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Debora Cahn on "Push"...

Grey Matter - Found Mar. 11, 2010
Did you notice in the credits that Chandra Wilson directed this episode? Miranda Bailey on-screen, and the director off-screen.

Posted on March 11, 2010, 11:05 am

Grey's Anatomy: Preview of Episode 6.17 "Push"

BuddyTV - Found Mar. 10, 2010
Elsewhere on "Push" Bailey (Chandra Wilson) is jumpy about her date with anesthesiologist Ben, more so when Callie (Sara Ramirez) nonchalantly...

Posted on March 10, 2010, 10:00 am

Grey's Anatomy: Episode 6.17 "Push" Clips and Promos

BuddyTV - Found Mar. 9, 2010
... it, and he gives it to McArmy, leaving Richard embittered. On a much happier note, Bailey (Chandra Wilson) is understandably jumpy about her...

Posted on March 9, 2010, 5:35 am

Grey?s Anatomy Season 6 Episode 17 Preview

dingoRUE - Found Mar. 7, 2010
Oh as Cristina Yang, Katherine Heigl as Isobel ?Izzie? Stevens, Justin Chambers as Alex Karev, Chandra Wilson as Miranda Bailey, James...

Posted on March 7, 2010, 3:58 am

'Grey's Anatomy': Sloan wants to commit and Bailey's dating

Zap2it.com - Found Mar. 13, 2010
I love Bailey and I love Chandra Wilson, and while she walks a great line between tough and vulnerable and has been brilliant when she's let...

Posted on March 13, 2010, 1:13 pm

'Grey's Anatomy': Love is in the air for Bailey

Los Angeles Times - Found Mar. 12, 2010
What'd you think of the episode, which was directed by Chandra Wilson? Do you think Ben and Bailey are a good match?

Posted on March 12, 2010, 7:56 am

Critic's Corner Thursday: 'Parks and Rec,' 'Grey's Anatomy'

USA Today - Found Mar. 10, 2010
? We already know Chandra Wilson is a terrific actor; she proves that every week as Bailey on Grey's Anatomy(ABC, 9 ET/PT).

Posted on March 10, 2010, 8:30 am

Critic's Corner Thursday: 'Parks and Rec,' 'Grey's Anatomy'

USA Today - Found Mar. 10, 2010
Who knew the little marsupials were such a threat? ? We already know Chandra Wilson is a terrific actor;

Posted on March 10, 2010, 8:44 am

Chandra Wilson Biography

Chandra Wilson
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Chandra Wilson
Born August 27, 1969 (1969-08-27) (age 40)
Houston, Texas

Chandra Danette Wilson (born August 27, 1969) is an American actress and director, best known for her role as Dr. Miranda Bailey on the ABC television drama, Grey's Anatomy.

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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 regular network TV role was in the short-lived series Bob Patterson (2001), a post-Seinfeld vehicle for Jason Alexander. She also appeared on Law & Order, Sex and the City, and The Sopranos, and had a small role in Lone Star (1996). Wilson also had career in theater, where she played Bonna Willis in The Good Times Are Killing Me, and was featured in the Tony-nominated musical Caroline, or Change. Wilson is an accomplished singer, and has sung in several productions.

Wilson was working at a bank when she auditioned for the Grey's Anatomy pilot. She was cast as Miranda Bailey, a role initially envisioned as a blond Caucasian woman and the final casting was a choice between Wilson and actress Kristin Chenoweth.1 The show became a success. Wilson was nominated in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 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.

Wilson made her television directing debut with the episode "Give Peace a Chance", the 7th episode in season 6 of Grey's Anatomy.

Personal life

Wilson and her husband have three children; daughters Serena and Joy were born in 1992 and 1998, respectively, and son Michael was born on October 31, 2005. Her eldest daughter also attended a KIPP school in NYC.2

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

Television

Year Title Role Other notes
1989 The Cosby Show Dina Episode: "The Lost Weekend"
1992 CBS Schoolbreak Special Gloria Episode: "Sexual Considerations"
Law & Order Serena Price Episode: "Cradle to Grave"
1993 Philadelphia
2000 Cosby Episode: "It's a Wonderful Wife"
2001 Third Watch Volunteer Episode: "Man Enough"
100 Centre Street Episode: "No Good Deed Goes Unpunished"
Bob Patterson Claudia unknown episodes
2002 Sex and the City Police Officer Episode: "Anchors Away"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Nurse Jenkins Episode: "Waste"
2003 "Queens Supreme" Dolores Episode: "The House Next Door"
2004 The Sopranos Evelyn Greenwood Episode: "Cold Cuts"
2005 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Rachel Sorannis Episode: "911"
I Love the 80's 3-D Herself
2005-present Grey's Anatomy Dr. Miranda Bailey Won - NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series - Give Peace a Chance
Nominated – Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (4 times)
2008 Accidental Friendship Yvonne Nominated – Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
2009 Private Practice Dr. Miranda Bailey

Film

Awards and nominations

References

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