Nina Dobrev | Dragon Slaying — Flaunt Magazine - Flaunt Magazine

Yes, women do the cooking, and they do the cleaning, but they can also pay taxes, fix the broken sink, and open that really tight jar of pickles (running it through hot water and hitting the lid with the back of a knife helps). And they also direct their own films. Dobrev made her debut as a director at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival this October, where she premiered her first short film, The One. Shot right before the beginning of the pandemic, at the end of January 2020, Dobrev's "baby" is set in the near future and makes a comment on modern day fertility and the morality behind the technology that accompanies it—whether or not it's okay. "It's literally my baby," blushes Dobrev, "I co-wrote it with Will Frank, who is a friend of mine, and directed it, and produced it, and so now, finally, after such a long time, I am excited to present my baby to the world, and hopefully they receive it well."

Making way for women in more than one industry, in 2021 Dobrev created Fresh Vine Wine, alongside Julianne Hough, and presented an all-new low-carb, low-calorie, and vegan-friendly wine. According to Dobrev, health is all about balance, and skipping on an amazing experience—a dinner with friends, a family gathering, a girls trip—needn't have to be an option. "If you have a glass of wine, you shouldn't feel guilty about it," expresses Dobrev of the common interest that led these health conscious best friends to start their company. "You can do both. It's not one or the other. If you do extremes, any extreme, you won't be successful. Too much drinking is bad, too much working out is bad. Not enough drinking is bad, not enough working out is bad. So it's a balance." So make sure to have a glass of the reserved cabernet they are launching soon.