Yola Ivanovna Sanko was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. In 1969 she graduated from the Boris Shchukin Higher Theater School (course artistic director - Vera Lvova, director-teacher - Leonid Shikhmatov). She was a participant in the popular TV show "Zucchini 13 Chairs", where she played the role of the second waitress named Wanda. From 1969 to 1979 - actress of the Moscow Drama Theater named after A.S.

Pushkin, Moscow Drama Theater on Malaya Bronnaya. From 1979 to 1984 - actress of the Russian troupe of the Drama Theater of the Carpathian Military District in the city of Lvov (Ukrainian SSR). From 1985 to 2006 - actress of the Central Academic Theater of the Soviet Army (CATSA) (since 1993 - CATRA) in Moscow. In May 2023 she took part in the sketch comedy "Stories of a Big Country" on the channel "Russia-1".