1. Miranda Bailey married Tucker Jones ten years prior to the start of Grey's Anatomy, during which Chief Richard Webber and his wife Adele attended her wedding.
24 Facts About Miranda Bailey
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Miranda Bailey warns Derek Shepherd to stay away from Meredith Grey, demonstrates loyalty by staying with Cristina Yang after her surgery, and exhibits compassion in many of her interactions.
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Miranda Bailey feels responsible for these actions, questioning her role as their mentor.
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Miranda Bailey begins to question her satisfaction with General Surgery, feeling somewhat unfulfilled.
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Robbins encourages Miranda Bailey to apply for a pediatric fellowship, but Chief Webber, who had mentored Miranda Bailey in general surgery, is displeased with her choice and discourages her at every turn.
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Miranda Bailey ends her marriage to Tucker, prioritizing her career and autonomy over his demands.
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In season 6, after declining the pediatric fellowship, Miranda Bailey begins her role as an Attending in General Surgery.
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Miranda Bailey enters into a relationship with Ben Warren, an anesthesiologist from Mercy West, after the merger between Seattle Grace and Mercy West hospitals.
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Dr Charles Percy, one of the victims, is critically wounded, but due to the hospital lockdown, Miranda Bailey is unable to get him to an operating room.
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Distraught by these traumatic events, Miranda Bailey takes time off to visit her parents with her son, Tuck, to recover emotionally.
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Miranda Bailey reconnects with Mary Portman, a patient she had bonded with during the hospital shooting, who returns for her surgery.
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Shaken, Miranda Bailey embarks on a new mission to cure fistulas, during which she begins dating Eli, a nurse at the hospital.
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Miranda Bailey later becomes deeply offended when Meredith violates the rules of an Alzheimer's clinical trial to assist Chief Webber's wife, Adele, leading to Webber's resignation as Chief of Surgery.
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Miranda Bailey resents Meredith for forcing Webber out of his position and takes control of Ellis Grey's diabetes trial, though Webber encourages her to forgive Meredith and involve her in the project.
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In season 14, Miranda Bailey becomes deeply upset when her husband, Ben Warren, expresses an interest in becoming a firefighter.
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Later that season, Miranda Bailey is hospitalized after suffering a heart attack.
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Tragically, in the fall finale, Miranda Bailey suffers a miscarriage, and later that season, she fosters a teenage boy, Joey Phillips.
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In season 17, as Grey Sloan Memorial treats patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, Miranda Bailey feels an immense sense of guilt for recently moving her parents into a local nursing home.
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Wilson was cast as Miranda Bailey, transforming the character into a fierce yet compassionate figure.
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Miranda Bailey appreciated the depiction of a "softer side" of Bailey, while maintaining the "biting satire and sarcasm" that defined her character.
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Miranda Bailey hoped it wouldn't be the last viewers saw of the "unexpectedly dynamic duo".
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Miranda Bailey appreciated how they "joke, tease each other, and offer sage love advice", now that both were on their second marriages.
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Chandra Wilson's portrayal of Dr Miranda Bailey has garnered high critical acclaim and multiple award nominations.
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Miranda Bailey received four consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series from 2006 to 2009, losing to co-star Katherine Heigl in 2007.