ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Sara Ramirez - Singer, songwriter, actress
Broadway and TV veteran Sara Ramirez challenges stereotypes even as she beguiles audiences.

Why you should listen

Sara Ramirez has been known to viewers for the past 11 years as orthopedic surgeon Dr. Callie Torres on ABC's drama "Grey's Anatomy." Prior to that role, Ramirez was seen on Broadway in Monty Python's Spamalot as Lady of the Lake, for which she earned both a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical and an Outer Critics Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical.

Ramirez graduated from the Juilliard Drama School. Shortly after graduation, she made her Broadway debut starring in Paul Simon's The Capeman. Following that, she starred on Broadway in Fascinating Rhythm and A Class Act, as well as Off-Broadway in The Vagina Monologues. For the past four seasons, Ramirez has been the voice of Queen Miranda in the Disney Channel animated series, "Sofia The First.," She has also appeared on "NYPD Blue," "Law & Order: SVU," "Third Watch" and "Spin City." In 2011, she captured a whole new audience when she performed the most prominent songs on the special music event episode of "Grey's Anatomy" and released her own EP on iTunes.

Most recently, Ramirez co-hosted and performed at TED Talks Live on PBS, and produced two films: Loserville (released in fall 2016 in partnership with the Pacer Foundation's Center for Bullying Prevention & Stomp Out Bullying) and the virtual reality film experience Out of Exile: Daniel’s Story, an Official Selection Sundance Film Festival and Lumiere Award nominee directed by Nonny de la Peña. Her next executive producing project is The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson, a documentary by filmmaker David France of How to Survive a Plague about LGBTQ civil rights transgender pioneers Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson.

In 2015, Ramirez was awarded the Ally for Equality Award by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. In addition to her role as a member of the True Colors Fund’s Board of Directors, she supports The True Colors Fund, Bisexual Organizing Project, NDLON, Mujerez De Maiz, The Task Force and The San Diego/New York/San Francisco LGBT Centers.

(Photo: Paul Gregory)

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Michael Pemberton - Actor, singer/songwriter
Michael Pemberton is a New York-based actor and singer/songwriter.

Why you should listen

Michael Pemberton has been a working actor and singer-songwriter in New York City for over 20 years. He has appeared in numerous films, television and stage productions from regional theater to Broadway. The Michael Pemberton Band has appeared in many of New York's most storied venues including The Bitter End, Birdland, Joe's Pub and, proudly with his friend and collaborator Sara Ramirez, at Town Hall for Ted Talks Live. He is the lucky husband of Andrea, and proud Dad to Katie, Jared and Megan.

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TED Talks Live

Sara Ramirez: "Rollercoaster"

Sara Ramirez: « Montagnes russes »

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La chanteuse, auteure compositrice et actrice Sara Ramirez est une femme de multiples talents. Accompagnée de Michael Pemberton à la guitare, elle chante sur les opportunités, la sagesse et les hauts et bas de la vie dans cette performance en direct de sa chanson « Montagnes russes ».
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Broadway and TV veteran Sara Ramirez challenges stereotypes even as she beguiles audiences. Full bio - Actor, singer/songwriter
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RollercoasterMontagnes russes,
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Montagnes russes,
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carouselCarrousel.
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carrousel.
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Where the highshauts are heavenparadis,
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Où les hauts sont le paradis,
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but the lowsdépressions,
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mais les bas,
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oh, they can be hellenfer.
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oh, ce peut être l'enfer.
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You can grabsaisir the ringbague,
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Tu peux attraper la sonnerie,
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you can ringbague that bellcloche,
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tu peux sonner cette cloche,
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when the ridebalade is over,
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quand le tour est fini,
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you can never tell.
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tu ne sais jamais.
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People tell you this one thing --
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Les gens te disent que cette chose
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will make your life completeAchevée.
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complétera ta vie.
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So you,
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Alors toi,
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you give it everything you got
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tu lui donnes tout ce que tu as
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and you windvent up on the streetrue.
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et tu finis dans la rue.
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Then one day you wakeréveiller up,
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Puis un jour tu te réveilles
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and they tell you "you're a queenreine,"
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et ils te disent : « Tu es une reine »,
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but then you find that someoneQuelqu'un elseautre
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mais ensuite tu découvres
que quelqu'un d'autre
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is pullingtirant on the stringscordes.
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tire les ficelles.
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RollercoasterMontagnes russes,
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Montagnes russes,
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carouselCarrousel.
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Where the highshauts are heavenparadis,
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Où les hauts sont le paradis,
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but the lowsdépressions,
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mais les bas,
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oh, they can be hellenfer.
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oh, ce peut être l'enfer.
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You can grabsaisir the ringbague,
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Tu peux attraper cette sonnerie,
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you can ringbague that bellcloche,
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tu peux sonner cette cloche,
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when the ridebalade is over,
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quand le tour est fini,
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you can never tell.
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tu ne sais jamais.
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The one you love,
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La seule personne que tu aimes
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they love you --
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t'aime --
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oh yeah --
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oh oui --
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untiljusqu'à the endfin of time.
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jusqu'à la fin des temps.
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But loseperdre your edgebord or loseperdre your coolcool,
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Mais perds ton avantage
ou perds ton sang-froid,
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they will droplaissez tomber you like a dimeDime.
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ils te lâcheront.
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EveryoneTout le monde is crowdingle surpeuplement 'round'rond
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Tout le monde se rassemble autour de toi
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when fortunefortune is your friendami.
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quand la fortune est ton amie.
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When your luckla chance is runningfonctionnement out,
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Quand ta chance expire,
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you're all aloneseul again.
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tu es à nouveau tout seul.
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RollercoasterMontagnes russes,
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Montagnes russes,
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carouselCarrousel.
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carrousel.
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Where the highshauts are heavenparadis
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Où les hauts sont le paradis,
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but the lowsdépressions,
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mais les bas,
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oh, they can be hellenfer.
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oh, ce peut être l'enfer.
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You can grabsaisir the ringbague,
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Tu peux attraper la sonnerie,
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you can ringbague that bellcloche,
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tu peux sonner cette cloche,
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when the ridebalade is over
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quand le tour est fini,
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you can never tell.
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tu ne sais jamais.
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Well, maybe I'm just cynicalcynique,
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Peut-être suis-je juste cynique
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and all these wordsmots are liesmentir,
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et tous ces mots sont des mensonges,
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but experienceexpérience keepsgarde tellingrécit me
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mais l'expérience continue de me dire
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that the cautiousprudent one is wisesage.
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que celui qui est prudent est sage.
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But cautionmise en garde makesfait du you hesitatehésiter,
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Mais la prudence te fait hésiter
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and hesitatehésiter you're lostperdu,
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et si tu hésites, tu es perdu,
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so take your opportunitiesopportunités
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alors saisis les opportunités
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and never countcompter the costCoût.
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et ne compte jamais le prix.
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RollercoasterMontagnes russes,
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carouselCarrousel.
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carrousel.
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Where the highshauts are heavenparadis,
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Où les hauts sont le paradis,
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but the lowsdépressions,
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mais les bas,
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oh, they can be hellenfer.
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oh, ce peut être l'enfer.
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You can grabsaisir the ringbague,
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Tu peux attraper la sonnerie,
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you can ringbague that bellcloche,
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tu peux sonner cette cloche,
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when the ridebalade is over --
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quand le tour est fini --
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over, over,
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fini, fini,
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you can never, ever tell.
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tu ne sais jamais, sais jamais.
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RollercoasterMontagnes russes,
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Montagnes russes,
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carrousel,
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rollercoastermontagnes russes,
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montagnes russes,
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yeah, yeah, yeah,
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ouais, ouais, ouais,
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carouselCarrousel.
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MichaelMichael PembertonPemberton.
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Michael Pemberton.
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Thank you so much.
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Merci beaucoup.
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Thank you.
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Merci.
Translated by Morgane Quilfen
Reviewed by Claire Ghyselen

