1. Ivanna Anatoliyivna Sakhno is a Ukrainian actress and activist based in the United States.
11 Facts About Ivanna Sakhno
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Ivanna Sakhno had already achieved certain prominence in Ukraine after appearing in 2005 in the first ever Ukrainian-language sitcom, Lesia + Roma, and the 2013 biopic Ivan the Powerful.
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Ivanna Sakhno was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 14 November 1997 to a family of local filmmakers.
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Ivanna Sakhno's parents are Halyna Kuvivchak-Sakhno, a director, and Anatolii Sakhno, a cinematographer.
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At the age of 13, Ivanna Sakhno left Ukraine to study English in Vancouver.
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Ivanna Sakhno followed this with roles in two big budget 2018 releases, Pacific Rim Uprising and The Spy Who Dumped Me.
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In 2019, Ivanna Sakhno was a member of the jury of the International Competition Program of the 10th Odesa International Film Festival.
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Ivanna Sakhno appeared in the 2022 French limited series The Reunion.
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At the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Ivanna Sakhno expressed her support for Ukrainian political prisoners held by Russian authorities.
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Ivanna Sakhno was a participant in the Artists for Ukraine fundraising event showcasing Ukrainian art to benefit Ukrainian children displaced by the war.
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Ivanna Sakhno avoids playing Russian characters, as she said in 2024, and during the COVID-19 lockdowns period, she broke a contract with Netflix that would have required her to portray a person with a Soviet Russia background.