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Sara Ramirez Profile |
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Birth Date: August 31, 1975
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Birth Place: Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
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Birth Name: Sara Ramirez
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Height: 5'9"
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Biography |
Sara Ramirez was born August 31, 1975, in the exotic
beachside community of Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico. The
daughter of a talented singer/actress, she moved with her
mother to San Diego in 1983 following her parents' divorce.
It was there that Sara first whet her appetite for the
theatre as a student at the San Diego School of Creative and
Performing Arts. “Musicals were a big deal, and I suppose I
gained interest the more I went to see them,” she says. “I
had seen my mom in a few ‘plays with music’ when I was
growing up as well, and I’m pretty sure that fueled my
interest.”
Following her graduation, Sara headed for the bright lights
of New York City to attend Juilliard School, the same
professional breeding ground that counts Robin Williams,
Christopher Reeve and Jamie Foxx among its distinguished
alumni. The school proved to be the perfect nurturing ground
for Sara's talent and she spent the next few years
developing both her acting chops and her stunning alto.
Equipped with a first-class education, Sara made her
Broadway debut in 1998 playing Wahzinak in Paul Simon's The
Capeman. Although the musical proved to be a critical dud,
Sara was singled out for her outstanding performance and she
finished the year with a role in the blockbuster hit You’ve
Got Mail, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.
Next up for this multitalented star was a role in the
musical The Gershwins’ Fascinating Rhythm, for which she
received an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination, followed
by performances in A Class Act, The Vagina Monologues and
Dreamgirls. By now one of the most promising stars on The
Great White Way, Sara continued to branch out into
television with appearances in Spin City and Third Watch in
2000, Law & Order in 2002, NYPD Blue in 2004, and the
blockbuster films Chicago and Spider-Man in 2002.
Sara continued her push toward fame in 2004 when she was
cast in Spamalot, a hilarious musical adaptation of Monty
Python and the Holy Grail. Her scene-stealing role as The
Lady of The Lake instantly won over fans and critics alike,
and she was honored the following year with a Tony and an
Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Performance by a
Featured Actress in a Musical. “When I look back on
Spamalot, a huge smile spreads across my face, my throat
tightens up, and my eyes get watery,” she admits. “It was
the time of my life. It was the most artistically
enlightening, challenging, eye-opening, joyful, exhausting,
and fulfilling job of my life.”
It was also a great career move as Sara’s exceptional
performance caught the attention of Shonda Rhimes, the
creator of Grey’s Anatomy. “I happened to be a huge fan of
Grey’s Anatomy during the time of the Spamalot insanity and,
thanks to my agents and angels at ABC/Touchstone, I had
several meetings as a result of their having attended the
show,” she says. The show’s executives clearly liked what
they saw and Sara was soon invited to join the cast as
tough-minded orthopedic surgeon Dr. Callie Torres.
Sara and her fellow cast members were honored for their
inspiring work in 2005 with a Screen Actors Guild Award for
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. |
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Other
Information |
She won the 2005 Featured Actress in a Musical Tony for her
role as The Lady of the Lake in Monty Python's "Spamalot".
Attended Juilliard School of Drama.
When she was 8 she moved from Mexico to San Diego with her
mother after her parents' divorce. |
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