Early life

Candice King 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.

Career

Music

In December 2006, King released her debut album, It's Always the Innocent Ones, independently in the United States. She co-wrote 12 of the fourteen tracks on the record. The remaining tracks were a cover of 'Til Tuesday's hit "Voices Carry (song)" and American Hi-Fi's "The Breakup Song" rewrote in female version as "Our Breakup Song". In 2008 the album was re-released in Japan and achieved greater success. King toured as a backing singer for Miley Cyrus's Best of Both Worlds Tour. She appeared as herself in the 2008 3D concert film Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert. In February 2011, King performed a cover of "Eternal Flame" by The Bangles on The Vampire Diaries.

Acting

King had guest appearances in a number of television series such as How I Met Your Mother, Supernatural and Drop Dead Diva. In July 2009 she 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 King had a bit-role in The Hannah Montana Movie. In 2009 she 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 for the show was mixed, but as the show commenced, critics were positive. For King's performance, reception from critics and fans alike was very positive and has remained that way, receiving many awards for her performance. In June 2012 she joined the 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

Candice began dating musician Joe King of The Fray after they met at a Super Bowl event in February 2011. They became engaged in May 2013, and married on October 18, 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Upon her marriage, she became a stepmother to Joe King's two daughters from his first marriage. In August 2015, it was announced that Candice and Joe were expecting their first child together. On January 15, 2016, King gave birth to a daughter.

Along with her The Vampire Diaries co-stars Michael Trevino and Ian Somerhalder, King is a supporter of the It Gets Better Project, which aims to prevent suicide among LGBT youth. Though her parents are Republicans, Candice herself has shown support for President Barack Obama, and supports gay rights.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Pirate Camp	Annalisa/Tom
2007	Juno	Amanda
2007	On the Doll	Melody
2007	X's & O's	Gwen's friend
2008	Deadgirl	JoAnn
2009	Love Hurts	Sharon
2010	Kingshighway	Sophia
2011	The Truth About Angels	Caitlin Stone

Television and web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	How I Met Your Mother	Amy	Episode: "Something Borrowed"
2009	Supernatural	Amanda Heckerling	Episode: "After School Special"
2009	Greek	Alice	Episode: "Isn't It Bro-mantic?"
2009-present	The Vampire Diaries	Caroline Forbes	Main role
2010	Drop Dead Diva	Jessica Orlando	Episode: "Begin Again"
2012	Dating Rules From My Future Self	Chloe Cunningham	Web-series; Main role (season 2)

As herself

Year	Title	Notes
2008	Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert	Background singer
2011	When I Was 17	Episode dated February 12, 2011.
2011	The Perfect Love Triangle: Vampires, Werewolves, Witches	Video Short
2011	Myth & Mystery	Video Short
2011	Howling at the Moon	Video Short
2011	Her Own Worst Enemy	Video Short
2013	Big Morning Buzz Live	Episode: "Candice Accola/Robin Thicke/Stevie J"
2013	Whose Line Is It Anyway	Episode: "Candice Accola"
2013-14	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	Episode #10.77, LL Cool J/Candice Accola
2014	Fashion Police	Season 9, episode 12

As Producer

Year	Title	Notes
2012	Dating Rules From My Future Self	Episodes; "The Last Shrimp", "Time 2 Get ur Sh#t Together"

Discography

Albums

Year	Album
2006	It's Always the Innocent Ones

Soundtracks

Year	Title	Note
2011	Eternal Flame	The Vampire Diaries Season 2 Episode 16
2015	Go in Peace	The Vampire Diaries Season 6 Episode 15
2015	Still Hurting	The Vampire Diaries Season 6 Episode 17
2015	Hit Me With Your Best Shot	The Vampire Diaries Season 6 Episode 18

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist
2013	Love Don't Die	The Fray

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2012	Teen Choice Awards	Scene Stealer Female	The Vampire Diaries	Won
2013	Teen Choice Awards	Scene Stealer Female	The Vampire Diaries	Nominated
2014	Teen Choice Awards	Scene Stealer Female	The Vampire Diaries	Won
2015	Teen Choice Awards	TV Actress - Fantasy/Sci-Fi	The Vampire Diaries	Nominated
2015	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV: Liplock (with Paul Wesley)	The Vampire Diaries	Nominated

[ Source: Wikipedia ]