Sara Elena Ramirez is a Mexican-American singer/songwriter and actress.
Background
Ramirez was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, in the northwestern coast of the Pacific coast of Mexico. Her father was Mexican and her mother was of Mexican and Irish-American descent. When Ramirez was eight years old, her mother took her to Tierrasanta, in San Diego, California, where they settled.
Education
After completing the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts in San Diego, California, Ramirez attended and graduated from the Juilliard School (Bachelor of Fine Arts "97, drama) in New York City, where she refined her skills as an actress.
Career
Ramirez speaks both Spanish and English fluently. She debuted on Broadway playing Wahzinak in Paul Simon"s The Capeman (1998). She has also appeared in A Class Acting (2001) and Dreamgirls (2001), and in 2002 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 in the PlayStation 2 video game sequel PaRappa the Rapper 2, and has a smaller role, unlike the game that preceded lieutenant In 2004, Ramirez was cast as the Lady of the Lake in the Eric Idle/John Du Prez musical Spamalot, based on the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Following her success on Broadway, Ramirez joined the cast of Grey"s Anatomy in a recurring role as Doctor Calliope "Callie" Torres in the show"s second season. Foreign the third season she became a series regular.
On a special Grey"s Anatomy-themed episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, she revealed that top executives from American Broadcasting Company loved her performance in Spamalot so much that they offered her a role in any American Broadcasting Company show she wanted.
She picked Grey"s, of which she was a fan. Ramirez provided a cappella vocals in the song "Silent Night" for the soundtrack of the show"s sixth season episode "Holidaze," airing November 19, 2009. On December 21, 2009, this version of the song was released as a single on iTunes.
Ramirez"s voice was also showcased in the musical episode of Grey"s Anatomy, Ep.
718 "Song Beneath the Song", which aired March 31, 2011. Her solo music debut was an extended play released on March 27, 2011 through the iTunes Store.
lieutenant included three original songs, as well as a recording of "The Story", performed on the musical episode of Grey"s Anatomy.