I’ve never done a character like this. Status Guest Starring Actress I’m like, “Does she feel bad for this person, at all, in this scene?” They go, “No!” And I’m like, “Okay, just checking!” This is a cool episode coming up because, of all the episodes, it’s the one where you really see her humanity the most, literally. Do you think there’s any situation where she would willingly let go of Damon or Enzo, or both of them, or is it too much about control for her? On The CW series The Vampire Diaries, currently in its final season, everyone is still fighting for Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Enzo’s (Michael Malarkey) souls while Sybil (Nathalie Kelley), the Siren controlling them, is exploring new and more sadistic ways to make them all regret that. While Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Alaric (Matt Davis) team up to uncover the origins of the mysterious force they’re up against, they must also decide when the actions of Damon and Enzo will pass the point of no return. Like on any show, people are a family. At this point, she’s really just enjoying being out and not being a creature in a pool of blood. How did you come to The Vampire Diaries? Lima, Peru For what reason? When she was 16 she became a salsa dancer, which helped her get the money to finish her education. Birthplace The following month, Kelley appeared as the protagonist in the low-budget horror film Urban Explorer, which follows a group of four urban explorers who explore an underground world beneath metropolitan Berlin. Name In August 2011, Kelley signed on in a major recurring role in the second season of the ABC crime drama television series Body of Proof. She is also a member of the Critics Choice Association and the Television Critics Association. I don’t know where I’m getting all this evil from, but it comes through. I like her show really goes after what she wants. KELLEY: I’ve actually been auditioning for the show for awhile. Especially knowing that this is the final season of the show, when you started to think about this character, who she is and what she would mean not just to the characters but to the fans of the show, what were you most worried about and what were you most excited about? Will we start to feel some sympathy for Sybil, or are we still just going to mostly hate her? I don’t know how people are going to react. Is it about finding the balance between how much humanity and how much depravity you should inject her with? Be aware that there are some spoilers discussed. Detoured On Some Random Backwoods Path to Hell, The Next Time I Hurt Somebody, It Could Be You, Every CW Star: Who Are They Dating? It seems like a lot of her anger stems from jealousy, whether it’s directed at Bonnie for Enzo or Elena for Damon. You’ve gotta do something, if you’re immortal. From a young age, she dreamed about being an actress. The pilot was not picked up as a result of The WB and UPN merging into The CW; the resulting network passed on the show. Birth date In March 2008, Kelley appeared in the low-budget drama crime film Loaded alongside Jesse Metcalfe. But just because she reveals all this stuff about her past, it does not mean she is trying to stop being evil. She’s not an evolved person, despite being alive centuries. Nathalie Kelley is a Peruvian-Australian actress who portrays Sybil in the eighth and final season of The Vampire Diaries. She is a theme park fanatic, which has lead to covering various land and ride openings, and a huge music fan, for which she judges life by the time before Pearl Jam and the time after. Job Nathalie Kelley was born in Lima, Peru, to a Peruvian mother and an Argentine father. She also seems to not want to be having to work as hard as she’s had to work with them. Hopefully, people will get to see another side of her and cut her some slack. Kelley played the role of an Australian schoolgirl attending a Japanese high school (a role she would later reprise nine years later in Furious 7 through the use of archival footage). Will we start to learn more about what her weaknesses are, or where her downfall might come from? She’s never gonna die, so she’s just gonna work through these vendettas and take a sadistic pleasure in that. The final season of 'The Vampire Diaries' airs Friday nights at 8pm on The CW. Is that a fair assessment? She moved to Sydney when she was 2 years old. In 2014, she won a regular role in the Lifetime series UnREAL. It had to be the evil to end all evils, and I guess I pulled it off. Aside from the writers, the actor playing the character knows them the best. She’ll go to extreme lengths to punish the people who don’t do what she wants. She likes controlling people and watching them suffer. They’re her toys, and nobody is going