Daria started her acting career in Russia, playing several roles in TV-series from a young age. In 2011, she graduated from the Department of Drama and Film at the Institute of Modern Art in Moscow. After graduating, she was associated with the Moscow Drama Theater for three years, where she mainly acted in musicals. She has performed in theatres all over Russia (most notably in St. Petersburg and Moscow) to delight audience with her roles in Mamma Mia,The Hipsters and Theater of Nations. Her talent took her over the boarders and she booked a role in the Latvian film Limonov the Balled of Eddie.
Love brought her to the Netherlands in 2018. And success followed her. She’s been in various projects in The Netherlands as well, and can be seen in: Het Leven is Verrukkuluk (directed by Frans Weisz), in the short film Exodus (which was part of RFF), Sell Out and Van der Valk. Daria has also made and produced a film Burden, where she plays a leading role.
Multi-talented Daria has a successful singing career. As a singer she is known as Daria Zu, and is signed with Flexrecords.
Daria is also active as a mentor at Casting Bridge, an international community of Russian-English speaking actors. On top of that Daria also regularly works as a model.