Sara Malakul Lane

Sara Malakul Lane has one of those genuinely cross-cultural careers I find appealing. Thai-American, born in 1982, she built a body of work that spans both Thai cinema and Hollywood, which is a harder bridge to walk than people assume. She is probably best known as the female lead across two films in the Kickboxer franchise, so action is clearly in her wheelhouse, and she started out as a model before moving into acting. I like performers who do not stay boxed into one market. Moving fluidly between two film industries takes real adaptability, and that kind of range tends to keep a career alive longer than a single breakout role would.

Name (English)

Sara Malakul Lane

Name (Japanese)

サラ・マラクル・レイン

Reading

さら・まらくる・れいん

Born

February 1, 1982 (age 44)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Dog

Origin

Guam, United States

Height

171 cm

Occupation

actor / model / film actor / television actor

• Official sitehttp://www.saralane.net/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/saramalakul/
• Xhttps://x.com/saramalakullane
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara%20Malakul%20Lane
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q918917

Tags

• actor
• model
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.