---
name: "Sara Tanaka"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sara-tanaka"
fi1m_id: "sara-tanaka"
imdb_id: "nm0849057"
tmdb_id: 239981
wikidata_id: "Q7421787"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 November 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T09:35:37.248733+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sara Tanaka

## Identity

Sara Tanaka

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sara-tanaka
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sara-tanaka
- **IMDb ID:** nm0849057
- **TMDB ID:** 239981
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7421787
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Tanaka, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7421787, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0849057/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/239981

Actor. Born 21 November 1978 in Huntington, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 November 1978, Huntington, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1998–2003
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 83 (1), 2000s 60 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Tanaka, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7421787, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0849057/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/239981

## Biography

Sara Tanaka is an American physician and former actress. Born on 21 November 1978 in Huntington, New York, she began acting at the age of twelve and graduated from Brown University in 2000 with a degree in human biology.

Her film roles include Uni Kakamura in *Race the Sun* (1996), Margaret Yang in *Rushmore* (1998), Megan in *Old School* (2003), and Shelly Chan in *Imaginary Heroes* (2004). She also appeared in an episode of the television series *Gideon's Crossing* (2001) and provided a voice in the video game *Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas* (2004).

Tanaka completed her MD at the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago in 2008. She undertook residency training in internal medicine and a fellowship in cardiology, and now practises as a cardiologist.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, brownalumnimagazine.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Old School* (2003), Fi1m 60, as Megan — [page](https://film.one/film/old-school.md)
- *Rushmore* (1998), Fi1m 83, as Margaret Yang — [page](https://film.one/film/rushmore.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Imaginary Heroes* (2004), as Shelly Chan
- *Old School* (2003), as Megan — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/old-school.md)
- *Rushmore* (1998), as Margaret Yang — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/rushmore.md)
- *Race the Sun* (1996), as Uni Kakamura

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/sara-tanaka