Darya Ekamasova

Darya Ekamasova
Дарья Екамасова
Ekamasova in 2015
Born
Darya Nikolaevna Ekamasova

(1984-05-20) 20 May 1984
NationalityRussian
OccupationActress
Years active2002—present
AwardsNika Award (2011)

Darya Nikolaevna Ekamasova (Russian: Дарья Николаевна Екамасова; born 20 May 1984) is a Russian theatre and film actress. Her film credits include Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman (2011), Free Floating (2006) and Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari (2012). She was also featured in the television mini-series Kuprin. Yama (2014). In the fifth and sixth seasons of The Americans (2017-2018), she plays the role of Sofia Kovalenko. She had a supporting performance in the American film Anora (2024), directed by Sean Baker which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Early life

Ekamasova was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. After music school she attended the Russian University of Theatre Arts (Workshop Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov).

Theatre

Ekamasova made her debut in Vladimir Ageev's play "Captive Spirits" as Lyubochka Mendeleeva (Playwright and Director Center n/p A. Kazantsev and M. Roshchin). She also appeared in the plays "Life is Good", which received the Special Jury Prize Dramatic Theatre National Theatre Award "Golden Mask" in 2010; and "18th Hour".

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Ref.
2006 Free Floating Piggy
2011 Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman Varvara
2012 The Fourth Dimension Valya
2012 Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari Onya
2013 Legend № 17 Tatyana Kharlamova
2015 The Land of Oz Maiden
2019 Give Me Liberty Sasha
2020 White Snow Irina Makarova
2024 Anora Galina Zakharova

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2014 Kuprin. Yama Nyura Mini-Series
2017-2018 The Americans Sofia Kovalenko
2017 Demon of the Revolution Nadezhda Krupskaya
2021 Survivors Dina
2022 To the Lake Lakka