# Dasha Nekrasova
**Dasha Nekrasova** (Дарья Дмитриевна Некрасова[1](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1717627-dasha-nekrasova); born 1991 in Minsk[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6221606/)) is a Belarusian-born American actress, writer, and director, known as a co-host of the cultural commentary podcast [Red Scare](https://www.edgepedia.org/red-scare), for her recurring role as Comfrey on the third season of HBO's Succession, and for her feature directorial debut The Scary of Sixty-First, which won the GWFF Best First Feature Award at the 2021 [Berlin International Film Festival](https://www.edgepedia.org/berlin-international-film-festival).[3](https://www.berlinale.de/en/2021/programme/202105883.html) • [4](https://redscarepodcast.com/about/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1991, Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6221606/) |
| Podcast | Co-founder and co-host of Red Scare (2018) with Anna Khachiyan, described by the show's own site as a cultural commentary podcast[4](https://redscarepodcast.com/about/) • [5](https://www.vulture.com/article/dasha-nekrasova-profile.html) |
| Viral persona | "Sailor Socialism", from a 2018 InfoWars street interview at SXSW while she wore a sailor outfit[5](https://www.vulture.com/article/dasha-nekrasova-profile.html) |
| Acting | Wobble Palace (2018, co-written), The Ghost Who Walks (2019), Softness of Bodies, Comfrey on Succession season 3[6](https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/dasha-nekrasova-softness-of-bodies-amazon) • [7](https://www.gq.com/story/dasha-nekrasova-succession-season-3-kendall-publicist-comfry) |
| Directing | The Scary of Sixty-First (2020, 81 minutes), premiered in the Encounters section of the 2021 Berlinale[3](https://www.berlinale.de/en/2021/programme/202105883.html) |
| Award | GWFF Best First Feature Award, 2021 Berlin International Film Festival[3](https://www.berlinale.de/en/2021/programme/202105883.html) |
| Later credit | Materialists (2025)[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6221606/) |
## Early life and background
Nekrasova was born in 1991 in Minsk, as the Soviet Union collapsed. Her father was an acrobat with the Moscow Circus and her mother a gymnast. When she was 3, her father took a job with [Cirque du Soleil](https://www.edgepedia.org/cirque-du-soleil) and the family moved to the United States, living in Atlantic City and Las Vegas.[5](https://www.vulture.com/article/dasha-nekrasova-profile.html) She attended a performing-arts high school in Las Vegas and graduated a year early, then majored in philosophy at Mills College, a private women's liberal-arts college.[5](https://www.vulture.com/article/dasha-nekrasova-profile.html) She has described growing up in the suburbs outside Las Vegas as having been "very online as a teen," posting on message boards.[6](https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/dasha-nekrasova-softness-of-bodies-amazon)
## Viral visibility and 'Sailor Socialism'
At [South by Southwest](https://www.edgepedia.org/south-by-southwest) 2018, dressed in a sailor outfit while promoting Wobble Palace, she was interviewed by an InfoWars reporter outside a talk by Senator Bernie Sanders. Her lines, including "You people have, like, worms in your brain, honestly" and "All I want is free healthcare, honey," circulated widely, and she became known as "Sailor Socialism."[5](https://www.vulture.com/article/dasha-nekrasova-profile.html) • [6](https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/dasha-nekrasova-softness-of-bodies-amazon) The New York Times identifies this viral "woman on the street" interview as the moment she first came to public attention.[8](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/19/movies/dasha-nekrasova-interview-scary-of-sixty-first.html)
## Red Scare podcast
In 2018 she launched Red Scare with [Anna Khachiyan](https://www.edgepedia.org/anna-khachiyan), described in Vulture's profile as a fellow Russian émigré and [Camille Paglia](https://www.edgepedia.org/camille-paglia) fan. The show's own site calls it "a cultural commentary podcast hosted by bohemian layabouts, Anna Khachiyan and Dasha Nekrasova."[5](https://www.vulture.com/article/dasha-nekrasova-profile.html) • [4](https://redscarepodcast.com/about/) Vulture places the podcast within the "dirtbag left" cultural current alongside shows such as [Cum Town](https://www.edgepedia.org/cum-town) and Chapo Trap House, noting that it was distinguished by being hosted by two women.[5](https://www.vulture.com/article/dasha-nekrasova-profile.html) Nekrasova has framed the podcast's appeal as offering an alternative model of femininity, saying "the archetypal Red Scare girl is a kind of nightmare... But at least there's an alternative."[5](https://www.vulture.com/article/dasha-nekrasova-profile.html)
## Acting career
Her acting debut was in Eugene Kotlyarenko's Wobble Palace, for which she also co-wrote the screenplay.[3](https://www.berlinale.de/en/2021/programme/202105883.html) Her film credits also include The Ghost Who Walks and Softness of Bodies, an Amazon release written and directed by Jordan Blady in which she plays a poet living abroad in Berlin.[6](https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/dasha-nekrasova-softness-of-bodies-amazon) As a model she has worked with brands including Eckhaus Latta, Rachel Comey, and Labucq.[9](https://no.inc/dasha)
