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Daria Andreevna Zueva (Russian: Дарья Зуева, Smolensk, RSFSR, Soviet Union, 7 March 1990) is a Russian–Dutch actress, producer and singer.

Early life and career
Zueva was born on 7 March 1990 in Smolensk, Russia. At the age of 17, she moved with her mother to Moscow, where she studied acting in drama theatre and film at the Institute of Modern Art from 2007 to 2011. During her studies she began to work in the theater. In 2012, Daria played a role in the musical Mamma Mia! of Stage Entertainment] in Moscow and Saint Petersburg. She continued to work in theatre in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and in 2019, she appeared in the musical Hipsters at the Theatre of Nations in Moscow, known as «Stilyagi». She has also played guest roles in TV series.

Career in the Netherlands
In 2018, Zueva moved to the Netherlands and in 2021 beside Russian citizenship, she also got Dutch passport and became Dutch. Here she resumed her career there as a dance extra in the film Life Is Wonderful by director Frans Weisz in 2018 and a short film, Exodus, by director Guido F.G. Jeurissen, premiered in 2020 at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. In 2022, she played the role of Jelena in an episode of season 2 of the detective series "Van der Valk" directed by Jean van de Velde.

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, she organized a musical theatre performance Be a Tree with theatre group Let the Sunshine In to benefit Ukrainian refugee children in Dutch shelters located in Meppel, Amsterdam, Bloemendaal, Arnhem and Haarlem.

In 2023, Zueva made her debut as a producer in the short film "Burden" by Stephan Brenninkmeijer, in which she played the leading role of Masha. . Later this film played in Dutch cinemas in a compilation of short films, Almanac: women to love. The film is distributed by Amstelfilm in the context of International Women's Day.

At the same time, Zueva registers her company «Zu film».

Zueva took part in main selection of 77th Cannes Film Festival as actress of the film Limonov: The Ballad directed by Kirill Serebrennikov.

Music
She participated in the musical TV show All Together Now of Endemol Shine Group in 2020. . Her first album in English called The Power of a Woman was released under the name Daria Zu in 2023, and she took part in the musical TV show I Can See Your Voice on RTL4 of Warner Bros.

Through her company "Let the sunshine in", she coaches singing and acting.