Chandra Danette Wilson is an American actress and director, best known as Dr. Miranda Bailey in the ABC television drama, Grey's Anatomy. Wilson was born in Houston, Texas. She started her theater career at the age of five with the Houston-based Theatre Under the Stars . 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. Wilson's first regular network TV role was in the short-lived series Bob Patterson , 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 . 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.
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