Ilona Elkin was born in Helsinki, Finland to a Chilean father and a Finnish mother. She has a twin sister, Kati. At the age of 9, she started dancing ballet at the Finnish National Ballet school, until, at the age of fifteen, she moved to live in Vienna, Austria. In 1994 Ilona moved to Montreal, where she attended the Dome Theatre School and Graduated in 1998. She has played parts in "MacBeth", "Escape from happiness", and 'After the Fall", to name a few. Her first TV-role was a lead in the series "The Hunger". She has worked on several productions since, including "Allsouls", _X Change (2000)_ and "Big Wolf on Campus". In 2001 she starred in the YTV series Vampire High (2001). Ilona also speaks Finnish, Spanish, German, and French. Currently she resides in Montreal with her Jack Russell Terrier.