Nadia Petrova

Nadia is described as an emotional and beautiful 20-something who has traveled the Earth on a mission of vengeance. She will appear in the first episode of season five. She is an Eastern European beauty and will cross paths with Matt and Rebekah at a Prague bar and comes on to both of them before delivering an ominous warning to Stefan about the Originals.

Season Five
TBA

Name
Nadia is both a Ukrainian name (Надія) and a diminutive of the Slavic name Nadezhda (Надежда); both mean "hope". It is a name found in various forms in Russia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, and other Slavic countries.

Trivia

 * She will mostly be a recurring cast member through Season 5.
 * Nadia will also interact with Elena and Caroline when they attend Whitmore College.
 * There is currently reason to believe she may be bisexual, making her the first female LGBT character, the others being Bill Forbes and Frank.
 * She crosses paths with Matt and Rebekah at a Prague bar, and comes on to both of them.
 * She will deliver an ominous warning to Stefan (Silas pretending to be Stefan) about The Originals.
 * She will ally herself with anybody and employ any tactic to further her own mysterious agenda.
 * An emotional chameleon, she can flip from stone-cold to flirtatious as it suits her needs. But the loneliness of her singular quest has taken its toll on her humanity, and she finds herself increasingly lost when it comes to genuine human connection.
 * Nadia might end up in bed with both Matt and Rebekah.
 * She might also become good friends with Matt.