

She has appeared in ads for Target and Milk with her role model, mother. She also appeared in the film, "My Sergei" which was a documentary about her parents' life. Daria and Katia appeared in commercials for the perfumes. In 1997, she starred along with her mother in her acting debut as Lizzy in the television special, "Snowden on Ice." Her mother launched two fragrances lines in the late '90's. She watched as her mother skated as a singles skater as a tribute to her deceased father. In 1996, she attended the memorial show for her father. One of her first public appearances was at a "Stars On Ice" show as a surprise to Ekaterina Gordeeva, by fellow skater and close friend, Scott Hamilton. The pair obviously has great love for their daughter as she inspired them all the way to win Olympic Gold. She was the sole inspiration for her parents, Katia and Sergei to return to the Olympic ice once again, in 1994. and has grown up surrounded by the figure skating world. Her father is Sergei Grinkov who suffered a fatal heart attack when Daria was a mere three years old. Daria Grinkova is the oldest daughter of Olympic champion, Ekaterina Gordeeva.
