Sandra Ilar

Sandra Mary Dylan Ilar, born 2 May 1988 in Luleå domkyrkoförsamling in Norrbottens län, is a Swedish comedian. In 2010 Ilar was portrayed as the next generation of comedians in a feature in Dagens Nyheter, and in 2016 she was nominated for Årets Nykomling at the Svenska Standupgalan. She has toured around Sweden as a stand-up comedian and performed at venues such as Norra Brunn, Stockholm Live and Raw Comedy Club. Ilar has mainly worked as a stand-up comedian and as a comedian in Sveriges Radio and TV. She was involved in starting SVT's satire programme Svenska nyheter together with Michael Lindgren, working as a scriptwriter and contributing her own segments in the programme's first three seasons.

In 2017 Ilar's humour special Läckert was published, and in 2017-2018 she performed BALLA BALLA BALLA! - en standupshow av Sandra Ilar. In 2018 she presented the Augustpriset. In 2022 she made her acting debut in Jonas Åkerlund's TV series Clark (Netflix), where she portrays Clark Olofsson's mother Ingbritt Olofsson. Ilar has also worked as a poet, and her poems have been published in, among others, Tidningen Kulturen.

Since 2016 Ilar has run the podcast programme Ilar, later Ilars poddagbok, with personal reflections. Since 24 February 2017 she has broadcast the podcast programme Smultronstället, dealing with politics and humour, initially made together with Aron Flam and later with Martin Bucht. In January 2019 she also started the personal humour podcast Bärs och pattar together with comedian colleagues Kirsty Armstrong and Fanny Agazzi. She is one of the founders of the competition SM i ordvitsar. Sandra Ilar has been married since 13 October 2018 to the punk musician and photographer Nikko Knösch.