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Ramos in 2016, photo by kathclick /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Sarah Emily Ramos
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: May 21, 1991
Ethnicity: * father – Filipino (one quarter), Scottish, German, French, Irish, English * mother – Ashkenazi Jewish
Sarah Ramos is an American actress. Her roles include the films Why Stop Now , How to Be Single , Slash (2016), We Don’t Belong Here , The Boy Downstairs , Ask for Jane , Babylon (2022), and The Napa Boys ; the series American Dreams , Runaway , Parenthood , The Affair , Midnight, Texas ; Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty , The Bear , and Chicago Med ; and the made-for-tv movies A Kismet Christmas and Christmas in Notting Hill .
Sarah’s father is of one quarter Filipino descent, with his other roots being Scottish, German, French, Irish, and English. Sarah’s mother is Jewish, of Polish Jewish and Ukrainian Jewish descent.
She is married to director Matt Spicer.
Sarah’s paternal grandfather was Steve Ramos (the son of Esteban Zafra/S. Ramos and Bertha Aveline Rose). Sarah’s grandfather Steve was born in Arizona. Esteban was born in Cebu, the Philippines, the son of Portacio Ramos and Juana Zafra. Sarah’s great-grandmother Bertha was the daughter of Raymond Earl Lacroix Rose and Mary Ellen Hosey, and had Scottish, French, German, and English ancestry, with roots in Inverness-shire, Scotland, Normandy and Picardy, France, and Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Sarah’s paternal grandmother was Ruby June McAllister (the daughter of Oden Ray McAllister and Vernie Emily Grabeel). Ruby had Irish, German, and English ancestry. Oden was the son of George Hancock McAllister and Nancy Jame Margaret Moore Steverson. Sarah’s great-grandmother Vernie was the daughter of Thomas E. Irvin Grabeel and Belle Cora McSwain. Through her Grabeel line, Sarah is a fourth cousin of actor and singer Lucas Grabeel .
Sarah’s maternal grandfather was named David “Dave” Biederman (the son of Hershel Biederman and Rifka). David was born in Warsaw, Poland.
Sarah’s maternal grandmother was Adaline Ola Teitlebaum (the daughter of Itzhak Teitlebaum/Tajtelbojm and Socia Rutenberg). Adaline was born in Ratne, Poland, now Ukraine.