Dr. Sara Tancredi

Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, Sara Tancredi wanted to be a doctor and work in a hospital. However, after earning a medical degree, Sara's hopes in becoming a doctor were jeopardized by her constant drug abuse. Coming clean with the help of Narcotics Anonymous, she knew that she must follow a more humanitarian path and decided to work as a doctor at Fox River Penitentiary, against her father's wishes.

Things began to get complicated for Sara when inmate Michael Scofield entered her life. Their relationship started out with the usual doctor-patient dynamic, but after a...

I hide a lot from the outside world. Outside being anyone other than myself, my family. I don't go around advertising my past with drugs. I can't live like that, always looking back, letting my mistakes run my life. I have to look ahead, look to whatever future I'll have.

In Fox River, I hid my feelings for Michael as best as I could. Aside from being insanely attracted to him, moreso than I should have allowed myself, I hid them from my co-workers, from him as well as I could [though I know I didn't do a good job of it], and I think I even tried really hard to hide it from myself. I was so...