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Sara Ramirez - Singer, songwriter, actress
Broadway and TV veteran Sara Ramirez challenges stereotypes even as she beguiles audiences.

Why you should listen

Sara Ramirez has been known to viewers for the past 11 years as orthopedic surgeon Dr. Callie Torres on ABC's drama "Grey's Anatomy." Prior to that role, Ramirez was seen on Broadway in Monty Python's Spamalot as Lady of the Lake, for which she earned both a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical and an Outer Critics Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical.

Ramirez graduated from the Juilliard Drama School. Shortly after graduation, she made her Broadway debut starring in Paul Simon's The Capeman. Following that, she starred on Broadway in Fascinating Rhythm and A Class Act, as well as Off-Broadway in The Vagina Monologues. For the past four seasons, Ramirez has been the voice of Queen Miranda in the Disney Channel animated series, "Sofia The First.," She has also appeared on "NYPD Blue," "Law & Order: SVU," "Third Watch" and "Spin City." In 2011, she captured a whole new audience when she performed the most prominent songs on the special music event episode of "Grey's Anatomy" and released her own EP on iTunes.

Most recently, Ramirez co-hosted and performed at TED Talks Live on PBS, and produced two films: Loserville (released in fall 2016 in partnership with the Pacer Foundation's Center for Bullying Prevention & Stomp Out Bullying) and the virtual reality film experience Out of Exile: Daniel’s Story, an Official Selection Sundance Film Festival and Lumiere Award nominee directed by Nonny de la Peña. Her next executive producing project is The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson, a documentary by filmmaker David France of How to Survive a Plague about LGBTQ civil rights transgender pioneers Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson.

In 2015, Ramirez was awarded the Ally for Equality Award by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. In addition to her role as a member of the True Colors Fund’s Board of Directors, she supports The True Colors Fund, Bisexual Organizing Project, NDLON, Mujerez De Maiz, The Task Force and The San Diego/New York/San Francisco LGBT Centers.

(Photo: Paul Gregory)

More profile about the speaker
Sara Ramirez | Speaker | TED.com
Michael Pemberton - Actor, singer/songwriter
Michael Pemberton is a New York-based actor and singer/songwriter.

Why you should listen

Michael Pemberton has been a working actor and singer-songwriter in New York City for over 20 years. He has appeared in numerous films, television and stage productions from regional theater to Broadway. The Michael Pemberton Band has appeared in many of New York's most storied venues including The Bitter End, Birdland, Joe's Pub and, proudly with his friend and collaborator Sara Ramirez, at Town Hall for Ted Talks Live. He is the lucky husband of Andrea, and proud Dad to Katie, Jared and Megan.

More profile about the speaker
Michael Pemberton | Speaker | TED.com