In Succession's third season she played Comfrey, a thirty-something crisis public-relations rep who helps craft Kendall Roy's whistleblower meltdown into a campaign to win control of Waystar Royco.[7](https://www.gq.com/story/dasha-nekrasova-succession-season-3-kendall-publicist-comfry) The New York Times describes the character as "put through hell by Kendall Roy."[8](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/19/movies/dasha-nekrasova-interview-scary-of-sixty-first.html) Sources differ on the spelling of the character's name: the New York Times renders it "Comfrey," while GQ uses "Comfry."[8](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/19/movies/dasha-nekrasova-interview-scary-of-sixty-first.html) • [7](https://www.gq.com/story/dasha-nekrasova-succession-season-3-kendall-publicist-comfry)
## Filmmaking and recognition
The Scary of Sixty-First, an 81-minute American film completed in 2020, is her feature directorial debut; she also stars in it and wrote it with Madeline Quinn.[3](https://www.berlinale.de/en/2021/programme/202105883.html) • [8](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/19/movies/dasha-nekrasova-interview-scary-of-sixty-first.html) It premiered in the Encounters section of the 2021 Berlin International Film Festival and won the GWFF Best First Feature Award.[3](https://www.berlinale.de/en/2021/programme/202105883.html) The festival's synopsis follows two mismatched roommates who discover and relive the secrets of their [Upper East Side](https://www.edgepedia.org/upper-east-side) apartment, with one protagonist possessed by the spirits of [Jeffrey Epstein](https://www.edgepedia.org/jeffrey-epstein)'s young victims, and situates the film in the lineage of Italian giallo (Italian stylized murder-mystery horror film genre) and 1970s psychological horror.[3](https://www.berlinale.de/en/2021/programme/202105883.html) Tablet Magazine's review characterized it as "basically a B-film," mixing horror tropes with 1970s midnight-movie traditions of [John Waters](https://www.edgepedia.org/john-waters), Russ Meyer, and Abel Ferrara, deliberately not slick, and noted that Gen Z audiences laughed out loud often at screenings.[10](https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/dasha-scary-sexy-first)
## Reception and cultural influence
The New York Times calls her a "self-styled provocateur and artistic polymath."[8](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/19/movies/dasha-nekrasova-interview-scary-of-sixty-first.html) Vulture credits Red Scare with more than a devoted listenership: it "created an aesthetic," described as lo-fi, abject, and Gen-X-inflected, and reportedly provided the inspiration for the two Gen-Z characters on [The White Lotus](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-white-lotus), producing the "Red Scare girl" archetype.[5](https://www.vulture.com/article/dasha-nekrasova-profile.html) Her own account of the provocateur label is qualified: "being a provocateur or whatever you want to call it has hindered my career in certain ways, but it's also gotten me to where I am."[7](https://www.gq.com/story/dasha-nekrasova-succession-season-3-kendall-publicist-comfry)
## Later career (2023 onward)
Documented credits after 2023 are few. IMDb lists her among the cast of Materialists (2025) and records her marriage to Reilly Sinanan on 3 May 2025.[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6221606/) Her personal site lists her as creator of Red Scare and star of Wobble Palace, The Scary of Sixty-First, Succession, The Ghost Who Walks, and the then-upcoming Materialists.[11](https://dasha.cam/)
## References
1. [Dasha Nekrasova, The Movie Database](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1717627-dasha-nekrasova)
2. [Dasha Nekrasova, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6221606/)
3. [The Scary of Sixty-First, Berlinale programme (2021)](https://www.berlinale.de/en/2021/programme/202105883.html)
4. [About Red Scare Podcast](https://redscarepodcast.com/about/)
5. [Red Scare's Dasha Nekrasova: Sailor Socialism to Succession, Vulture](https://www.vulture.com/article/dasha-nekrasova-profile.html)
6. [Dasha Nekrasova Believes in God, Wellbutrin, and Sigmund Freud, Interview Magazine](https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/dasha-nekrasova-softness-of-bodies-amazon)
7. [How Dasha Nekrasova Drew on Her Own PR Crisis For Her Role Advising Kendall Through His in 'Succession', GQ](https://www.gq.com/story/dasha-nekrasova-succession-season-3-kendall-publicist-comfry)
8. [How Dasha Nekrasova Is Calling the Shots, The New York Times (19 December 2021)](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/19/movies/dasha-nekrasova-interview-scary-of-sixty-first.html)
9. [Dasha Nekrasova, No Inc. (representation)](https://no.inc/dasha)
10. [A Scary, Sexy First, Tablet Magazine](https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/dasha-scary-sexy-first)
11. [Dasha Nekrasova, DASHA.CAM (subject's own site)](https://dasha.cam/)
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