File photo of actress Nina Dobrev
Bulgarian-born Hollywood star Nina Dobrev plans to make a secret visit Bulgaria in the beginning of the summer, according to local media reports.
Dobrev, who was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, moved to Canada at the age of two, where she was raised in Toronto, Ontario.
The rising movie star, who gained popularity with her lead role in the Vampire Diaries series, will be visiting her grandmother Effie in Sofia, whose home-made banitsa she loves, daily Monitor wrote.
(The traditional Bulgarian banitsa is a round crispy, layered pastry, usually filled with cheese and made from phyllo dough.)
The actress plans to arrive incognito in order to avoid unwelcome media attention.
The 22-year-old teen star was recently ranked the prettiest young actress in the USA and Canada.
She made the cover of the February 2011 Issue of the American Elle Magazine.
Dobrev has booked roles in several feature films, an MTV movie called The American Mall and an erotic thriller titled "Chloe".
In April 2011, she was cast as Candace in the film adaptation of The Perks of Being a Wallflower. The movie will start shooting in May of that year in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
READ exclusive interview of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) with Bulgarian-Canadian actress Nina Dobrev HERE