ABOUT ALIONA VILANI
Professional ballroom dancer and participant on Strictly Come Dancing . She also appeared in the 2009 season of Dancing with the Stars .
She started studying ballet at age five and moved to Russia at age eleven to train as a ballroom dancer.
Partnered with English drummer Harry Judd , she won the 2011 season of Strictly Come Dancing.
Born in Kazakhstan, she later lived in Russia and the United States. She married Vincent Kavanagh and had a child together in 2017.
She appeared in Dancing with the Stars when Donny Osmond was a member of the cast.
