A Houstonian is among the nominees for the 13^th annual Screen Actors Guild awards.

Chandra Wilson, was nominated for her work on “Grey’s Anatomy” as Dr. Miranda Bailey.

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.

The 13^th annual SAGA nominees:

Television:

Actor in a movie or miniseries:

Thomas Haden Church, “Broken Trail”; Robert Duvall, “Broken Trail”; Jeremy Irons, “Elizabeth I”; William H. Macy, “Nightmares & Dreamscapes”; Matthew Perry,

“The Ron Clark Story.”

Actress in a movie or miniseries:

Annette Bening, “Mrs. Harris”; Shirley Jones, “Hidden Places”; Cloris Leachman, “Mrs. Harris”; Helen Mirren, “Elizabeth I”; Greta Scacchi, “Broken Trail.”

Actor in a drama series:

James Gandolfini, “The Sopranos”; Michael C. Hall, “Dexter”; Hugh Laurie, “House”; James Spader, “Boston Legal”; Kiefer Sutherland, “24.”

Actress in a drama series:

Patricia Arquette, “Medium”; Edie Falco, “The Sopranos”; Mariska Hargitay, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”; Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer”; Chandra Wilson, “Grey’s Anatomy.:

Actor in a comedy series:

Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock”; Steve Carell, “The Office”; Jason Lee, “My Name Is Earl”; Jeremy Piven, “Entourage”; Tony Shalhoub, “Monk.”

Actress in a comedy series:

America Ferrera, “Ugly Betty”; Felicity Huffman, “Desperate Housewives”; Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “The New Adventures of Old Christine”; Megan Mullally, “Will & Grace”; Mary-Louise Parker, “Weeds”; Jaime Pressly, “My Name Is Earl.”

Drama series cast:

“24,” “Boston Legal,” “Deadwood,”

“Grey’s Anatomy,” “The Sopranos.”

Comedy series cast:

“Desperate Housewives,” “Entourage,” “The Office,” “Ugly Betty,” “Weeds.”

Movies:

Actor:

Leonardo DiCaprio, “Blood Diamond”; Ryan Gosling, “Half Nelson”; Peter O’Toole, “Venus”; Will Smith, “The Pursuit of Happyness”; Forest Whitaker, “The Last King of Scotland.”

Actress:

Penelope Cruz, “Volver”; Judi Dench, “Notes on a Scandal”; Helen Mirren, “The Queen”; Meryl Streep, “The Devil Wears Prada”; Kate Winslet, “Little Children.”

Supporting actor:

Alan Arkin, “Little Miss Sunshine”; Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Departed”; Jackie Earle Haley, “Little Children”; Djimon Hounsou, “Blood Diamond”; Eddie Murphy, “Dreamgirls.”

Supporting actress:

Adriana Barraza, “Babel”; Cate Blanchett, “Notes on a Scandal”; Abigail Breslin, “Little Miss Sunshine”; Jennifer Hudson, “Dreamgirls”; Rinko Kikuchi, “Babel.”

Cast:

“Babel,” “Bobby,” “The Departed,” “Dreamgirls,” “Little Miss Sunshine.”