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Chandra Wilson (born August 27, 1969) is an
Emmy Award-nominated and two-time SAG Award-winning American actress,
best known for her role as Dr. Miranda Bailey on the ABC television
drama, Grey's Anatomy.
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Biography
Early life
Wilson was born in Houston, Texas. She started her theater career at the
age of five with the Houston-based Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS).
Wilson attended Houston's High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
and went on to the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University,
where she earned a BFA in drama.
Career
Wilson's first notable TV role was in the series Bob Patterson, one of
the first post-"Seinfeld" vehicles for Jason Alexander. The 2001 series
was short-lived. She has also appeared on Law and Order, Sex and the
City, and The Sopranos. Wilson has had a notable career in the theater:
she had an acclaimed run as Bonna Willis in "The Good Times are Killing
Me", and was also featured in the Tony-nominated "Caroline, or Change",
starring Tonya Pinkins. Wilson is an accomplished singer, and has sung
in several productions.
The New-York based Wilson was working at her "day job" at a bank when
she auditioned for the role of Miranda Bailey for the pilot of Grey's
Anatomy. The role was initially envisoned as a blond Caucasian woman,
but Wilson's audition got her cast in the role. [1] The show became a
breakout hit, and the character of Bailey - referred to as "the Nazi" -
is an audience favorite. Wilson was nominated in 2006 for an Emmy Award
for best supporting actress in a drama. She was nominated and won the
Screen Actors Guild Award in 2007 for outstanding female actor in a
drama series; she also won a SAG Award as part of the Grey's Anatomy
cast, which won Best Ensemble in a Drama Series.
Personal life
Wilson is in a relationship with the father of her three children;
daughters Serena and Joy were born in 1994 and 1999, respectively, and
son Michael was born on October 31, 2005.[2]
Wilson is a soap opera fanatic; she watches All My Children, General
Hospital, One Life to Live, and The Young and the Restless every day.[2]
She is 5 feet tall, and has said in interviews that she isn't frequently
recognized on the street, because people think she's too short to be
Chandra Wilson.
Credits
Stage credits
The Good Times are Killing Me
The Miracle Worker
Paper Moon: the Musical
The Family of Mann
Believing
Little Shop of Horrors
Broadway
Caroline, or Change (2004)
Avenue Q (2003)
On The Town (1998)
Television
Contract roles
Grey's Anatomy (2005-)
Bob Patterson (2001)
I Love the 80's 3-D (2005)
Guest appearance
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2005) Episode "911".....Rachel
Sorannis
The Sopranos (2004)
Queens Supreme
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2002) Episode "Waste".....Nurse
Jenkins
Sex and the City (2002) Plays a police officer in season 5 episode,
"Anchors Away."
100 Centre Street (2001)
Third Watch (2001)
Cosby (2000)
Law & Order (1992)
The Cosby Show (1989)
Television movie
Sexual Considerations (1991)
Film
Strangers with Candy (2005)
Head of State (2003)
Lone Star (1996)
Philadelphia (film) (1993)
Mad Dog and Glory (1993)
References
1. MacMedan, Dan (2006-03-01). At TV fest, 'Grey's Anatomy' cast has as
much fun as characters. USA Today. Retrieved on 2007-01-28.
2. a b Freydkin, Donna (2006-09-20). Grey's ladies. USA Today. Retrieved
on 2007-01-28.
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