Candice Accola Net Worth

What is Candice Accola's Net Worth?

Candice Accola, also known as Candice King, is an American actress, singer, and songwriter who has a net worth of $4 million. Candice is best known for her role as Caroline Forbes on the CW television series "The Vampire Diaries" and its spinoffs "The Originals" and "Legacies." She has also appeared in episodes of such shows as "Supernatural," "Greek," "Drop Dead Diva," and "The Orville." On the big screen, King's credits include "Juno," "Deadgirl," and "After We Collided."

Early Life and Education

Candice Accola was born on May 13, 1987 in Houston, Texas to environmental engineer Carolyn and cardiothoracic surgeon Kevin, both originally from Illinois. She has a younger brother. Growing up in Edgewood, Florida, King attended Lake Highland Preparatory School in nearby Orlando.

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Television Career

King made her television debut in 2007 with a guest role on the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother." Two years later, she had guest roles on "Supernatural" and "Greek." King also began her longest-running role, as Caroline Forbes on the CW supernatural teen drama series "The Vampire Diaries." On the show, based on the book series of the same name, she starred alongside such other actors as Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Kat Graham, and Zach Roerig. "The Vampire Diaries" was a big hit with audiences, running for eight seasons through 2017. King went on to reprise her role as Caroline Forbes in the fifth and final season of the "Vampire Diaries" spinoff series "The Originals," which aired in 2018. She reprised her role again in the final season of the second spinoff series, "Legacies," from 2021 to 2022.

During her time on "The Vampire Diaries," King appeared in an episode of the Lifetime series "Drop Dead Diva" in 2010, and in an episode of the improvisational comedy series "Whose Line is it Anyway?" in 2013. At the end of the decade, she had a guest role on the Fox science-fiction comedy series "The Orville." King's other television credits include the television films "Christmas in Tune" (2021) and "Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story" (2022). In the latter, she portrays the titular real-life convicted murderer. King was also cast in the series "We Were Liars," based on the psychological horror YA novel by E. Lockhart.

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Film Career

In 2007, the same year she debuted on television, King made her first appearances on the big screen. She had a brief part in Jason Reitman's coming-of-age film "Juno," and also appeared in the children's adventure film "Pirate Camp," starring Corbin Bernsen. In 2008, King starred alongside Shiloh Fernandez, Noah Segan, and Jenny Spain in the sexploitation horror film "Deadgirl." The next year, she had a small role in the romantic comedy "Love Hurts," starring Richard E. Grant and Carrie-Anne Moss. In 2011, King appeared in the thriller "The Truth About Angels." She didn't appear in many films in the years after that. King returned to the big screen in 2020 with a supporting role in the romantic drama "After We Collided," based on the novel of the same name by Anna Todd. The second installment in the "After" series, it stars Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin as a young couple in a turbulent relationship.

Music Career

As a singer, King released her debut album, "It's Always the Innocent Ones," in late 2006. The following year, she served as a backup singer on Miley Cyrus's first concert tour, the Best of Both Worlds Tour. As part of the tour, King appeared in the 2008 concert film "Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert."

Personal Life

In early 2012 at a Super Bowl event, King met singer-songwriter and guitarist Joe King, from the rock band the Fray. The two subsequently began dating, and in the spring of 2013 they got engaged. In the fall of 2014, the couple married in New Orleans, Louisiana. Candice King became the stepmother of her husband's two daughters from his previous marriage. The couple went on to have two daughters of their own, named Florence and Josephine. In 2022, the Kings divorced. Candice King went on to date actor Steven Krueger, a fellow actor from the television show "The Originals."

Real Estate

In 2018, Candice and Joe sold their Denver mansion for $3.65 million.

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