The popular Russian actress Daria Melnikova (photo below), who became famous thanks to the role of Evgenia Vasnetsova in the film “Daddy's Daughters”, has already managed a lot in her twenty-two years: to become a TV star, to receive many awards and awards, to acquire her own living space and even get married. The young actress is now actively acting in films, plays on the stage of the theater, makes repairs at home and never tires of signing autographs to crowds of fans. How did she go to such popularity? What was the key to her success? Read about this and other facts from the life of the actress in the article.
Childhood and family
Daria Melnikova was born on February 9, 1992 in the city of Omsk, in the family of Alexei and Natalia Melnikovs. From an early age, the girl aspired to the world of cinema for a reason - she was led there by genes. Daria Melnikova is the granddaughter of the famous Soviet actor Kokshenov Mikhail Mikhailovich.
The girl grew active, and her parents took her to dance. After several months of training, young Dasha began performing as part of the Pearl team. Until seven years old, she studied at the art school, at the same time continued to engage in choreography, mastered such directions as hip-hop, modern jazz, jazz. In school, the girl also mastered playing the piano, went to a ballet school. From eleven to twelve years she studied in a theater studio.
First movie job
The first film experiment Daria Melnikova received back in 2007. Then she played a major role in the film "Cinderella 4 on 4. It all starts with desires." Yuri Morozov, the director of the film, spotted the girl in the children's camp "Eaglet" at the festival of visual arts, where she danced with her ensemble, and soon called and offered a job. The film was released on television in 2008 and brought two awards to the young actress - the prize "For Best Actress in a Film for Children" at the Seventh Festival of Visual Arts in Moscow and at the Eighth Film Festival of the Countries of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and the CIS under the name "Kinoshok" .
In the film, Dasha plays an ordinary teenage girl, who, due to her carelessness and constant wandering in the clouds, often finds herself in not very pleasant situations. Once she has a dream in which she is Cinderella, who does all the dirty housework and suffers from the bullying of the evil stepmother and stepsisters. Among other things, the girl is forced to wash, repair, refuel and tune huge cars. One fine day, the godmother Fairy gives Cinderella a wonderful race car in which she sets off for racing. In a dream, the girl not only wins the competition, but also meets her love. When she wakes up, her dream continues in real life, and all her dreams come true.
Education
In 2008, as an external student, since she was leaving for work all the time, the aspiring actress graduated from high school, and a year later she entered the M. S. Shchepkin Higher Theater School for the course of Vladimir Beilis and Ivanov. University girl successfully graduated in 2013. During her studies, she starred in commercials and began active work in films and TV shows. The filmography of Daria Melnikova already contains more than twenty works, and the schedule of the actress is scheduled for several years in advance.
Father's daughter
On the advice of actor Akulich Oleg, Daria Melnikova goes to film screenings in the series "Daddy's Daughters", where she gets the role of the third daughter of Sergei Vasnetsov - Zhenya. Dasha plays a sports kid girl. This work in the movie made the aspiring actress truly popular. The series gained popular love, and Daria - fame and recognition.
Other jobs
Filming the series "Daddy's Daughter" dragged on for many years. In parallel, Daria Melnikova managed to star in other films. So, the actress played the role of Angela Botova in the eight-serial action series “Theft Rules”, Lena in the melodrama “Such is Life”, Vika in the adventure film “Captain Nemov’s Heart”, Lyuba Sinitsina in the military melodrama “Rowan Waltz”, Thekla in two parts of the historical detective film "Notes of the Forwarder of the Secret Chancellery."
Last roles
In 2012, Daria played her first adult serious role. She appeared in the image of Vika Chumakova in the dramatic film Steel Butterfly. The actress brilliantly managed to reveal all the facets of the character of her heroine: the audience saw Vika as a cruel and at the same time vulnerable, embittered and at the same time tender girl.
Since 2013, Daria has been playing on the stage of the Moscow Ermolova Theater. And already managed to participate in such performances as “Pagans” and “Zoykina apartment”.
The personal life of the actress
Recently it became known that Arthur Smolyaninov and Daria Melnikova tied the knot. Before that, no one knew that they had been dating for a long time and even began to live together. Arthur Smolyaninov and Daria Melnikova secretly signed in one of the Moscow registry offices on August 31, 2013. After the wedding, Daria decided to bear her husband's surname and become Smolyaninova.
It is also known that the couple has already acquired their own housing in the center of Moscow - a two-room apartment, in which repairs are now being made.