Chandra Wilson
Chandra Wilson | |
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 Wilson in 2013 | |
| Born | Chandra Danette Wilson August 27, 1969 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Education | New York University (BFA) |
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| Years active | 1989–present |
| Children | 3 |
Chandra Danette Wilson (born August 27, 1969) is an American actress and director best known for her role as Dr. Miranda Bailey in Grey's Anatomy (since 2005), for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series and two NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She also played the character of Bailey on Private Practice and Station 19. She made her New York stage debut in 1991 and began to land guest spots on a variety of prime-time television shows. She made her first film appearance in the 1993 film Philadelphia.