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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Dmitrievna and the family name is Nekrasova.
Dasha Nekrasova
Даша Някрасава
Headshot
Nekrasova in Cotton pilot, 2014
Born
Daria Dmitrievna Nekrasova

(1991-02-19) February 19, 1991 (age 33)
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Citizenship
  • United States
Alma materMills College
Occupations
  • Actress
  • writer
  • director
  • podcaster
Years active2014–present

Daria "Dasha" Dmitrievna Nekrasova[1] (Template:Lang-be; Template:Lang-ru; born February 19, 1991) is a Belarusian-American actress, filmmaker and host of the Red Scare podcast with Anna Khachiyan.[2]

In 2018, she became known as "Sailor Socialism",[3][4] 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 appears in a recurring role on the TV series Succession for which she won a SAG award, along with the cast.[5]

Early life

Nekrasova was born in Minsk, Belarus[6] (at that time still part of USSR), to parents who worked as acrobats.[7] She emigrated to the United States with her parents when she was four, settling in Las Vegas, Nevada.[8]

She attended high school at Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, graduating in 2008, before attending Mills College, where she studied sociology and philosophy.[8]

Career

Nekrasova first appeared in music videos for alternative artists such as Yumi Zouma,[9] before making her film debut in Wobble Palace, which she co-wrote with director Eugene Kotlyarenko.[2][10] The New York Times described the film as "a sendup of broke-artist types that shimmers with abashed affection",[2] 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.[10][2] She appeared as the leading character in the dark comedy The Softness of Bodies, with The Hollywood Reporter saying she inhabited the role "effortlessly".[7]

While promoting Wobble Palace at the 2018 South by Southwest Festival, her interview with right-wing media outlet InfoWars went viral.[3] She was nicknamed "Sailor Socialism" for expressing her support for Bernie Sanders, while dressed in a Japanese schoolgirl outfit resembling Sailor Moon.[3][4] The clip was featured in a segment on Venezuela in an episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.[11]

On March 29, 2018, Nekrasova started the podcast Red Scare with co-host Anna Khachiyan. The show has been associated with the dirtbag left[12][13][14] and described in The Cut as "a critique of feminism, and capitalism, from deep inside the culture they’ve spawned."[14] 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."[15]

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.[16] The film premiered at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival[17] and won the prize for Best First Feature.[18] Later that year, Nekrasova co-wrote the short film, Spectacular Reality, inspired by conspiracies surrounding crisis actors and featuring models from No Agency New York,[19] 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.[20][16]

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."[21]

Nekrasova appears in a supporting role in season three of the HBO drama Succession as Comfrey, a crisis PR rep.[22][23][24][25][26]

Personal life

Nekrasova has dated Daniel Lopatin, better known as Oneohtrix Point Never, a musician.[27] She is the former fiancée of comedian Adam Friedland, a host of the podcast Cum Town.[28]

Filmography

Year Film/Series Role Notes
2014 Cotton Sasha web series
2015 The Eating Place Fiona short
2015 Hypochrondria Belinda short
2015 The Lotus Gun Daphine short
2016 The Sound of Blue, Green and Red Jenny short
2017 That Abominable Mystery Alex short
2017 Steps Orphan #2 web series
2017 Normalize Ms. Push Buttons short
2017 The Darby Bonarsky Story Darby Bonarsky short, also co-wrote
2018 Nothing Bad Will Happen Woman short
2018 Wobble Palace Jane also co-wrote
2018 Softness of Bodies Charlotte Parks
2018 The Ghost Who Walks Mitzie
2019 Black Earth Mimi
2019 Mr. Robot Celeste 1 episode
2019 Disco Elysium Klaasje Amandou voice[29] (original release only, replaced in The Final Cut)[30]
2019 Cake Barbara 1 episode, segment "Oh Jerome, No: Help Needed"
2019 Dickinson Ellen Mandeville Grout 1 episode
2019 Sunday Girl Natasha
2019 The Shivering Truth Additional voices 1 episode
2020 PVT Chat QT4U
2020 We Are Vera
2021 The Serpent Connie-Jo Bronzich 1 episode
2021 The Scary of Sixty-First The Girl also writer and director
2021 Succession Comfrey Pellits 9 episodes

Music videos

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2021 Berlin International Film Festival Best First Feature Award The Scary of Sixty-First Won [37]
2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Succession Won [38]

