Sara Ramirez
Sara Ramírez | |
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 The Heart Truth Fashion Show, 2008 | |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Website | https://www.sararamirez.com/ |
Sara Ramírez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsaɾa raˈmiɾes]; born August 31, 1975) is a Mexican-American actress and singer. She won the 2005 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for her role as The Lady of the Lake in Monty Python's Spamalot, and is a member of the cast of Grey's Anatomy.[1]
Biography
Ramírez was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, a beach resort on the Pacific coast of Mexico. Her father was Mexican and her mother was half Mexican and half Irish-American.[citation needed] Ramírez moved with her mother at age eight to Tierrasanta, in San Diego, California. After graduating from the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts in San Diego, California, she graduated from the Juilliard School in New York City, where she refined her skills as an actress.[2]
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 she performed in The Vagina Monologues with Tovah Feldshuh and Suzanne Bertish.
Ramírez 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 ABC loved her performance in Spamalot and offered her a role in any ABC show she wanted, and she picked Grey's, of which she was a fan.
Ramírez speaks both Spanish and English fluently; however, she retains the Spanish pronunciation of her name. An English phonetic spelling of her first name is [sada], with stress on the first syllable.
Awards and nominations
- 2005: Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical - Monty Python's Spamalot
- 2005: Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding featured Actress in a Musical - Monty Python's Spamalot
- 2007: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series - Grey's Anatomy
Work
Stage productions
- The Capeman – Marquis Theatre (1998)
- The Gershwins' Fascinating Rhythm – Longacre Theatre (1999)
- The Vagina Monologues – Westside Theatre (1999)
- A Class Act – Ambassador Theatre (2001)
- Dreamgirls – Ford Center for the Performing Arts (2001)
- Spamalot – Shubert Theatre (2005)
Filmography
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References
- ^ The Official Sara Ramirez Website. <https://www.sararamirez.com/>
- ^ "Alumni News Reflections: Sara Ramírez". The Juilliard School. May 2006. Retrieved 2008-07-12.
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