Sara Elena Ramirez born August 31 1975 is a MexicanAmerican actor singer songwriter and activist Born in Mazatlán Sinaloa Ramírez moved to the United States when they were eight years old eventually graduating with a fine arts degree from the Juilliard School Ramírez began acting in Broadway productions making their debut in Paul Simons The Capeman and later ventured into film and television roles Ramírezs breakthrough came with their portrayal of the original Lady of the Lake in the 2005 Broadway musical Spamalot winning the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical Ramírez was offered to pick their own primetime television show in an array of ABC lineups choosing Greys Anatomy They portrayed Dr Callie Torres the longestrunning LGBT character in US television history appearing in 11 seasons and 239 episodes Ramírezs volunteered addition of the characters bisexuality marked one of the earliest series regular queer roles on primetime television Following their departure from the series Ramirez came out as bisexual and later nonbinary using theythem pronouns They later portrayed the bisexual nonbinary roles of Kat Sandoval in Madam Secretary and Che Díaz in And Just Like That the modern reboot of Sex and the City respectively Ramirez debuted as a voice actor in the 1999 video game entitled UmJammer Lammy and has voiced Queen Miranda in the animated series Sofia the First 20122018 Ramírez released their first single Silent Night in 2009 Their selftitled EP debuted at no 37 on the Billboard 200 in 2011 Ramírezs extensive campaigns for LGBT rights won the Ally for Equality Award from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation in 2015 Ramírez has also been the recipient of a Tony Award a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Satellite Award among other accolades Description above from the Wikipedia article Sara Ramirez licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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