Chandra Wilson
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| name = Chandra Wilson
| birthname = Chandra Danette Wilson
| birthdate = {{birth date and age|1969|8|27}}
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| height = 5'0" (1.52 m)
| location = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Houston, Texas]]
| notable role = '''[[Miranda Bailey|Dr. Miranda Bailey]]''' in ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]''
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| sagawards= '''[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress - Drama Series|Best Actress - Drama Series]]''' <br> 2006 ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' <br> '''[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble - Drama Series|Best Ensemble - Drama Series]]''' <br> 2006 ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]''
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'''Chandra Wilson''' (born [[August 27]], [[1969]]) is a two-time [[Screen Actors Guild Award|SAG Award]]-winning [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]], best known for her role as [[Miranda Bailey|Dr. Miranda Bailey]] on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[television drama]], ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]''.
==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 short-lived series ''[[Bob Patterson (TV series)|Bob Patterson]]'' (2001), one of the first post-"[[Seinfeld]]" vehicles for [[Jason Alexander]]. She has also appeared on ''[[Law & Order]]'', ''[[Sex and the City]]'', and ''[[The Sopranos]]'', and had a featured role in ''[[Lone Star (1996 film)|Lone Star]]'' (1996). 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''. Wilson is an accomplished singer, and has sung in several productions.
Wilson was working at a bank when she auditioned for the role of Miranda Bailey for the pilot of ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]''. The role was initially envisioned as a blond Caucasian woman, but Wilson's audition got her cast in the role. <ref name="usatodayfun">
{{cite web
| last = MacMedan
| first = Dan
| title = At TV fest, 'Grey's Anatomy' cast has as much fun as characters
| publisher = USA Today
| date = 2006-03-01
| url = http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-03-01-greys-anatomy-festival_x.htm
| accessdate = 2007-01-28 }}
</ref> 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 and 2007 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 and her husband have three children; daughters Serena and Joy were born in 1992 and 1994, respectively, and son Michael was born on October 31, 2005.<ref name="usatodaygladies">
{{cite web
| last = Freydkin
| first = Donna
| title = Grey's ladies
| publisher = USA Today
| date = 2006-09-20
| url = http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-09-20-greys-ladies_x.htm
| accessdate = 2007-01-28 }}
</ref>
== 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)
* ''[[Eddie Mcguire]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Law & Order]]'' (1992)
* ''[[The Cosby Show]]'' (1989)
==== Television movie ====
* ''Sexual Considerations'' (1991)
===Film===
* ''Strangers with Candy'' (2005)
* ''Head of State'' (2003)
* ''[[Lone Star (1996 film)|Lone Star]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Philadelphia (film)|Philadelphia]]'' (1993)
* ''Mad Dog and Glory'' (1993)
* ''Peer Pressure, Drugs and... Me'' (1990)
==Awards/Nominations==
*[[BET Awards]]
**2008, Best Actress: ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' (nominated)
**2007, Best Actress: ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' (nominated)
*[[Emmy Awards]]
**2007, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' (nominated)
**2006, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' (nominated)
*[[Image Awards]]
**'''2008, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' (Winner)'''
**'''2007, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' (Winner)'''
**2006, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' (nominated)
*[[34th People's Choice Awards|People's Choice Awards]]
**'''2008, Favorite Scene Stealing Star: ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' (Winner)'''
*[[Satellite Awards]]
**2008, Best Supporting Actress in a Television Vision/Mini-Series: ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' (nominated)
*[[Screen Actors Guild Awards]]
**2008, Outstanding Cast in a Drama Series: [[Grey's Anatomy]] (Nominated)
**'''2007, Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series: ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' (Winner)'''
**'''2007, Outstanding Cast in a Drama Series: ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' (Winner)'''
==References==
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==External links==
* {{imdb name|id=0933156|name=Chandra Wilson}}
* [http://abc.go.com/primetime/greysanatomy/bios ABC biography]
* {{tvtome person|id=27313|name=Chandra Wilson}}
* {{ibdb name|id=69840|name=Chandra Wilson}}
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| years = 2006<br>'''for ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' '''
| before= [[Sandra Oh]]<br>for ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]''
| after = [[Edie Falco]]<br>for ''[[The Sopranos]]''
}}
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