Ilana Kohanchi

Born in Russia raised in San Francisco performing throughout her entire life Ilana began acting at the age of 5 She had always loved to be on stage or in front of a camera She was first recognized at the age of 12 when her middle school drama teacher chose her to perform in a city wide drama festival where she won a prize for her interpretation of a french monologue Her love of acting followed her from the french school in San Francisco to UC Davis where she received a bachelors degree in Psychology and a Masters degree in Communication She continued to study the craft at ACT a renowned acting school in San Francisco Ilana appeared in a few indie films during her college years before moving to Los Angeles where she studied at the Ivana Chubuck Studio The multilingual actress quickly began working seen in Season 3 of The Newsroom on HBO and Season 2 of Brooklyn NineNine on Fox as well as the lead role of the romantic comedy feature film Nowhere Girl She made appearances on popular shows like Chicago PD and Veep She went on to portray notable characters like Iryna Maximoff in Marvels hit WandaVision ilana continues to study with renowned acting coach Jo Kelly and can be seen in the lead role of the new mockumentary style feature film The Second Coming of John Cooper