[1][2] She learned to play the piano at a music school and was involved in ballet.

For this role Melnikova was awarded the prize for the Best Female child role at the XVII Open Film Festival of CIS countries "Kinoshock - 2008" and Best Actress in a children’s movie at XII All-Russian Festival of Visual Arts.

In 2009, Darya starred in the film Ash Waltz and in two series: The rules of theft and That's Life.

The actress starred in a L’Oréal Paris Pure Zone commercial.

Darya enjoys photography and she is going to release the book of her stories and photos titled Pictures to attract attention.