Country of origin United States Original network The CW | No. of episodes 22 | |
Original release October 8, 2015 (2015-10-08) – May 13, 2016 (2016-05-13) | ||
The Vampire Diaries, a one-hour American supernatural drama, was renewed for a seventh season by The CW on January 11, 2015, and premiered on October 8, 2015. This is the first season to not feature Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert following her departure from the series after the season six finale. On March 11, 2016, The CW renewed The Vampire Diaries for an eighth and final season.
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Main cast
Casting
The cast features Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore, Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore, Kat Graham as Bonnie Bennett, Candice Accola as Caroline Forbes and Zach Roerig as Matt Donovan.
On April 11, 2015, it was announced that Steven R. McQueen would be departing the show. On April 6, 2015, it was announced that Nina Dobrev would be leaving after the sixth season; he announced that Michael Trevino would only appear as a guest on the new season.
On July 15, 2015, it was announced that Scarlett Byrne and Teressa Liane were hired to play Nora and Mary Louise, respectively. Nora and Mary Louise are described as extremely powerful and protective with each other, because it is the first same-sex couple in the series; additionally it reported that Elizabeth Blackmore was chosen to give life to Valerie. The trio is part of the family of heretics Lily Salvatore. On November 5, he announced that Leslie-Anne Huff was hired to play Rayna, a slayer.