References

  1. ^ "Unregistered 154: Dasha Nekrasova (VIDEO)". YouTube. Feb 23, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-11-26.
  2. ^ a b c d Bugbee, Teo (October 4, 2018). "Review: In 'Wobble Palace,' a Relationship Hangs by a Stringy Toupee". The New York Times.
  3. ^ a b c Diavolo, Lucy (May 3, 2018). "Meet "Sailor Socialism," the Infowars Interview Subject Who Went Viral". Teen Vogue.
  4. ^ a b O'Neill, Luke (9 May 2018). "The Chill Woman Who Pwned InfoWars Discusses Life After Going 'Softly Viral'". Vice.
  5. ^ Agard, Chancellor (February 27, 2022). "Brian Cox pays tribute to Ukrainian and Russian actors after 'Succession' SAG Awards win". EW.com. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  6. ^ "Red Scare, Don't Care". The Face.
  7. ^ a b Linden, Sheri (September 25, 2018). "'Softness of Bodies': Film Review - LAFF 2018". The Hollywood Reporter.
  8. ^ a b Penn, Asher (September 11, 2019). "A Conversation with Dasha Nekrasova". The Editorial Magazine.
  9. ^ a b c "Yumi Zouma Air Two New Videos". diymag.com. 6 Mar 2014.
  10. ^ a b Allen, Nick. "SXSW Film Festival 2018: Wobble Palace - Festivals & Awards - Roger Ebert". rogerebert.com.
  11. ^ "John Oliver Laments Venezuela on 'Last Week Tonight'". Time. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  12. ^ Marriott, James (December 10, 2019). "Red Scare, the politically incorrect podcast that's wooing liberal millennials" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  13. ^ Spies, Michelle (September 25, 2019). "I Made the Internet Vote to Determine the Worst Fan Base. Here's What I Learned". Vulture.
  14. ^ a b Malone, Noreen (October 25, 2018). "Red Scare Leans Into Nothing". The Cut.
  15. ^ "'Praxis Girl' and how extremely online drama led to a Marxist meme". The Daily Dot. June 26, 2019.
  16. ^ a b Halabian, Layla. "Dasha Nekrasova Thinks Skin Care Is An Inside Job". Nylon.
  17. ^ Kohn, Kate Erbland (25 February 2021). "Berlin 2021: The 10 Most Exciting Films at This Year's Festival". Indiewire.
  18. ^ "Berlin: Dasha Nekrasova' the Scary of Sixty-First' Wins Best First Feature Award". The Hollywood Reporter. 13 June 2021.
  19. ^ "No Agency's models respond to a shady casting call in this new film". Dazed. November 2, 2020.
  20. ^ "Wet Paint: Coronavirus Rips Through the Berlin Art World, Notorious Flipper Puts More Work at Auction, & More Art-World Gossip". artnet News. October 9, 2020.
  21. ^ Piepenburg, Erik (2021-12-19). "How Dasha Nekrasova Is Calling the Shots". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  22. ^ "Wet Paint: Vito Schnabel Nabs Chelsea Space, Jared and Ivanka Are Moving to Miami's Art-Collector Island, & More Juicy Art-World Gossip". 11 December 2020.
  23. ^ "Wet Paint: David Zwirner Goes Downtown, Dealer Flips Amy Sherald Work He Pledged to Donate, & More Juicy Art-World Gossip". 9 April 2021.
  24. ^ Smith, Ben (8 March 2021). "They Had a Fun Pandemic. You Can Read About It in Print". The New York Times.
  25. ^ "What Jeffrey Epstein did was vile. Why Dasha Nekrasova made a horror movie about it". Los Angeles Times. 2 March 2021.
  26. ^ "Berlin Hidden Gem: Demonic Possession, Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein Collide in 'The Scary of Sixty-First'". The Hollywood Reporter. March 2021.
  27. ^ Freeman, Nate (October 9, 2020). "Wet Paint: Coronavirus Rips Through the Berlin Art World, Notorious Flipper Puts More Work at Auction, & More Art-World Gossip". Artnet. Retrieved February 9, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  28. ^ Friedland, Adam [@AdamFriedland] (November 20, 2017). "Hi this is Adams girlfriend @nobody_stop_me my account has been unjustly suspended and I really need it back to express myself and if I don't Im going to break up with Adam and ruin his life @jack" (Tweet). Archived from the original on June 23, 2020. Retrieved June 23, 2020 – via Twitter.
  29. ^ ZA/UM (15 October 2019). Disco Elysium. Scene: Ending Credits.
  30. ^ "New quests and voices add even more political edge to Disco Elysium: The Final Cut". Polygon. 7 May 2021.
  31. ^ "New Antwon Video + Interview: "Some of my friends have told me I talk about sex a lot"". The Fader. 1 May 2014.
  32. ^ "Seht hier die Videopremiere zur neuen Tocotronic-Single "Rebel Boy"" [Watch the video for the new Tocotronic single "Rebel Boy"]. Universal Music Group (in German). 17 July 2015.
  33. ^ "Neues Video zu "Rebel Boy"" [New video for "Rebel Boy"]. laut.de (in German). 17 July 2015.
  34. ^ "Float Through Hollywood Purgatory In DJDS' "I Don't Love You" Video". The Fader. 1 February 2016.
  35. ^ "TV Girl – "Taking What's Not Yours" (video)". alphabetbands.wordpress.com. 13 April 2016.
  36. ^ "GONJASUFI - VINAIGRETTE". www.joenankin.com. 11 August 2016.
  37. ^ "Berlin: Dasha Nekrasova' the Scary of Sixty-First' Wins Best First Feature Award". The Hollywood Reporter. 13 June 2021.
  38. ^ "The 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Screen Actors Guild Awards".
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