

She turned down working for Ralph Lauren in New York to further pursue acting. She has designed for Juicy Couture, and Mossimo. She received her BFA in fashion design from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, California. She attended Granada Hills Charter High School. Lee was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley, California.

She is best known for playing the role of Lilly Onakuramara in the musical comedy Pitch Perfect film series (2012–2017) and the role of Sonya in the horror comedy film The Babysitter (2017) and its 2020 sequel. A third generation Japanese American, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband and an overflowing closet of vintage treasures.Hana Mae Lee (born September 28, 1988) is an American actress, model, comedian, and fashion designer. Additionally, Sarah was a finalist for both the CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) New Writers Award and the Astounding Award for Best New Writer. Her newest novel, From Little Tokyo, With Love-a modern fairy tale with a half-Japanese heroine-is a Junior Library Guild selection and was recently chosen as Penguin Random House’s One World, One Book title of the year, one of People magazine’s Best Books of Summer, and one of the New York Times’ YA Books to Add to Your Reading List. She has also penned a variety of short fiction and comics, including the critically acclaimed graphic novel Shadow of the Batgirl for DC Comics and the Star Wars audiobook original Doctor Aphra. Her YA debut, the beloved Japan-set romantic comedy I Love You So Mochi, is a Junior Library Guild selection and a nominee for YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults.


The first book is a Locus bestseller, an RT Reviewers’ Choice Award nominee, and one of the Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog’s Best Books of 2016. Sarah Kuhn is the author of the popular Heroine Complex novels-a series starring Asian American superheroines.
