Sara Elena Ramirez is a Mexican-American singer/songwriter and actress. She is known for her role as Dr. Callie Torres in the medical drama Grey's Anatomy, and as the original Lady of the Lake in the 2005 Broadway musical Spamalot, for which she won the Tony Award for Best F...
People's Choice Award for Favorite Dramatic TV Actress, ALMA Award for Favorite TV Actress - Supporting Role, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, ALMA Award for Favorite TV Actress - Drama, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, ALMA Awar...
Movies
Sofia The First: Once Upon A Princess, Chicago, Washington Heights, Spider-Man, You've Got Mail
TV Shows
Grey's Anatomy, Sofia the First
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Nobody from the show said I was too heavy. Instead, they wanted me to dance in my underwear.
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Her first name is pronounced "sada"; the R in Sara is sort of halfway between a T and a D.
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Her mother was of Irish descent and her father is of Mexican descent.
Made her first video game voice acting debut as Lammy, the main protagonist of the PlayStation game "Um Jammer Lammy" from late 1998 to early 1999, and then in the summer of 1999 again due to U.S. censorship and religious and violent issues in Japan's version of the game. She again made her recurring role as Lammy in the 2001-2002 PlayStation 2 game "PaRappa the Rapper 2".
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When she was 8 she moved from Mexico to San Diego with her mother after her parents' divorce.
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Attended Juilliard School of Drama.
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She won the 2005 Featured Actress in a Musical Tony for her role as The Lady of the Lake in Monty Python's "Spamalot".