MEXICAN ACTRESS ,SINGER,LYRICS WRITER
SARA RAMIREZ
BORN 1975 AUGUST 31
Sara Elena Ramírez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsaɾa eˈlena raˈmiɾes]; born August 31, 1975) is a Mexican singer, songwriter and actress.[1] She is known for her role as Dr. Callie Torres in the medical drama Grey's Anatomy (2006–16), and as the original Lady of the Lake in the 2005 Broadway musical Spamalot, for which she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
Early life[edit]
Ramirez was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, in the northwestern coast of the Pacific coast of Mexico. Her father was Mexican and her mother was of Mexican and Irish-American descent.[2] When Ramirez was eight years old, her mother took her to Tierrasanta, in San Diego, California, where they settled.
Career[edit]
She debuted on Broadway playing Wahzinak in Paul Simon's The Capeman (1998). In 1999, she appeared in The Gershwins' Fascinating Rhythm (1999) and received an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for her role. She has also appeared in A Class Act (2001) and Dreamgirls (2001), and in 2002 she performed in The Vagina Monologues with Tovah Feldshuh and Suzanne Bertish.[4]
In 1998, she played the voice of Lammy in the video game UmJammer Lammy, a spin-off of PaRappa the Rapper, both on Sony's PlayStation console. She later reprised her role as Lammy in the PlayStation 2 video game sequel PaRappa the Rapper 2, and has a smaller role, unlike the game that preceded it.
In 2004, Ramirez was cast as the Lady of the Lake in the Eric Idle/John Du Prez musical Spamalot, based on the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The musical opened on Broadway in 2005 to widespread acclaim, and Ramirez in particular was singled out for her performance, winning several awards including the 2005 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
Following her success on Broadway, Ramirez joined the cast of Grey's Anatomy in a recurring role as Dr. Calliope 'Callie' Torres in the show's second season. For the third season she became a series regular. On a special Grey's Anatomy-themed episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, she revealed that top executives from ABC loved her performance in Spamalot so much that they offered her a role in any ABC show she wanted. She picked Grey's, of which she was a fan.[5] Ramirez provided a cappella vocals in the song "Silent Night" for the soundtrack of the show's sixth season episode "Holidaze," airing November 19, 2009.
Personal life[edit]
On June 17, 2011, Ramirez and longtime partner, Ryan DeBolt, a business analyst at TIMEC, got engaged in Paris, France.[7]
Filmography[edit]
Film and television[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | You've Got Mail | Rose | |
| 1999 | UmJammer Lammy | Lammy (voice) | Video Game |
| 2000 | Star Patrol | Lieutenant Vena | TV movie |
| 2000 | Spin City | Carol Quinn | Episode: "About Last Night" |
| 2000 | Third Watch | Gwen Girard | Episode: "The Tys That Bind" |
| 2000 | Welcome to New York | Linda | Episode: "The Crier" |
| 2000 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Mrs. Barrera | Episode: "Baby Killer" |
| 2001 | PaRappa the Rapper 2 | Lammy (voice) | Video game |
| 2002 | Spider-Man | Police officer at carjacking | |
| 2002 | Washington Heights | Belkis | |
| 2002 | Baseball Wives | Gabriella Martinez | TV movie |
| 2002 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Lisa Perez | Episode: "Chameleon" |
| 2002 | Chicago | Female ensemble | |
| 2003 | Naked Hotel | Unknown | TV movie |
| 2003 | As the World Turns | Hannah | 1 episode |
| 2003 | When Ocean Meets Sky | Peggy Fears (voice) | |
| 2004 | NYPD Blue | Irma Pacheco | Episode: "Who's Your Daddy?" |
| 2006–2016 | Grey's Anatomy | Dr. Callie Torres | Recurring (Season 2) Main Cast (Season 3–12): 238 episodes |
| 2013–present | Sofia the First | Queen Miranda (voice) |
Stage productions[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Theatre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | The Capeman | Wahzinak | Marquis Theatre; January 29 – March 28, 1998 |
| 1999 | The Gershwins' Fascinating Rhythm | Performer | Longacre Theatre; April 25 – May 9, 1999 |
| 2001 | A Class Act | Felicia | Ambassador Theatre; March 11 – June 10, 2001 |
| 2001 | Dreamgirls | Ensemble | Ford Center for the Performing Arts; September 24, 2001 |
| 2002 | The Vagina Monologues | Performer | Westside Theatre; November 12 – December 1, 2002 |
| 2005 | Spamalot | The Lady of the Lake | Shubert Theatre; February 14 – December 18, 2005 |
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