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</ref> 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.
</ref> 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 [[Grey's Anatomy (season 6)#Season 6: 2009.E2.80.932010|season 6]] of ''Grey's Anatomy''. She also directed episode 17, "Push", of the same season and the fifth episode of [[Grey's Anatomy (season 7)|season 7]], "Almost Grown" and the 21st episode of [[Grey's Anatomy (season 8)|season 8]] ''Moment of Truth"
Wilson made her television directing debut with the episode "Give Peace a Chance", the 7th episode in [[Grey's Anatomy (season 6)#Season 6: 2009.E2.80.932010|season 6]] of ''Grey's Anatomy''. She also directed episode 17, "Push", of the same season and the fifth episode of [[Grey's Anatomy (season 7)|season 7]], "Almost Grown", the 21st episode of [[Grey's Anatomy (season 8)|season 8]] ''Moment of Truth" and "Transplant Wasteland" the 17th episode of [[Grey's Anatomy (season 9)|season 9]].<ref>^ "Grey's Anatomy : Transplant Wasteland". Zap2It. Retrieved February 23, 2013.</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==

Revision as of 18:34, 25 February 2013

Chandra Wilson
Born
Chandra Danette Wilson
OccupationActress
ChildrenSerena, Joy and Michael

Chandra Danette Wilson is an American actress and director, best known as Dr. Miranda Bailey in the ABC television drama Grey's Anatomy.

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 SVU, 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 worked as a temp at Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown where she made presentations for the investment banking units. She worked at the Banker's Trust location on 130 Liberty Street, right across the street from the South Tower of the World Trade Center through 9-11 when that building was lost to the terrorist attacks. Wilson was still 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[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. She also directed episode 17, "Push", of the same season and the fifth episode of season 7, "Almost Grown", the 21st episode of season 8 Moment of Truth" and "Transplant Wasteland" the 17th episode of season 9.[2]

Personal life

Wilson and her husband have three children; daughters Serena and Joy were born in 1995 and 1998, their son Michael was born on October 31, 2005.[3]

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"
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 Series Regular
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 Episode: "Ex-Life"
Episode: "Right Here, Right Now"

Film

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ^ MacMedan, Dan (2006-03-01). "At TV fest, 'Grey's Anatomy' cast has as much fun as characters". USA Today. Retrieved 2007-01-28.
  2. ^ ^ "Grey's Anatomy : Transplant Wasteland". Zap2It. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  3. ^ Freydkin, Donna (2006-09-20). "Grey's ladies". USA Today. Retrieved 2007-01-28.
  4. ^ "The Good Times Are Killing Me". (McGinn-Cazale) Loretel Archives / The Off-Broadway Database (Lucille Lortel Foundation). Retrieved 24 February 2013.

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