In 2007, the then 6-year old Starshova was given the role of Polina "Pugovka" Vasnetsova in the Russian TV series, Daddy's Daughters (Papiny docki), alongside Andrei Leonov, Nonna Grishaeva, Miroslava Karpovich, Anastasia Sinavaeva, Darya Melnikova, and Elizaveta Arzamasova.
This design bore similarities to Syd Mead's design of the Leonov, a fictional Russian space ship that appeared in the 1984 movie 2010: The Year We Make Contact.