Anna Sawai is a New Zealand-born Japanese actress, singer, and dancer. She landed her first acting role at age 11 as the title character in 2004 production of Annie (Nippon TV) shortly after moving to Japan. Sawai later made her film debut as Kiriko in James McTeigue’s 2009 neo-noir martial arts film Ninja Assassin (Warner Bros.). Sawai rose to fame in Japan as one of the lead vocalists of girl group Faky from 2013 to 2018.