Ivanna Sakhno

About

Ivanna Anatoliyivna Sakhno (Ukrainian: Іванна Анатоліївна Сахно; born 14 November 1997) is a Ukrainian actress and activist. She is known for her roles as Cadet Viktoriya in the science fiction monster film Pacific Rim Uprising (2018), the hitwoman Nadedja in the 2018 action comedy film The Spy Who Dumped Me, and Shin Hati in 2023’s Ahsoka television series. She 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.

Ivanna Sakhno was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 14 November 1997 to a family of local filmmakers. Her parents are Halyna Kuvivchak-Sakhno, a director, and Anatolii Sakhno, a cinematographer.
Her dream of acting started in 2004 when she watched the film Amélie. At the age of 13, Ivanna Sakhno left Ukraine to study English in Vancouver. It was there she was discovered by Janet Hirshenson and Jane Jenkins at a casting workshop. Sakhno moved to the United States in 2013, settling in Hollywood to pursue an acting career. While there she studied at Beverly Hills High School and later at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, working with Ivana…