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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?]

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