4 Quotes & Sayings By Chandra Wilson

Born in Los Angeles, California, Chandra Wilson moved to New York City at the age of three. She attended public school and graduated from the Professional Performing Arts School in 1998. She was a student of Deborah Haywood's acting classes at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. Her first TV job was as a production assistant on "Hardball with Chris Matthews." Wilson is best known for her role as Dr Read more

Maura Isles on "ER." She has starred in numerous TV movies and guest-starred on many other shows, including "The West Wing," "JAG," "Law & Order," "Stargate SG-1," "NYPD Blue," and "Two and a Half Men."

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Our happiness is certainly mixed in with the tragedies of life. You have to find the lemonade. You have to find the silver lining in the middle of everything that happens in life. Chandra Wilson
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I'm a big cook and prefer to make meals at home when I can. I'm either cooking, or we're going to a drive-through somewhere. I'm really proud of my homemade sweet potato pie. At Thanksgiving I make five of them because they go quick. Chandra Wilson
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I wanted a good relationship with my mother, and I realized I had a choice: Either I could spend all my time angry that she didn't give me the hugs I thought I needed, or I could understand that she hugs differently. It's not a spread-open-the-arms, 'come here' hug. She hugs by sheltering me from her worries. Chandra Wilson