Candice René King (néeAccola; born May 13, 1987)[1] is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Caroline Forbes in The CW supernatural drama series The Vampire Diaries (2009 - 2017) and her recurring role as the same character on the spin-off series The Originals (2013 - 2018) and Legacies (2018 - 2022).
Candice René Accola was born in Houston, Texas, the daughter of Carolyn (née Clark), who was an environmental engineer before becoming a homemaker, and Kevin Accola, a cardiothoracic surgeon.[2][3] She grew up in Edgewood, Florida and attended Lake Highland Preparatory School.[4] Both her parents are active members of the local Republican political party.[5] She has one younger brother, Kree Thomas Accola.[4][6][7]
Career
Music
King at a press conference in the United Kingdom in June 2013
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 14 tracks on the record.[citation needed] The remaining tracks were a cover of 'Til Tuesday's hit "Voices Carry (song)" and American Hi-Fi's "The Breakup Song" rewritten in a 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.[8]
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 horror film Deadgirl which centers on two high-school boys who discover an immortal woman in an abandoned asylum.[11] That same year 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, one of the main characters of the show.[8] In June 2012, she joined the second season of the web series Dating Rules From My Future Self, as Chloe Cunningham, a 26-year-old woman who believes love does not exist.[12][13] The series centers on a girl receiving romance advice from herself ten years in the future by text message. She played Kimberly in the 2020 romance sequel After We Collided.
Personal life
King began dating musician Joe King of The Fray after they met at a Super Bowl event in February 2012.[14] Her costar Nina Dobrev introduced them. They became engaged in May 2013,[15] and married on October 18, 2014, in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is stepmother to King's two daughters from his first marriage.[16]
In January 2016, King gave birth to a daughter.[17] In December 2020, King gave birth to their second daughter.[18] In May 2022, it was announced that Accola had filed for divorce.[19]
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