Come April 2011, Nina Dobrev will grace the cover of Teen Vogue. Check out an excerpt from the feature, plus shots and video from her cover shoot.

Let’s just get this comparison out of the way: Nina Dobrev is the anti-Bella. Coming to greet me on the Atlanta set of The Vampire Diaries—the CW’s take on pop culture’s trendiest figures of folklore—she’s unguarded and unself-conscious, all smiles and hugs. Her trailer vibes of a teenager’s bedroom: Fashion magazines, stuffed animals, and shoeboxes fill floor space and various corners. There’s a half-drunk bottle of kombucha on the desk, a corkboard of photos of cast-mates and friends, and notes to herself scrawled on a chalkboard-painted wall (“pay bills,” reads one).

Then, suddenly: “Oh my god, I’m so embarrassed.” Our eyes land on a cheesy male pinup calendar hanging near the door. She runs to it immediately, nervously tearing it from the wall. “For my twenty-first birthday! It was a joke gift! Please don’t judge!”

As in her day job playing dueling roles as responsible high-schooler Elena and centuries-old vampire Katherine, Nina, 22, hovers somewhere between distracted teenager and fully realized adult. First purchases for her new condo, for example, included a fondue set and a popcorn maker, while her mattress is still on the floor. In very vampiric fashion, she doesn’t get much sleep. “By the time I get home, memorize the next day’s work, brush my teeth, remove all the makeup, and shower to get the blood off . . .” she says, counting on her fingers. “And then I have to be back at work in seven hours. I can only do so much.”

Read the rest of the article at Teen Vogue.

View the rest of the photos HERE.