Who is Miranda Bailey in Grey's Anatomy?

The Nazi — five rules, no exceptions · Attendings & Chiefs

Miranda Bailey (The Nazi — five rules, no exceptions) is a character in Grey's Anatomy, part of Attendings & Chiefs. Miranda Bailey, resident in charge of the new interns, delivers the five rules speech that opens the series and the era: short, terrifying, and right. The nickname — the Nazi — dissolves over the years into what she actually is: the hospital's standard-setter, its conscience under pressure, and eventually its chief. Bailey survives gunmen, OCD, a heart attack she has to diagnose herself over male colleagues' reassurance, and generations of interns who all, sooner or later, become surgeons by asking themselves what Bailey would do.

When does Miranda Bailey first appear?

Miranda Bailey first appears in Season 1, Episode 1 (“A Hard Day's Night”) of Grey's Anatomy (2005–, ABC).

Who is Miranda Bailey connected to?

Relationships already established when Miranda Bailey first appears — nothing from later episodes.

• Meredith Grey — Five rules, one favorite she'd never admit
• Richard Webber — Chief and heir

Which group does Miranda Bailey belong to?

By the time Miranda Bailey appears, Attendings & Chiefs also includes Derek Shepherd, Richard Webber.

Who else is introduced in this episode?

• Meredith Grey — The dark and twisty one with the famous mother
• Derek Shepherd — McDreamy — the hair, the ferryboats
• Cristina Yang — The machine, and the twisted sister
• George O'Malley — 007 — the heart in the elevator
• Izzie Stevens — The model who baked through the grief
• Alex Karev — The jerk the show redeemed one kid at a time
• Richard Webber — The chief, with the history nobody mentions

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