Sara Ramirez

Sara Ramirez is a renowned singer. She is also well-known for her talents as an actress.


Sara Ramirez was born in the year 1975 on August 31st. She was born in Mexico. She was brought up in Mexican culture as both her parents belonged to the Mexican origin. When she was only six years old, a split took place between her father and mother which lead to a divorce between them. She had to move with her mother and settled in California. However, she had a knack for music from a very early age.

Her mother also sent her to music school seeing her growing interest towards music. She was admitted to the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts for learning music. When she went there for auditions, she was praised by the judges for her beautiful voice. She also participated in many of her school events and won many trophies and certifications for her school.

Apart from singing, she also excelled in drama. She was a very good dramatist and performed various acts in her school days. She even did theatre appearances where she imparted the role of Dolly in Hello, Dolly and the Witch in Into the Woods. She pursued her graduation with Dramatics to pursue it as her profession later. She started taking acting classes but never left music.

She went to Julliard to pursue her acting career. When she was still pursuing, she was offered a role by a renowned director. The director visited Julliard for a campaign and was very impressed with her acting skills. He offered her to appear in The Capeman as Wahzinak. This fetched her very good reviews from the public for her excellent acting. Through The Capeman, she also received a lot of popularity which paved the path for her further career. Next, she played different types of roles in different movies like You’ve Got Mail, The Greshwins’ Fascinating Rhythm, A Class Act, Dreamgirls and many others. She has also played the role of a voice artist in the video games.

She has received many awards and nominations for her notable roles from the initial stage of her career. Her first award nomination, Outer Critics Circle Award, was for her excellent role in The Greshwins’ Fascinating Rhythm. Her role in The Vagina Monologues has also gathered her a lot praise from her fans and as well as from her co-actors and directors.

She joined Grey’s Anatomy in the year 2006 and this happened to be a turning point in her acting career. She performed many popular roles for them along with their theme episode which was named as The Oprah Winfrey Show. She has also mentioned in an interview that Grey’s Anatomy tops her favourites list.

Ramirez’s personal life does not have much to tell. She prefers to keep her personal life away from the chaos of the media. She is now happily married to her long time boyfriend Ryan DeBolt and also have two children. The couple got married in the year 2012 and her husband is a successful businessman.

Last Modified: Mar 8, 2020


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