Nina Dobrev shares shocking make-up and prosthetics transformation from filming Love Hard

Nina Dobrev shared a video revealing the behind-the-scenes of creating the makeup transformation for her film Love Hard that was released last year.

In the clip shared on Friday, the actress, 33, looked unrecognizable – even to her dog – as she showed off her swollen face created by costume makeup for the Christmas romantic comedy.

The Netflix film was released last year in which the Vampire Diaries alum stars alongside Jimmy O. Yang, 35.

Before and after: Nina Dobrev, 33, shared a video revealing the behind-the-scenes of creating the makeup transformation for her film Love Hard that was released last year

The synopsis of the holiday rom-com reads: ‘After meeting her perfect match on a dating app, an L.A. writer learns she’s been catfished when she flies 3,000 miles to surprise him for Christmas.’

Just in time for the holidays, Dobrev refreshed fans’ minds about the holiday film – which features a comedic scene where her character’s face swells up after an allergic reaction.

‘You guys, today we’re doing a makeup test,’ she said in the clip. ‘We’re going to transform this face into that face.’

Shocking! In the clip shared on Friday, the actress looked unrecognizable – even to her dog – as she showed off her swollen face created with prosthetics and makeup

In the caption of the funny video, the star – who is currently dating snowboarding Olympian Shaun White – wrote: ‘BTS from my holiday movie Love Hard’.

She added, ‘Confused? Then you’ll have to watch it on Netflix to see why I look like this. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!’

She dons a red Roots hoodie as she approaches her dog Maverick – who has an Instagram account with 440,000 followers.

Unrecognizable: ‘Hey Mav,’ she sarcastically asked her dog who looks away from her in the prosthetics and makeup. ‘Why are you looking so weird? Is there something wrong?’

‘Hey Mav,’ she sarcastically asked her dog who looks away from her in the prosthetics and makeup. ‘Why are you looking so weird? Is there something wrong?’

At the end of the video, she said, ‘I don’t get it.’

Love Hard is currently streaming on Netflix. 

At the end of the video, she said, ‘I don’t get it.’

In the rom-com, Dobrev plays Natalie Bauer – a writer from Los Angeles who is notoriously unlucky in love – opposite Jimmy O. Yang’s Josh Lin – a guy she meets from a dating app who lives in the East Coast.

As their online relationship ensues, Dobrev’s character decides to fly 3,000 miles across the country to surprise the man she has been talking to for a short period of time. 

When she finally meets him in person, she discovers that she’s been catfished and thought she had been talking to Tag – played by Darren Barnet. 

In a scene where she tries to impress Tag, she takes a shot before performing the song I Would Do Anything For Love on karaoke.

She discovers later that the shot contained kiwi juice and it causes her to have a dramatic and shocking allergic reaction.

In the rom-com: Dobrev plays Natalie Bauer – a writer from Los Angeles who is notoriously unlucky in love

Costar: She stars opposite Jimmy O. Yang’s Josh Lin – a guy she meets from a dating app who lives in the East Coast