Avdotya (Dunya) Smirnova (Russian: Авдотья (Дуня) Смирнова; born 29 June 1969) is a Russian screenwriter, film director, producer, TV host and literary critic, winner of numerous awards and accolades, founder of the charity foundation Vikhod [ru].

[1] In 1987 and 1988, Smirnova worked at Mosfilm with Sergei Solovyov, in the meantime performing in punk-rock band Tupie and contributing to Urlait samizdat magazine.

Her comedy drama Two Days (2011) collected many awards but was much criticized for romanticizing the state officials as one of the protagonists and main hero in the movie was running for governor's post.

In parallel with Smirnova's real life marriage to a top-ranking state official, critics perceived the film as an attempt to whitewash the image of the government employees.

The tragicomedy about a Russian museum worker brought its main actress Anna Mikhalkova the Best Prize for acting at Kinotavr 2012 and numerous accolades for Smirnova.

He graduated from Sergey Selyanov's course at the Saint Petersburg State Institute of Film and Television and currently works as a producer.

The foundation helps people with ASD in many aspects of their lives, it conducts educational, therapy, art and employment programmes.

In 2022, Smirnova signed an open letter to Vladimir Putin demanding to stop the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine.