Chandra Wilson

Chandra Wilson plays Miranda Bailey in Grey's Anatomy. She is one of the few who have been present since the pilot. Besides acting, Chandra also directed several episodes of the show.

Biography
Chandra Wilson began performing in musicals at the age of five with Theatre Under the Stars. She attended Houston's High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, and later went on to acquire her BFA in Drama from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts through which she spent four years at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. Chandra's first series regular job was on ABC's "Bob Patterson" (2001) in the role of Claudia Hopper. She has made numerous other television appearances including guest-starring and recurring roles. She has also appeared in national television commercials for Blockbuster Video, Burger King, Scope, and the United Negro College Fund as well as numerous radio commercials.

Aside from film and television, she has several New York stage credits. Her portrayal of Bonna Willis in the production of "The Good Times are Killing Me" by Lynda Barry (both at the Second Stage and Minetta Lane Theatres) won her a Theatre World Award for Outstanding Debut Performance.

Some of her other stage credits include "Paper Moon: The Musical" at the Papermill Playhouse, "The Family of Mann" by Theresa Rebeck, "Believing" for the Young Playwright's Festival and the Broadway production of "On the Town" directed by George C. Wolfe.

Filmography

 * Frankie and Alice (2010)
 * Accidental Friendship (2008)
 * A Single Woman (2008)
 * Strangers with Candy (2005)
 * Head of State (2003)
 * Lone Star (1996)
 * Philadelphia (1993)

Television

 * Grey's Anatomy (2005-)
 * Private Practice (2009)
 * Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2002-2005)
 * The Sopranos (2004)
 * Queens Supreme (2003)
 * Sex and the City (2002)
 * Bob Patterson (2001)
 * 100 Centre Street (2001)
 * Third Watch (2001)
 * Cosby (2000)
 * CBS Schoolbreak Special (1992)
 * Law & Order (1992)
 * The Cosby Show (1989)