Sara Ramírez
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 Sara Ramirez modelling at a charity fashion show to benefit The Heart Truth, January 2008 |
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| Born | Sara Ramírez August 31, 1975 Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico |
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Sara Ramírez IPA: [sa'ɾa ɾami'ɾɛs] (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.
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[edit] Biography
Ramirez was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, a popular Mexican beach resort on the Pacific. Sara moved with her mother at age eight to Tierrasanta, in San Diego, CA. 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. [1]
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), Dreamgirls (2001), and she performed in The Vagina Monologues with Tovah Feldshuh and Suzanne Bertish.
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 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.
Ramirez 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.
[edit] Honors
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Role |
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| 2005 | Tony Award | Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical | Won | Monty Python's Spamalot |
| 2005 | Outer Critics Circle Award | Outstanding featured Actress in a Musical | Won | Monty Python's Spamalot |
| 2007 | Screen Actors Guild | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Won | Grey's Anatomy |
[edit] Selected filmography
- The 60th Annual Tony Awards (2006) Presenter
- The View (September 20, 2006) Guest Co-Host
- Grey's Anatomy (2005-present) Dr. Callie Torres
- Untitled John Corbett/ABC Project (2005)
- The 59th Annual Tony Awards (2005) Winner/Lady of the Lake
- NYPD Blue episode: Who's Your Daddy? (2004) Irma Pacheco
- As the World Turns (2003) Hannah
- When Ocean Meets Sky (2003) Peggy Fears (voice)
- Chicago (2002) Female Ensemble
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode: Chameleon (2002) Lisa Perez
- Baseball Wives (2002) Gabriella Martinez
- Washington Heights (2002) Belkis
- Spider-Man (2002) Cop at Carjacking
- PaRappa the Rapper 2 (2001) Lammy (video game voice)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode: Baby Killer (2000) Mrs. Barrera
- Welcome to New York episode: The Crier (2000) Linda
- Third Watch episode: The Tys That Bind (2000) Gwen Girard
- Spin City episode: About Last Night (2000) Carol
- UmJammer Lammy (1999) Lammy (video game voice)
- You've Got Mail (1998) Rose, Zabar's Cashier
- As the World Turns (1997) Valerie Merediz & (2003) Hannah
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- SaraRamirez.com, official website
- Sara Ramirez at the Internet Movie Database
- Sara Ramirez at the Internet Broadway Database
- Sara Ramirez at TV.com
- Sara Ramírez at Yahoo! Movies
- Sara Ramirez Online
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| Preceded by Anika Noni Rose for Caroline, Or Change |
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical 2005 for Monty Python's Spamalot |
Succeeded by Beth Leavel for The Drowsy Chaperone |
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