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Sara Ramírez
The Heart Truth Fashion Show, 2008
Born	August 31, 1975 (1975-08-31) (age 34) Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico
Occupation	Actress
Official website

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

Contents 1 Life and career 2 Awards and nominations 3 Work 3.1 Stage productions 3.2 Filmography 4 References 5 External links

Life and career

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.

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 again in the PlayStation 2 video game sequel PaRappa the Rapper 2, and has a smaller role, unlike the game that preceded it.

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

As the World Turns (1997, 2003) – Valerie Merediz & Hannah You've Got Mail (1998) – Rose, Zabar's Cashier UmJammer Lammy video game (1999) – Lammy (voice) Spin City: "About Last Night" (2000) – Carol Third Watch: "The Tys That Bind" (2000) – Gwen Girard Welcome to New York: "The Crier" (2000) – Linda Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: "Baby Killer" (2000) – Mrs. Barrera PaRappa the Rapper 2 video game (2001) – Lammy (voice) Spider-Man (2002) – Police officer at carjacking Washington Heights (2002) – Belkis Baseball Wives (2002) – Gabriella Martinez

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: "Chameleon" (2002) – Lisa Perez Chicago (2002) – female ensemble When Ocean Meets Sky (2003) – Peggy Fears (voice) As the World Turns (2003) – Hannah NYPD Blue: "Who's Your Daddy?" (2004) – Irma Pacheco Grey's Anatomy (2005-present) – Dr. Callie Torres

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Sara Ramírez

• Sara Ramírez at the Internet Broadway Database
• Sara Ramírez at the Internet Movie Database
• Sara Ramírez at TV.com
• Sara Ramírez at Yahoo! Movies

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