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Sara Ramirez

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Sara Ramirez is a Mexican and American actor, singer and activist, born in 1975 in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, who moved to the United States at the age of eight and trained at the Juilliard School. Ramirez began on Broadway, and won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for playing the Lady of the Lake in the 2005 musical Spamalot. On television, Ramirez played Dr. Callie Torres on Grey's Anatomy for eleven seasons, one of the longest-running LGBT characters in American television, and later appeared in Madam Secretary and And Just Like That. Ramirez has also done voice acting, released music, and received a Satellite Award and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation Ally for Equality Award for LGBT advocacy.

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Tony Award 1
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1975 1
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born August 31, 1975) is a Mexican and American actor, singer and activist.

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born August 31, 1975) is a Mexican and American actor, singer and activist.
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    born August 31, 1975) is a Mexican and American actor, singer and activist.
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    born August 31, 1975) is a Mexican and American actor, singer and activist.
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    winning the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical
  • Lead, Satellite Award
    In addition to the Tony Award, Ramírez has also been the recipient of a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Satellite Award, among other accolades.
  • Associated With: Film, Lead, film roles
    Ramírez began acting in Broadway productions, making their debut in Paul Simon's The Capeman, and later ventured into film and television roles.
  • Associated With: Television, Lead, television roles
    Ramírez began acting in Broadway productions, making their debut in Paul Simon's The Capeman, and later ventured into film and television roles.
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