Karina Smirnoff

Known for

Acting

Born

January 2, 1978 (age 48)

Birthplace

Kharkiv, Ukraine

Biography

Karina Smirnoff is a professional ballroom dancer. She is known as a professional dancer on Dancing with the Stars, where she won the thirteenth season with army veteran and soap opera star J. R. Martinez. She has also won two runner-up titles, a semifinal title, and several quarterfinal titles.

Best known work

Shall We Dance?

2004

Hannah Montana

2006

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23

2012

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003

Dancing with the Stars

2005

Celebrity Family Feud

2015

Entertainment Tonight

1981

Across Grace Alley

2013

Celebrity Ghost Stories

2009

Tango Shalom

2021

Filmography

2024
Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha
as Amelia
2021
Tango Shalom
as Viviana Nieves - Dancer
2020
Superhuman: The Invisible Made Visible
as Self - Special Guest
2017
Swing State
as Lucy Pollard
2015
Celebrity Family FeudTV
as Self (1 episode)
2014
Celebrity Name GameTV
as Self (3 episodes)
2013
Across Grace Alley
as Woman
2012
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23TV
as Karina Smirnoff (1 episode)
2009
Celebrity Ghost StoriesTV
as Self (2 episodes)
2007
Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade
as Self
2006
Hannah MontanaTV
as Madame Escajeda (1 episode)
2005
Dancing with the StarsTV
as Self - Dancer (45 episodes), as Self - Partner: Billy Ray Cyrus (8 episodes), as Self - Partner: Floyd Mayweather Jr. (8 episodes), as Self - Partner: Mario (15 episodes), as Self - Partner: Rocco DiSpirito (8 episodes), as Self - Partner: Steve Wozniak (7 episodes), as Self - Partner: Aaron Carter (16 episodes)
2004
Shall We Dance?
as Link's Pouty Dance Partner
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres ShowTV
as Self (1 episode)
1981
Entertainment TonightTV
as Self (1 episode)