to take them from her without her giving them a fight. The go-to source for comic book and superhero movie fans. I was just like, “Wow!” When Ian and I were filming the scene and I put on Nina Dobrev’s clothes, it was a trippy thing. I’ve never joined a show in its eighth season. Because she really is the Queen mean girl of all mean girls, how intimidating is it to play the embodiment of evil? What’s it like to join a show like this, where it’s the eighth and final season and you’re coming in to really shake things up? I hope this gives people more of an insight into why she is the way she is, and I hope they have some compassion for her. The Vampire Diaries ha aprovechado la Comic- Con de este año para anunciar un nuevo fichaje para su última temporada, Nathalie Kelley. She’s very old, so she has to come up with increasingly sicker games to interest her. We’ve seen that Sybil is not as infallible as she likes to make people think she is. How do you approach playing a character like this? Nathalie Kelleyis a Peruvian-Australian actress who portrays Sybil in the eighth and final season ofThe Vampire Diaries. She relishes in the manipulation. NATHALIE KELLEY: I’m surprised at how much fun I’m having, playing this supremely evil person. In June 2006, Kelley received her breakout role in the film The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, the third installment of the Fast and the Furious movie series. I love that! Collider: It’s been so fun to watch you be the Queen of evil this season! You’ve gotta have a passion, and hers is making people suffer. You’ll learn that a lot of these circumstances were forced on her, but she makes the best of them. Nathalie Kelley gave us all the goss from 'Dynasty', 'Vampire Diaries' and 'UnReal', including the kicker: never sleep with your co-stars on set. I’m finding it comes quite naturally, which is frightening. The things Kelley saw there prompted her to shun show business and come home to launch herself into a social science degree at the University of New South Wales. KELLEY: You’re already seeing elements of it with the tuning fork, and yes, that does become a big part of the storyline. You'll Love 'Thoroughbreds' — Here's Why, 'The Expanse' Gets Sixth & Final Season Order Ahead of Season 5 Release, Kate Mara Reflects on 'Fantastic Four' Experience: "I Do Regret Not Having Stood Up for Myself", ‘The Walking Dead: World Beyond’ Showrunner Matt Negrete on Expanding the ‘Walking Dead’ Universe, ‘The Mandalorian’ Cast & Character Guide: Who's Who in the Disney+ Series, Anya Taylor-Joy on 'The Queen’s Gambit', Robert Eggers’ 'The Northman', and The Kinks, The Best New Movies to Watch on Amazon Prime in November 2020, 'Titans' Season 3 Reveals Starfire's Fiery, Purple, L.A. 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Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Having worked at Collider for over a decade (since 2009), her primary focus is on film and television interviews with talent both in front of and behind the camera. The "Miss Latin America competition" also earned her a much-needed $1,000, before she took a year off and went to Brazil. She’s enjoying going out and wearing nice clothes and making people do her evil bidding. In March 2011, Kelley had a small role in the retro comedy film Take Me Home Tonight, which starred Topher Grace, Anna Faris and fellow Australian Teresa Palmer. How do you feel about Sybil? In 2005, Charmed executive producers Brad Kern, Aaron Spelling and E. Duke Vincent developed a one-hour pilot for The WB titled Mermaid. Season Kelley has since appeared on both Lone Star and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Christina Radish is a Senior Reporter at Collider. Sybil There’s a reason the others didn’t work. She’s gonna enjoy this evil thing. Nathalie Kelley She just wants to satisfy her sick urges and cravings, sadistically, with this small town. This is the role for me. In 2020, she debuted in the lead role of Noa Hamilton in the ABC series The Baker and the Beauty Played Julie [Plec] had known me for a couple of years, and this was just the perfect fit. She volunteered with Indigenous Australian youth in the inner-city suburb of Redfern before moving to Los Angeles and eventually becoming a film actress. Here's How to Watch the X-Men Movies in Order (Chronologically and By Release Date), 'The Vampire Diaries' Nathalie Kelley on Playing Evil and Sybil's Possible Downfall, Like 'The Queen's Gambit'? If she does not get everything really quickly, she takes it really personally. Behind every evil person is some really awful, dark wound in their past, and she definitely has more than a few. The film was shot in Los Angeles in 2007 but its release was delayed by Universal Pictures