Trending badgeTrendingPosted 1 hour agoSubscribe to BuzzFeed Daily NewsletterCaret Down17 Female Actors Who Have Spoken Out About Being Paid Less Than Their Co-Stars"I've been accredited by my industry at the highest levels, and that still didn't translate to equal compensation."by Megan LiscombSenior EditorFacebookPinterestLink 1. Nina Dobrev, who played Elena and several of her doppelgängers in The Vampire Diaries, recently revealed that she was paid less than her male co-leads Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley for the duration of her six-season run on the show.