Sara Tanaka

Sara Tanaka (born November 21, 1978) is an American physician and former film actress. She is best known for her roles in Rushmore, Old School, and Race the Sun.

Biography Tanaka was born in Huntington, New York.

Her brother, Alessandro Tanaka, is a screenwriter and actor.

She graduated from Brown University in 2000 with a degree in human biology. In 2008, she completed her M.D. degree when she graduated from the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago.

She completed her internal medicine residency program at the University of Chicago and then her cardiology fellowship program at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in 2015.

Filmography

Film

Year Film Role Notes 1996 Race the Sun Uni Kakamura 1998 Rushmore Margaret Yang 2002 Slackers Student Uncredited 2003 Old School Megan Huang Cigarette Sara Short film 2004 Imaginary Heroes Shelly Chan

Television

Year Series Role Notes 2001 Gideon's Crossing Linda Kim "A Routine Case" (Season 1, Episode 3, 2001-06-10)

Video games Year Series Role 2004 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Pedestrian