ActionFashionista: Katherine is usually kicking ass in her most fashionable and trendy clothing.
* ActionMom: As of season five, since it was discovered that [[spoiler: she is Nadia's mother.]]

Katerina Petrova ('''''Bulgarian:''' Катерина Петрова''), better known as Katherine Pierce, is a witch of the Traveller subculture, the assumed third doppelgänger of Amara, a former vampire, a major antagonist and one of the main characters during the fifth season. She was born to Mr. and Mrs. Petrova on June 5th, 1473 in Bulgaria. She was the main antagonist of season one (through John Gilbert's and Isobel's actions, as both were working for her), and one of the antagonists of season two. She was also a recurring character in the third and fourth seasons. Finally, she has a main role in season five. Katherine's life has always been brought with much tragedy, loss and pain. Katherine was born into a wealthy Bulgarian family. When Katherine was just seventeen years of age, she gave birth to a daughter out of wedlock. Because of the fact that Katherine had a child out of wedlock, her father had her banished from Bulgaria. Katherine than ran away and settled in England. Some time during the late fifteenth century, Katherine met Klaus and Elijah Mikaelson. Katherine fell in love with or had affections for both of the Mikaelsson brothers, although it was Klaus that she was originally taken with. Unknown to her, Katherine was wanted by Klaus for one simple reason: so he could sacrifice her in order to break his hybrid curse. When Katherine had discovered this fact, she began to flee and hide from Klaus, fearing for her safety and her survival. On April 6, 1492, Katherine met Rose, a young British woman who was a vampire and whom was best friends with Trevor, someone who had helped Katherine to escape because Trevor had affections for Katherine. Fearful for her survival, Katherine tricked Rose into feeding her her vampire blood so that a wound that she inflicted upon herself would heal. When Rose was distracted with Trevor, Katherine ended up hanging herself, completing her transformation into a vampire. Katherine returned to Bulgaria to find her entire family slaughtered and brutally murdered after Klaus had retaliated against Katherine for running away from him. Throughout the centuries, Katherine travelled across the world running away from Klaus until in 1864, she came to the town of Mystic Falls where she met Stefan and Damon Salvatore. Katherine fell in love with Stefan and also had an affair with Damon on the side, which only caused the sibling rivalry between the two brothers to heat up immensely. It was the Salvatore brother's relationship with Katherine that ended up changing the relationship between the two forever and what sparked a century plus old rivalry between the once very close brothers. Katherine is responsible for turning both of the Salvatore brothers into vampires, although in regards to Stefan, Katherine come;l;led Stefan to drink her blood while Damon drank Katherine's blood willingly. Katherine's notable ancestors include Amara, the who was Silas' true love and presumably the world's first immortal woman, and Tatia, whose blood was involved in the creation of the spell of immortality that was cast on the Mikaelson Family and the curse that bound Klaus' werewolf side. She is also the maternal ancestor of Isobel Flemming and the latter's biological daughter, Elena Gilbert. She was once the romantic interest of Stefan and Damon Salvatore, as well as Mason Lockwood. Since the late 15th century, she has also been the romantic interest of Elijah, with whom she was involved, until he effectively ended their relationship by leaving to join his half-brother Klaus in New Orleans. Katherine is a member and distant ancestor of the Petrova Family.

* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: To Nadia. It was revealed that Nadia is Katherine's long lost daughter. Katherine had Nadia when she was a teenager. Katherine has also been a vampire for over 500 years, therefore, she has not physically aged. Nadia is also a vampire, but actually looks older than Katherine; this could be because Nadia was turned at an older age than when Katherine was turned.
* [[ActingForTwo Acting For Three]]: Nina Dobrev portrays Katherine, Elena and [[spoiler: Amara.]] How Nina is able to pull playing off all three roles is highly admirable as she is able to act each of the roles and make them completely different from each other.
* ActionGirl[=/=]DarkActionGirl: Katherine knows how to kick ass when she has to. She is probably the strongest female character in the series next to Rebekah, who is an Original vampire and Qetsiyah, who is known to be one of the most powerful witches of all time. Katherine is the most kickass female character and she can even take down many of the male characters including both of the Salvatore brothers.
* ActionFashionista: Katherine is usually kicking ass in her most fashionable and trendy clothing. Aside from the fact that she is an ActionGirl, she is also TheFashionista and takes a lot of pride in her appearance and clothing. Katherine always has to look her best and is never not wearing something fashionable.
* ActionMom: As of season five, since it was discovered that [[spoiler: she is Nadia's mother. Katherine had given birth to Nadia at the tender age of 17 during the 1400's.]]

Katerina Petrova ('''''Bulgarian:''' Катерина Петрова''), better known as Katherine Pierce, is a witch of the Traveller subculture, the assumed third doppelgänger of Amara, a former vampire, a major antagonist and one of the main characters. She was born to Mr. and Mrs. Petrova on June 5, 1473 in Bulgaria. She was the main antagonist of season one (through John Gilbert's and Isobel's actions, as both were working for her), and one of the antagonists of season two. She was also a recurring character in the third and fourth seasons. Finally, she has a main role in season five. Katherine's notable ancestors include Amara, who was Silas' true love and presumably the world's first immortal woman, and Tatia, whose blood was involved in the creation of the spell of immortality that was cast on the Mikaelson Family and the curse that bound Klaus' werewolf side. She is also the maternal ancestor of Isobel Flemming and the latter's biological daughter, Elena Gilbert. She was once the romantic interest of Stefan and Damon Salvatore, as well as Mason Lockwood. Since the late 15th century, she has also been the romantic interest of Elijah, with whom she was involved, until he effectively ended their relationship by leaving to join his half-brother Klaus in New Orleans. Katherine is a member and distant ancestor of the Petrova Family.

