Sara Malakul Lane

Sara Malakul Lane was born in Guam to a Scottish father, Alastair Lane, and a Thai mother, Thapthim Malakul na Ayudhaya. Through her mother, she is a member of the Chakri dynasty, the current reigning dynasty of Thailand. Her mother's father, Mom Luang Pikthip Malakul, was a diplomat, including ambassador of Thailand to Myanmar and the United Kingdom; Pikthip Malakul's grandfather was one of many children of Rama II of Siam, making her King Rama's great-great-great-granddaughter.^[1] The family name Malakul was bestowed by King Vajiravudh on 30 May 1913, following the royal act which prescribed the use of surnames.^[3] She grew up between the United Kingdom and Bangkok, where she studied at NIST International School. She lived in Los Angeles^[4] and she currently^[when?] resides in Singapore.

Lane, a method actress,^[5] started her acting career at the age of 15, transitioning from modeling after she won a role in her first TV series.^[6] She acted in Thai soap operas before moving to America.

Her first role in a Hollywood film was playing Steven Seagal's daughter in the 2003 film Belly of the Beast. She then starred in Sharktopus with Eric Roberts in 2010^[7] and alongside Roberts and Peter Stormare in The Wayshower in 2011.

In 2014, she starred in Jailbait, a thriller drama film.

In 2016, she played a Bangkok detective who becomes the love interest of the lead character in Kickboxer: Vengeance, which was released in September 2016. She reprised the role in the sequel, Kickboxer: Retaliation, released in 2018.