Chandra Danette Wilson (born August 27, 1969) is an American actress and director. She is best known for her role as Dr. Miranda Bailey in the ABC television drama Grey’s Anatomy since 2005, for which she has been nominated for the Emmy for Best Supporting Actress four times. 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.
| Chandra Wilson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Chandra Danette Wilson August 27, 1969[1][2][3] |
| Alma mater | New York University |
| Occupation | |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Children | 3 |
Chandra Wilson Wiki, Biography
Wilson was born and raised in Houston, Texas. Her mother, a postal worker, wanted to keep her daughter active, so she enrolled Chandra in numerous after-school activities. “Starting at age four, my mom decided that she was not going to have an idle child in the house,” Wilson recalls. “So I started taking dance lessons on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and then I was in acting classes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and I was also modeling on Saturdays. And that was my childhood.” “My first show was The King and I when I was five” she said in an interview with Broadway.com.
By the age of five, Wilson was performing in musicals with Houston’s Theatre Under the Stars Company.[6] She attended Houston’s High School for the Performing and Visual Arts[6] and continued on to New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, graduating with a BFA in drama in 1991. For the next four years, from 1991–95, she studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute while at the same time racking up professional theater credits. She made her New York debut in a 1991 production of The Good Times Are Killing Me and won a Theater World Award for Outstanding Debut Performance. Her other early stage credits include off-Broadway productions of Paper Moon: The Musical and Little Shop of Horrors.
Personal life
In Parade May 2007 edition, Wilson described herself as “I’m in a relationship but I’m not married”. She has been with her partner for 31 years as of 2019.[15] Wilson and her partner have 3 children; their daughter Sarina was born in 1992, daughter Joylin was born in 1998, and son Michael was born on October 31, 2005.
Activism
Wilson is an activist for the cause of cyclic vomiting syndrome and serves as the spokesperson for the Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome Association, as well as, the celebrity ambassador for CureMito![17] after her teenage daughter, Sarina, developed the disease in 2010. For the ninth season of Grey’s Anatomy Wilson met with the producers and pitched the idea of featuring cyclic vomiting syndrome in an upcoming episode. The episode, “Second Opinion”, aired on November 15, 2012 and was directed by Wilson.
She also is an advocate for people with mental and/or substance use disorders. In 2015, she hosted the 10th Annual Voice Awards event for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Daily Habits
| Work Time | 10 AM to 8 PM |
| Workout Time | 8 AM to 9 AM |
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Net Worth
The Estimated Net worth is $80K – USD $85k.
| Monthly Income/Salary (approx.) | $80K – $85k USD |
| Net Worth (approx.) | $4 million- $6 million USD |