Collector Dasha Zukhova with photographer Rachel Chandler

Zhukova was born as Darya Alexandrovna Zhukova in Moscow on 8 June 1981.[1] Her father is Alexander Zhukov, an oil trader.[1][2] Her mother is Yelena Zhukova, a Russian-Jewish[3] scientist of molecular biology.

In a 2008 secret ceremony,[20] Zhukova married Roman Abramovich, a Russian oligarch and the main owner of the private investment company Millhouse LLC. The couple have two children, a son and daughter, who were both born in the US.[21] In August 2017, the couple announced that they would separate.[22]

Zhukova has dual Russian and American citizenship.[23]