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Avdotya Andreevna Smirnova
Авдотья Смирнова
Birth at
29 June 1969
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Russian TV presenter, screenwriter and director Avdotya (Dunya) Smirnova was born on June 29, 1969 in Moscow, in the family of actors Natalia Rudna and Andrei Smirnov. Her father was categorically against her daughter’s acting career, and Dunya entered the philological faculty of Moscow State University, and then the theater department of GITIS, but she never finished her studies. Worked in the magazines "Afisha" and "Capital" book reviewer, tried on the role of art manager in the group "Dumb".
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Russian TV presenter, screenwriter and director Avdotya (Dunya) Smirnova was born on June 29, 1969 in Moscow, in the family of actors Natalia Rudna and Andrei Smirnov. Her father was categorically against her daughter’s acting career, and Dunya entered the philological faculty of Moscow State University, and then the theater department of GITIS, but she never finished her studies. Worked in the magazines "Afisha" and "Capital" book reviewer, tried on the role of art manager in the group "Dumb".
After moving to St. Petersburg, Dunya, together with Alexei Uttel, began to shoot documentary films. This cooperation proved fruitful, and in 2000 the film was released.
His wife's diary Created by this creative duo. The basis for the plot of the picture was the personal drama of Ivan Bunin. For the script for this film, Smirnova received the second prize at the screenwriting competition in the United States. In 2002, she wrote the script for the film The Last Hero.
In 2006, she debuted as a director with a picture.
"Communication" The main role was played by Anna Mikhalkova. In 2011, her film Two Days was released. Black Comedy is expected to premiere in 2012
"Cococo" .
On the TV channel “NTV” together with Tatiana Tolstoy Dunya Smirnova leads the program “School of slander”, and in 2004 they together publish the book “Kitchen “School of slander”. For her work on television, Smirnova received TEFFI in 2003.
In 2008, she was invited to the jury for the competition “CTC lights a superstar”.
Her first husband, Arkady Ippolitov, divorced in 1995. With her second husband, a well-known politician and former chairman of the board of RAO "UES of Russia" Anatoly Chubais, Dunya Smirnova met in the early 90s, but officially the couple formalized their relationship only in January 2012. Son Danil from his first marriage is fond of football and graduated from the sports school “Zenit”.