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Smirnoff in 2014, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Karina Smirnova
Place of Birth: Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Date of Birth: 2 January, 1978
Ethnicity: Greek, Russian, Jewish
Karina Smirnoff is a Ukrainian-born American professional ballroom dancer. She is known for appearing on a multitude of Dancing with the Stars seasons.
Karina was born in Kharkiv. She has stated that her father is Greek and her mother is Russian. In 2009, OK! Magazine wrote that Karina is “half Jewish” and “considers herself a Christian.”
Her family moved to the U.S. in 1993. She attended high school in The Bronx. Her parents own a liquor store in Staten Island.
Karina has a son with her partner Justinas Duknauskas.