Biography - Ilona Chevakova

Who is Ilona Chevakova?

Ilona Chevakova is an actress, and voice actor by profession, and Finnish, and Russian by nationality. She is best known for her work in films The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die, Lunastajat, Free Skate, and in the TV series Secret Lives, The Last Kingdom.

Ilona Chevakova – Age, Parents, Siblings

Ilona Chevakova was born on July 16, 1986, in Leningrad, Soviet Union (USSR). Her mother’s name is Elena Shevakova and her father’s name is Uri Shevakova. Her parents raised her alongside two siblings- younger sister Alona Chevakova and older sister Regina Launivuo, who is also an actress and singer.

Education, Ethnicity

After graduation from high school, Ilona Chevakova received education from London’s Millennium Performing Arts. She graduated from the same in 2008.

Her ethnicity is Finnish.

Ilona Chevakova – Boyfriend, Husband, Children, Divorce

Ilona Chevakova married her boyfriend Iiro Pester on June 27, 2015, after years of dating. With her husband, she has two children – a son born in 2017 and a daughter born on February 10, 2023.

The couple often feature each other on social media and there are no rumors of divorce surrounding the pair.

Ilona Chevakova – Career

Early Days

After graduating from college in 2008, Ilona Chevakova followed in her older sister’s footsteps. She worked as an actor, portraying numerous roles in stage production in numerous theatres including Vaasa City Theatre (Aug 2009 - May 2012), Alexander Theatre (Jun 2012 - Mar 2013), Ah, the Theater (Aug 2013 - Jun 2014), Fisher King production Oy (Jul 2015 - Sep 2015), The Swedish Theatre (May 2014 - Dec 2015), Helsinki City Theatre (Nov 2015 - May 2016).

Since 2016 she has been working as a voice actor and voice-over artist at Dictum Studios, Sofia Media, BLTI studios, KM STUDIO Motion and Pictures, SDI Media, and as a voice teacher at the VILD Factory.

Films, TV Series

Chevakova’s debut screen role was Natasha Kurylenko in a 2016 episode of the TV series Bordertown. This was followed by appearances in the films MC-Helper 3 (2018), Insanity (2019), Ladies of Steel (2020), Aika jonka sain (2020), and in episodes of the TV series Pelimies (2017), Arctic Circle (2018), among others.

Finally, in 2019 she was cast in the TV series Secret Lives as Sabrina Mustavaara. She portrayed the character for a total of 168 episodes, until 2021, and is her breakthrough role.

Since then Ilona Chevakova has starred in the films Class Reunion 3 (2021), MC Helper beKINGs (2022), Free Skate (2022), Lunastajat (2022), and The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die (2023).

Moreover, she has also played roles in the episodes of the TV series Pahan väri (2021), Maria Kallio (2021), Deadwind (2021), Modernit miehet (2021), The Last Kingdom (2022), among others.

Co-stars

On the set of The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die, Ilona Chevakova has worked alongside Alexander Dreymon, Elaine Cassidy, Ingrid García-Jonsson, Harry Gilby, and Mark Rowley.

Ilona Chevakova – Net Worth, Salary

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Ilona Chevakova – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

Chevakova is active on social media handles including Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook with thousands of followers and counting.