Dasha Nekrasova

Daria Dmitrievna "Dasha" Nekrasova (born February 19, 1991) is an American actress, filmmaker, and co-host of the ''Red Scare'' podcast with Anna Khachiyan, based in Dimes Square, New York City.

In 2018, she became known as "Sailor Socialism" after her interview with an '' InfoWars'' reporter, in which she was dressed in a sailor fuku, went viral. In 2021, she made her directorial debut with the horror film '' The Scary of Sixty-First'', for which she won the Best First Feature Award at the Berlin International Film Festival, and appeared in a recurring role on the TV series ''Succession''.

Early life

Nekrasova was born in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union (now Belarus), to parents who worked as acrobats. She emigrated to the United States with her parents when she was four, settling in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Nekrasova graduated high school in 2008 at Las Vegas Academy of the Arts. She later attended Berkeley City College and transferred to Mills College, where she studied sociology and philosophy and graduated in 2012.

Career

Nekrasova first appeared in music videos for alternative artists such as Yumi Zouma and Tocotronic, before making her feature film debut in '' Wobble Palace'', which she co-wrote with director Eugene Kotlyarenko. ''The New York Times'' described the film as "a sendup of broke-artist types that shimmers with abashed affection", while '' RogerEbert.com'' commented that "while your comedic milage with its loose goofiness may vary, this movie succeeds in contributing a filmic time capsule" for millennials. She appeared as the leading character in the dark comedy ''The Softness of Bodies'', with ''The Hollywood Reporter'' saying she inhabited the role "effortlessly".

While promoting ''Wobble Palace'' at the 2018 South by Southwest Festival, her interview with right-wing media outlet '' InfoWars'' went viral. She was nicknamed "Sailor Socialism" for expressing her support for Bernie Sanders while dressed in a Japanese schoolgirl outfit resembling Sailor Moon. The clip was featured in a segment on Venezuela in an episode of ''Last Week Tonight with John Oliver''.

On March 29, 2018, Nekrasova started the podcast ''Red Scare'' with co-host Anna Khachiyan. The show has been associated with the dirtbag left. It was described in '' The Cut'' as "a critique of feminism, and capitalism, from deep inside the culture they’ve spawned." '' Daily Dot'' said the show's "schtick" had been summed up by former congressional staffer Simone Norman, as "when hot mean girls become public leftists."

In February 2019, Nekrasova appeared – alongside Khachiyan – as a runway model at the Marlborough art gallery in Manhattan showcasing the ''Fall 2019'' collection designed by Rachel Comey.
In 2020, Nekrasova made her directorial debut with '' The Scary of Sixty-First'', a thriller co-written with Madeline Quinn, and inspired by the death of Jeffrey Epstein. The film premiered at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival and won the prize for Best First Feature. Later that year, Nekrasova co-wrote the short film, ''Spectacular Reality'', inspired by conspiracy theories surrounding crisis actors and featuring models from ''No Agency New York'', and directed the November 6, 2020 video performance of Oneohtrix Point Never's " I Don't Love Me Anymore" on ''The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon''.

In November 2021, Nekrasova posted to Instagram a photo of herself with Alex Jones, the host of ''Infowars'', and subsequently praised Jones on her podcast ''Red Scare'' as "an incredible entertainer".

Nekrasova appears in a supporting role in season three of the HBO drama ''Succession'' as Comfrey, a crisis PR rep.

In February 2024 it was reported that Nekrasova would be an inspiration for a track on Charli XCX's forthcoming sixth album. This was then confirmed by Nekrasova in June on her podcast as being the track Mean Girls, stating "Yeah, the Charli song is kind of like a party girl anthem. It’s a great song. She sent it to me a couple of months ago and told me about it."

Personal life

Nekrasova was formerly engaged to comedian and talk show host Adam Friedland, whom she dated from 2018 to 2020.

Nekrasova married visual artist Reilly Sinanan in May 2025.

Politics

Nekrasova voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 US presidential election, after having supported Bernie Sanders in 2016. In July 2024, she told Michael Tracy on the ''System Update'' podcast: "I genuinely do love Donald Trump for the way he makes me feel. I did watch some of the RNC - I found some of it pretty electrifying. I think, in terms of images I like to see, I love Donald Trump."

In March 2023, she and Khachiyan attended a New York Young Republican Club party featuring Roger Stone, and in 2025 she attended a party in celebration of Trump's inauguration alongside right-wing figures such as Steve Bannon and Curtis Yarvin.

In January 2025, Nekrasova said that she hoped Trump would withdraw military aid for Ukraine, as he had promised during the election, and hoped that he "ends the war". She said this was a reason she had voted for Trump.

Religious views

Nekrasova is a self-described " Slovak Ruthenian Carpatho-Rusyn Greek" Eastern Catholic. She is a revert to Catholicism. She has been described as part of a conservative trend towards the Catholic church as an aesthetic reaction against contemporary social progressivism.

In a 2020 interview, Nekrasova stated:

Nekrasova was highly critical of Pope Francis, referring to him as a "layperson", "heretic", and "antipope", and has discussed on her podcast the topic of sedevacantism, the belief that all popes since Pope John XXIII are invalid as a result of the Second Vatican Council. Nekrasova has said that Jews and freemasons "infiltrated the atholicchurch a long time ago", and that it would not be possible to "get rid of" them.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Video Game

Awards and nominations

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1991 births
21st-century American actresses
Actresses from Las Vegas
American film actresses
American political podcasters
Belarusian emigrants to the United States
Living people
Mills College alumni
Actresses from Minsk
American women podcasters
American Eastern Catholics
American comedy podcasters
American women founders