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!!Katherine Pierce a.k.a. Katerina Petrova (portrayed by Nina Dobrev)
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!!Anna (portrayed by Malese Jow)

!!Pearl (portrayed by Creator/KellyHu)

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!!Isobel Flemming-Saltzman (portrayed by Mia Kirshner)

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!!Alexia ‘Lexi’ Branson (portrayed by Arielle Kebbel)

!!Bree (portrayed by Creator/GinaTorres)

* {{Jerkass}}: Oh so much.

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Katerina Petrova ('''''Bulgarian:''' Катерина Петрова''), better known as Katherine Pierce, is a witch of the Traveller subculture, the assumed third doppelgänger of Amara, a former vampire, a major antagonist and one of the main characters. She was the main antagonist of season one (through John Gilbert's and Isobel's actions, as both were working for her), and one of the antagonists of season two. She was also a recurring character in the third and fourth seasons. Finally, she has a main role in season five. Katherine's notable ancestors include Amara, who was Silas' true love and presumably the world's first immortal woman, and Tatia, whose blood was involved in the creation of the spell of immortality that was cast on the Mikaelson Family and the curse that bound Klaus' werewolf side. She is also the maternal ancestor of Isobel Flemming and the latter's biological daughter, Elena Gilbert. She was once the romantic interest of Stefan and Damon Salvatore, as well as Mason Lockwood. Since the late 15th century, she has also been the romantic interest of Elijah, with whom she was involved, until he effectively ended their relationship by leaving to join his half-brother Klaus in New Orleans. Katherine is a member and distant ancestor of the Petrova Family.

** [[spoiler: However, this became subverted in season five. It seems as though Stefan was still holding onto some minor resentment towards Katherine regarding the things she had done to him in the past century, Stefan finally forgave her as she was dying, something that Katherine had been wanting from Stefan for over a century.]]

* [[ActingForTwo Acting For Three]]: Nina Dobrev portrays Katherine, Elena and [[spoiler: Amara.]]
* ActionGirl[=/=]DarkActionGirl: Katherine knows how to kick ass when she has to.
* ActionFashionista: Katherine is usually kicking ass in her most fashionable and trendy clothing.
* ActionMom: As of season five, since it was discovered that [[spoiler: she is Nadia's mother.]]
* ActionSurvivor: Katherine has become this [[spoiler: especially now that she is human and vulnerable.]]
* ActorSharedBackground: Nina Dobrev is Bulgarian in real life, as is Katherine in universe. This led to a misunderstanding on what we must assume was the writers' part: Nina Dobrev is sometimes referred to as "Nina Dobreva". In Bulgaria the "a" at the end of her surname is a way to denote that she is a female member of the Dobrev family.
* AlasPoorVillain: As of season five, Katherine has been aging rapidly after consuming the cure at the end of season four. One can't help but feel sorry for her now that Katherine is dying, as she is seeking redemption for her past sins now. Subverted as of 5x11.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Katherine's affections for Klaus in the fifteenth century and Damon in the nineteenth century.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: For Stefan and Damon now that both claim to prefer Elena over her. However, Katherine's love for Stefan was stronger and she spent over a century stalking and pining for him.
* AllWomenAreLustful: Katherine is a highly sexual individual and she often uses this to get her way.

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* EthnicMagician
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl
* HotWitch

* OnlyOneName
* SassyBlackWoman

* AlmightyMom

* BitchInSheepsClothing

* TheDeterminator

* EvilFeelsGood

* FemmeFatale

* HelloNurse
* IceQueen

* KilledOffForReal

* TheVamp

* EveryoneLovesBlondes

* VampiresAreSexGods

* AlasPoorVillain: As of season five, Katherine has been aging rapidly after consuming the cure at the end of season four. One can't help but feel sorry for her now that Katherine is dying, as she is seeking redemption for her past sins now. Subverted as of 5x11

* AlphaBitch: Tied with Rebekah for biggest bitch in the entire series.

* {{Immortality}}: Katherine is a vampire. She has the ability to live forever without physically aging. Although Katherine physically looks like she is 18, she is actually over 500 years old.
** Katherine is Type V: TheUndead. Katherine is a living dead person.
** Katherine is also Type X, a LifeDrinker. She drinks human blood in order to survive.

** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: In season 5.

* BrownEyes

* TheCutie:

* ActionMom: Pearl is very active when she needs to be.

* {{Badass}}: And how!

* {{Immortality}}: Pearl had the ability to live forever without physically aging.
** She was a Type V and Type X.

* MsFanservice

!!Pearl (portrayed by KellyHu)

* LadyInRed: Wore a signature red dress in 1864.

!!Bree (portrayed by GinaTorres)