for unknown reasons. There’s definitely a lot more evil to come from her, as the season continues. KELLEY: No. The film made over $158 million worldwide. KELLEY: When you work on a character for the first time, you’re like, “Is this going to be evil enough? During this exclusive phone interview with Collider, actress Nathalie Kelley talked about how much fun she’s having with playing evil, why this role was the right fit, balancing Sybil’s humanity and depravity, whether we might feel some sympathy towards this Queen mean girl, how what she was most nervous about with the role is also what she was most excited about, what it was like to join this cast in the show’s final season, and that we’ll learn more about Sybil’s possible downfall. I went through the regular audition process, but Julie knew what she wanted. Everyone was really warm in welcoming me. She has nothing else to do with her time. None of the other roles before this were the right fit and nothing really worked. In fall of 2016, Kelley appeared in the eighth and final season of The Vampire Diaries as Sybil. I knew they were all really tight knit and they definitely have a lot of history. It would never even occur to her. Do we have any idea what she’s really up to? You never know, when you join a show like that. You’ll learn more about that, down the line. Nathalie Kelley is a Peruvian–Australian actress known for her role as Neela in the 2006 action film The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, and for her roles in various television series including Body of Proof (2011–2012), Unreal (2015), The Vampire Diaries (2016–2017) and Dynasty (2017–2018). She’s really having a good time in Mystic Falls. Kelley was cast as the series protagonist Nikki, a mermaid who is rescued by a young man when she washes ashore in Miami. I also like how much fun she has. KELLEY: I like how unrelentingly bad she is. It’s really easy for me to turn that on now. It’s a new and interesting experience. She’s focused. The Vampire Diaries airs on Friday nights on The CW. Without giving anything away, what can you say about what Sybil’s true motivations and goals are, and are we going to learn about them anytime soon? KELLEY: I knew that by going into Damon’s memories and replacing Elena, that would really mess with the fans. I’m really enjoying it! But what we both agreed on was just how much fun this character, Sybil, has with being evil. You’ll learn about what that tuning fork really is and what it does, and you’ll start seeing chinks in her army, in terms of her infallibility. The Vampire Diaries Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. In 2010, Kelley played the love interest in the music video for the Bruno Mars song "Just the Way You Are". She takes a lot of pleasure in it. KELLEY: For an immortal, she’s really petty and she holds grudges. - Screenrant, https://vampirediaries.fandom.com/wiki/Nathalie_Kelley?oldid=2767362. KELLEY: I can’t really speak to her master plan. She talks about what she was like, before becoming a Siren, and her tragic childhood and the things that happened that led her to being the evil being that she is today. Covering the hottest movie and TV topics that fans want. Nathalie Kelley Did you just go through an audition process for the role? I take cues from the director, and usually they want to go more depraved. What was your first day on set like? She’s sadistic. Ian was like, “Oh, wow, this is really going to mess with the fans!” But it was not until I saw it all together and the episode came out that it really hit me, the gravity of what Sybil had done. She would never! Now, I’m in the flow. There have been some pretty strong emotions about my character flying around. It’s been amazing! I guess worried was one thing that I felt, but I was also excited about that. She attended North Sydney Girls High School on Sydney's North Shore. I’ve actually made some really wonderful friends on this show, which was surprising. Kelley appeared as Dani Alvarez in ten episodes and made her final appearance in the episode "Going Viral Part One". KELLEY: I hope so! KELLEY: Yes, that’s a really good way of putting it. 8. That’s her motivation right now. At this point in the season, it’s still evolving. KELLEY: I was nervous, at first. She’s really committed to this evil thing. There’s not repentance, in any way. 'The Vampire Diaries' Nathalie Kelley talking about joining the CW show in its final season, getting the chance to play evil, and Sybil's possible downfall. October 5, 1985 (age 35) Is this what they want?” And then, I started to really settle into it. In 2012, Kelley played a vampire princess in the video clip "Luna Llena" from Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Baby Rasta & Gringo.