Sara Ramírez played Callie Torres from season two to season twelve of Grey's Anatomy.
Biography[]
Sara was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico to parents of Mexican and Irish-American descent.[source?] At 8 years old, their parents divorced and they went to live with their mother in Tierrasanta, San Diego, California.[1] They had an interest in music, which caught their mother's attention and was sent to San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts.[2] When they were in high school, they started to act in stage productions produced by the school. They graduated from Juilliard School with a Bachelor's of Fine Arts (Dramatics).[3]
In an interview in 2011, they revealed they have suffered from severe depression. At one point, they could barely get themself out of bed to film Grey's Anatomy.[source?]
On June 17, 2011, Ramirez and longtime partner, Ryan Debolt, a business analyst at TIMEC, got engaged in Paris, France.[4] They were married on July 4, 2012 in a private beachside ceremony in New York.[5] In July 2021, Sara announced that they and Ryan had separated.[6]
They are also an activist for LGBT rights and came out as bisexual and queer during a speech at the #40ToNone Summit on October 8, 2016.[7] They were awarded the Ally for Equality Award by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation in 2015.[8]
In August 2020, they came out as non-binary.[9]
Career[]
Filmography[]
- Cisma (Schism) (short) (2011)
- Monty Python's Spamalot (2005)
- Going Under (2004)
- Naked Hotel (2003)
- Chicago (2002)
- Baseball Wives (2002)
- Washington Heights (2002)
- Spider-Man (2002)
- Star Patrol! (2000)
- You've Got Mail (1998)
Television[]
- And Just Like That... (mini-series) (2021-2023)
- Vampirina (short) (2019)
- Madam Secretary (2017-2019)
- Sofia the First (2012-2018)
- Elena of Avalor (2016)
- Grey's Anatomy (2006-2016)
- Dora the Explorer (2014)
- NYPD Blue (2004)
- As the World Turns (2003)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2000-2002)
- Welcome to New York (2000)
- Third Watch (2000)
- Spin City (2000)
Notes and Trivia[]
- They are fluent in English and Spanish.[10]
- They were the cover girl for the March 2011 issue of Latina Magazine.[source?]
External Links[]
Sara Ramirez on Wikipedia
Sara Ramírez on IMDb
Sara Ramírez on IBDb
