Sara Ramirez - Actresses
Summary
"Sara Ramírez" (born August 31, 1975) is an 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". She can also be glimpsed as Rose, the Zabar's Cashier, in "You've Got Mail", and the cop at the carjacking in "Spider-Man".
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.
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 also voiced the lead character in the 1999 PlayStation video game "UmJammer Lammy". She reprised her role in the 2001 PlayStation 2 game "PaRappa the Rapper 2". 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.
Instead of the American prounciation Sar-uh Ramirez's first name is pronounced 'Sa-Da'
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
External links
(SaraRamirez.com) , official website
Credit
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