Revealed: Chandra Wilson ( Updated) Net Worth 2026: Career Earnings & Assets

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What Is Chandra Wilson's Net Worth?

Chandra Wilson is an American actress, producer, and director who has a net worth of $20 million. Chandra Wilson is best known for playing Dr. Miranda Bailey on the ABC medical drama "Grey's Anatomy" (2005–present), an Emmy-nominated role that she reprised on " Private Practice" (2009) and "Station 19" (2018–2024). She is also a co-executive producer on "Grey's Anatomy" and has directed more than 20 episodes of the show.

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Chandra Wilson was born Chandra Danette Wilson on August 27, 1969, in Houston, Texas. Her mother was a postal worker, and she enrolled Chandra in many after-school activities. Wilson stated, "Starting at age four, my mom decided that she was not going to have an idle child in the house. 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." She told Broadway.com that she saw her first Broadway show, "The King and I," at the age of five. Around that time, she began appearing in musicals with the Theatre Under the Stars Company in Houston. Chandra studied at Houston's High School for the Performing and Visual Arts before earning a BFA in drama from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 1991. From 1991 to 1995, she attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute. In 1991, Wilson appeared in her first professional New York production, "The Good Times Are Killing Me," which earned her a Theater World Award for Outstanding Debut Performance. She also appeared in off-Broadway productions of "Little Shop of Horrors" and "Paper Moon: The Musical."

Wilson got her big break when she landed the role of Dr. Miranda Bailey on the ABC medical drama "Grey's Anatomy." She has remained on the show since its 2005 premiere, and she reprised her role in one episode of "Private Practice" (2009) and more than 20 episodes of "Station 19" (2018–2024). Chandra has earned four Primetime Emmy nominations for the show as of this writing. Since joining the cast of "Grey's Anatomy," she has guest-starred on "Sesame Street" (2008) and played three different characters in four episodes of "General Hospital" (2014–2023). Wilson also appeared in the feature films "Frankie and Alice" (2010) and "Christmas Harmony" (2018) and the short film "Muted" (2014). In 2021, she competed on "Celebrity Wheel of Fortune," playing for the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank.

Chandra and her partner have been together for more than three decades. The couple has welcomed daughters Sarina (born 1992) and Joylin (born 1998) and son Michael (born 2005) together. Wilson has served as a spokesperson for the Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome Association and as a celebrity ambassador for CureMito!, which she got involved with after Serena was diagnosed with cyclic vomiting syndrome in 2010. Chandra pitched the idea of a "Grey's Anatomy" episode featuring a character with cyclic vomiting syndrome, and she directed the episode, "Second Opinion," which aired in November 2012. She is a vocal advocate for individuals struggling with substance abuse or mental disorders, and in 2015, she hosted a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration event put on by the 10th Annual Voice Awards.

Wilson has directed episodes of "The Fosters" (2015–2017), "Scandal" (2015), and "Good Trouble" (2019; 2022) as well, and she co-produced the 2015 documentary "Autism in America." Chandra has appeared in the films "Philadelphia" (1993), "Lone Star" (1996), "A Single Woman" (2008), and "Frankie and Alice" (2010) and the TV movie "Accidental Friendship" (2008) and on television series such as "Law & Order" (1992), "Sex and the City" (2002), "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (2002; 2005), "The Sopranos" (2004), and "General Hospital" (2014–2023). She has also performed in Broadway productions of "On the Town" (1998–1999), "Avenue Q" (2003), "Caroline, or Change" (2004), and "Chicago" (2009).

Wilson made her TV debut in a 1989 episode of "The Cosby Show," then she guest-starred on "One Life to Live" (1991), "CBS Schoolbreak Special" (1992), and "Law & Order" (1992). Her first feature film was 1993's "Philadelphia," which starredTom HanksandDenzel Washington, grossed $206.7 million at the box office, and earned five Academy Award nominations. Next, she appeared in the films "Lone Star" (1996), "Head of State" (2003), and "Strangers with Candy" (2005), voiced Coretta Scott King in "A Single Woman" (2008), and received a Primetime Emmy nomination for her performance in the TV movie "Accidental Friendship" (2008). Chandra guest-starred on "Cosby" (2000), "Third Watch" (2001), "100 Centre Street" (2001), "Sex and the City" (2002), "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (2002; 2005), "Queens Supreme" (2003), and "The Sopranos" (2004), and she played Claudia on the 2001 ABC sitcom "Bob Patterson."

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