Darya Alekseyevna Melnikova (russian: Да́рья Алексе́евна Ме́льникова; born 9 February 1992) is a Russian actress in theater, film and television.

Biography

Darya Melnikova was born in

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. She learned to play the piano at a music school and was involved in ballet. In 2009 from Melnikova was admitted to the M.S. Schepkin Higher Theatre School (Institute). Since 2013, the actress has been with the Moscow

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Career

In 2006 Melnikova debuted. She played the main role in the film '' Cinderella 4×4. Everything starts with desire''. It was released in 2008. Her performance in this film earned her two nominations. The aspiring actress played 14-year-old Cinderella — an ordinary teen who is a little bit strange, dreamy and always gets into strange and unusual situations. For this role Melnikova was awarded the prize for the Best Female child role at the XVII Open Film Festival of CIS countries "

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- 2008" and Best Actress in a children’s movie at XII All-Russian Festival of Visual Arts. But the real fame came to the actress in 2007. She played the role of Eugenia "Zhenya" Vasnetsova, the most athletic of the daughters, in the TV series ''

Daddy's Daughters ''Daddy's Daughters'' (russian: Папины дочки, Papiny Dochki) is a Russian TV series produced from 2007 to 2013. Made by "Kinokonstanta" (episodes 1 to 60) and "Kostafilm" (since episode 61) film companies, it is characterized by various ...

''. In 2009, Darya starred in the film ''Ash Waltz'' and in two series: ''The rules of theft'' and ''That's Life''. In the same year she entered Shchukin Theater School in Moscow. Melnikova has become the face of L’Oréal. The actress starred in a L’Oréal Paris Pure Zone commercial. Darya enjoys photography and she is going to release the book of her stories and photos titled ''Pictures to attract attention''.

Personal life

Melnikova had a son on October 26, 2015 with her husband,

Artur Smolyaninov Artur Sergeevich Smolyaninov (russian: Арту́р Серге́евич Смольяни́нов, born 27 October 1983) is a Russian actor of theater, He is known for playing the role of Oleg Lutaev in ''The 9th Company''. Biography Artur Serge ...

. On June 6, 2021, the actress announced her divorce from Artur Smolyaninov. Andrey

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Melnikova, Dasha 1992 births Living people Actors from Omsk Russian child actresses Russian television actresses Russian film actresses Russian stage actresses 21st-century Russian actresses Russian voice actresses