Miranda Sommers

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## Biographical Information

### Occupation

* Student at Mystic Falls High (graduated)
* Member of the Town Council (formerly)
* Foundation Worker (formerly)

### Title(s)

* Mira (by Grayson)
* Randi (by Kelly, Liz, and Abby)

### Species

* Human
* Spirit (currently)

## Family Information

### Parents

* Malcolm Sommers (father; deceased)
* Juliette Swan (mother; deceased)

### Children

* Jeremy Gilbert (son)
* Elena Gilbert (niece/adoptive daughter)
* Evelyn Gilbert (niece/adoptive daughter)

## Physical Appearance

### Height

* 5'5" (feet)
* 1.65 (meters)

## Appearance

### Episode Count

* 5 (including one archive footage appearance)

### Last Seen

* *I Was Feeling Epic* (spirit)

**Miranda Juliette Sommers-Gilbert** is the daughter of Malcolm and Juliette Sommers and the older sister of Jenna Sommers. She was the wife of Grayson Gilbert, the mother of Jeremy Gilbert, and the aunt/adoptive mother of Elena and Evelyn Gilbert.

On May 23, 2009, Miranda and her husband drowned to death after their car drove off of Wickery Bridge and into the lake beneath it.

**Miranda** was a member of the **Sommers Family** and the **Gilbert Family** as well as a member of the **Town Council**. She also has ties to the **Petrova Family**, the **Mikaelson Family**, and the **Salvatore Family** through her three kids.

## Early History

Miranda was born on May 6, 1972 at the Mystic Falls Hospital to Malcolm and Juliette Sommers. She apparently knew about the existence of vampires from a relatively young age, as she had a younger sister named Jenna, to whom she would read bedtime stories about vampires.

Miranda attended Mystic Falls High School and was in the same year as Elizabeth Forbes and Kelly Donovan. She was best friends with the former, and Kelly often babysat and, later, partied with, Jenna. She also knew John Gilbert when she was young. She was friends with Abby Bennett Wilson too, who mentioned her to be sweet.

At the age of seventeen, Miranda won the Founder's Pageant and was crowned Miss Mystic Falls. It was noted that she was *"really into"* Founder's Day.

Miranda married Grayson Gilbert, whose brother John Gilbert had a sexual relationship with Isobel Flemming. Grayson was the one who delivered Isobel's babies, Elena and Evelyn. Grayson and Miranda had wanted a child for a long time, but had been unsuccessful, so when Isobel decided to give her daughters up for adoption, the Gilberts took in and raised the children. A few years afterwards, they had a son named Jeremy. Miranda bought Elena and Evelyn their first diaries, and wanted them to compete for Miss Mystic as she did.

On May 23, 2009, Elena went to a party instead of family night. After Elena was stranded due to a fight with her boyfriend at the time, Matt Donovan, Miranda and Grayson had to go and pick her up. After they did, the car, for whatever reason, ran off the road on Wickery Bridge and into the lake. Stefan Salvatore attempted to save the three of them, but Grayson, the only one still conscious, made Stefan save Elena first. By the time Stefan went back for Miranda and Grayson, they had both drowned. Miranda and Grayson were buried together in the Mystic Falls Cemetery, with a caption reading "*Loving parents*." Jenna went back to Mystic Falls in order to raise Elena, Evelyn, and Jeremy. Miranda and Grayson had told her before not to tell Elena and Evelyn that they are adopted.

## Throughout The Vampire Diaries

### Season Three

In *The Departed*, she appeared in a flashback, along with Jenna, of the night she died with her husband.

### Season Four

In *We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes*, Miranda appeared to Elena in a hallucination on Wickery Bridge, due to the effects of the Hunter's Curse. In her hallucination, Miranda urged her to kill herself, pointing out that as a vampire, she's a monster, and that killing herself will only help Jeremy.

### Season Six

In *Stay*, her voice is only heard on Sheriff Forbes' voicemail when Sheriff Forbes tried to resume her cold cases. Miranda speaks with a grave tone, like it was an urgent and important matter. However, it was revealed to be just a joke to scare Jeremy.

### Season Eight

In *You Made a Choice to Be Good*, she is mentioned by Caroline, who was going through the items found in a tupperware that was used as a time capsule that Elena, Bonnie, and her buried when they were eleven years old. In one of the items, Miranda was seen in a picture with them at school.

## Personality

Miranda seemed to be a very kind and mothering woman who cared about her family and her town. She also is shown to have a joking side to her as she had pulled a little prank on Liz before her car accident.

## Physical Appearance

Miranda was a beautiful woman with long, dark brown hair, green eyes and stood at 5'5".

## Relationships

### Other Relationships

* Miranda and Elena (Aunt-Niece/Adoptive Mother-Daughter/Former Allies)
* Miranda and Evelyn (Aunt-Niece/Adoptive Mother-Daughter/Former Allies)
* Jeremy and Miranda (Mother-Son/Former Allies)

## Trivia

* She was killed before the *Pilot* in a car accident.
* Miranda Sommers-Gilbert and her husband, Grayson Gilbert, have the longest episode span between first mention and their first appearance.
* The character's name was changed specifically for the TV adaptation. In the novels, Miranda's name is Elizabeth Morrow-Gilbert.
* Elena mentioned that Miranda couldn't cook.