Darya Ekamasova

Darya Ekamasova
Дарья Екамасова
Ekamasova in 2015
Born
Darya Nikolaevna Ekamasova

(1984-05-20) 20 May 1984
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

YearTitleRoleRef.
2006Free FloatingPiggy
2011Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple WomanVarvara
2012The Fourth DimensionValya
2012Celestial Wives of the Meadow MariOnya
2013Legend № 17Tatyana Kharlamova
2015The Land of OzMaiden
2019Give Me LibertySasha
2020White SnowIrina Makarova
2024AnoraGalina Zakharova
2026Sanding DreamsMother

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes Ref.
2014Kuprin. YamaNyuraMini-Series
2017-2018The AmericansSofia Kovalenko
2017Demon of the RevolutionNadezhda Krupskaya
2021SurvivorsDina
2022To the LakeLakka