Ivanna Anatoliyivna Sakhno (Ukrainian: Іванна Анатоліївна Сахно, born November 14th, 1997 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian actress.
She first rose to prominence in Lesia + Roma (2005), Ukraine's first ever sitcom in Ukrainian language (Russian was used before). For the rest of the world, her first big break came in Pacific Rim: Uprising. She is probably best known these days for her role as Shin Hati in Star Wars, who's been introduced in the Disney+ series Ahsoka.
Outside of acting, although her profile in it definitely helps, she is one of the ambassadors for United24, a Ukrainian crowd-funding operation supporting the country's defense effort and humanitarian work against the Russian invasion since 2022.
Select Filmography:
- Lesia + Roma (2005)
- Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) as Cadet Viktoriya
- The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018) as Nadedja
- High Fidelity (2020) as Kat Monroe
- Let It Snow (2020) as Mia
- Ahsoka (2023) as Shin Hati
- M3GAN 2.0 (TBA)
Tropes & Trivia in her works:
- Contractual Purity: She terminated a contract with Netflix because she didn't want to play the role of a Russian woman, due to the invasion of her country by Russia.
