Sànoe Lake is an American actress, model, and surfer.

Early life
Lake was born and raised on Kauai, Hawaii. She is of Hawaiian, Japanese, Chinese, German, Irish and English descent. Her name "Sànoe" means "The Mist of the Mountains."

Lake was 15 years old when she was discovered by a manager on the beach of Oahu's North Shore when she came in from surfing. Soon after she began working as a model internationally. Lake had a successful career working as a professional model outside of the action sports industry; however, she became dissatisfied with the modeling industry stating that it often felt "shallow and empty."