Sasha Bianca Lane (born September 29, 1995 in Houston, Texas) is an American actress. She is of African-American and Maori ancestry. She has one brother, Sergio D'Arcy, whom she's close friends with and was supportive of him being gay.
Initially coming out as being bisexual, Lane later said she's a lesbian. She has also been open about struggling with her mental health (she was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder in 2015). She features in the music video for Lewis Capaldi's "Before You Go
", ostensibly dealing with similar themes.
In 2020, she gave birth to a daughter.
She made her debut in American Honey, but is probably best known as Alice Monaghan in the 2019 reboot of Hellboy and Hunter C-20 in the MCU televsion series Loki.
Selected Filmography:
- American Honey (2016) as Star (lead role)
- Born in the Maelstrom (2017) as Rebecca (lead role)
- The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2017) as Jane Fonda (main role)
- After Everything (2018) as Lindsay (supporting role)
- Hearts Beat Loud (2018) as Rose (supporting role)
- Shrimp (2018) as Dominatrix (supporting role, uncredited)
- Daniel Isn't Real (2019) as Cassie (supporting role)
- Hellboy (2019) as Alice Monaghan (supporting role)
- Amazing Stories (2020) as Alia (main role, "Signs Of Life")
- Utopia (US) (2020) as Jessica Hyde (main role)
- If I Can't Have Love I Want Power (2021) as The Seer
- Loki (2021) as Hunter C-20 (supporting role)
- Conversations with Friends (2022) as Bobbi Connolly (main role)
- How To Blow Up A Pipeline (2022) as Theo (main role)
- The Crowded Room (2023) as Ariana (main role)
Tropes in her work include:
- Dreadlock Rasta: She's had dreadlocks for all of her career. Many of her characters are rebellious and free-spirited woman, with her hairstyle signifying it.
- Ms. Fanservice: Sasha's quite attractive, while multiple roles she's had have featured her in sex scenes, revealing clothing and in Conversations with Friends a topless scene.
- Queer Character, Queer Actor: She plays lesbians like herself in The Miseducation of Cameron Post, Hearts Beat Loud and How To Blow Up A Pipeline. In The Crowded Room, she plays Ariana, a bisexual.
- Twofer Token Minority: She is often the only person of color in a work, who's sometimes also a lesbian.
