Miranda Sommers-Gilbert

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## Biographical Information

### Occupation

* Member of the Town Council
* Foundation Worker

### Species

* Human
* Spirit (Currently)

## Family Information

### Family Members

* Niklaus Mikaelson  (Adoptive Son-In-Law/Nephew-In-Law)
* Kol Mikaelson  (Adoptive Son-In-Law/Nephew-In-Law)
* Theo Salvatore  (Adoptive Son-In-Law/Nephew-In-Law)
* Mary †  (Ancestor)
* Beth †  (Grandmother)
* Unnamed Mother †
* Grayson Gilbert †  (Husband)
* John Gilbert †  (Brother-In-Law)
* Jenna Sommers †  (Sister)
* Elena Gilbert  (Niece/Adoptive Daughter)
* Alex Gilbert  (Niece/Adoptive Daughter)
* Ariana Gilbert  (Niece)
* Jeremy Gilbert  (Son)
* Valentina Gilbert  (Daughter-In-Law)
* Jack Mikaelson  (Great-Nephew/Adoptive Grandson)
* Hope Mikaelson  (Great-Niece/Adoptive Granddaughter)
* Jax Salvatore  (Great-Nephew/Adoptive Grandson)
* Nina Salvatore  (Great-Niece/Adoptive Granddaughter)
* Lily Salvatore  (Great-Niece/Adoptive Granddaughter)
* Grayson Salvatore  (Great-Nephew/Adoptive Grandson)
* Sarah Salvatore  (Great-Niece/Adoptive Granddaughter)
* Adella Mikaelson  (Adoptive Great-Niece/Adoptive Granddaughter)
* Stefanie Salvatore  (Great-Niece/Adoptive Granddaughter)
* Sebastian Gilbert  (Grandson)
* Miranda Mikaelson  (Great-Niece/Adoptive Granddaughter)
* Jenna Mikaelson  (Great-Niece/Adoptive Granddaughter)
* Camila Gilbert  (Granddaughter)
* Issac Gilbert  (Grandson)
* Nik Mikaelson  (Great-Nephew/Adoptive Grandson)
* Daniella Mikaelson (Great-Great-Niece/Adoptive Great-Granddaughter)

## Physical Appearance

### Height

* 5'5"  (Feet)
* 1.65  (Meters)

## Appearance

### Episode Count

* 5 (TVD)
* 4 (TO)
* TBA (Legacies)
* TBA (including one archive footage appearance)

### First Seen

* *The Departed* (TVD) (Flashback)
* *When The Saints Go Marching In* (TO) (Spirit)
* *Mombie Dearest* (Resurrected/Spirit) (Legacies)

### Last Seen

* *I Was Feeling Epic* (Spirit) (TVD)
* *When The Saints Go Marching In* (Spirit) (TO)
* *Mombie Dearest* (Resurrected/Spirit) (Legacies)

**Miranda Sommers-Gilbert** was the wife of Grayson Gilbert, mother of Jeremy Gilbert, the aunt/adoptive mother of Elena Gilbert and Alex Gilbert, aunt to Ariana Gilbert, and the older sister of Jenna Sommers. She is the great-aunt/adoptive grandmother to Jack Mikaelson, Hope Mikaelson, Jax Salvatore, Nina Salvatore, Lily Salvatore, Adella Mikaelson, Grayson Salvatore, Sarah Salvatore, Stefanie Salvatore, Miranda Mikaelson, Jenna Mikaelson, and Nik Mikaelson. She is the biological grandmother to Sebastian Gilbert, Camila Gilbert, and Issac 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 **Gilbert Family**, **Sommers Family**, and a member of the **Town Council**.

## Early History

Miranda was born in 1972. 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.

Presumably 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 and Miranda had wanted a child for a long time, but had been unsuccessful, so when farther Kieran talked with John he said that his brother and wife would take them and rise the twins. A few years afterwards, they had a son named Jeremy. Miranda bought Elena and Alex their first diary, and wanted them to compete for Miss Mystic as she did.

On May 23, 2009, Alex went to a party instead of family night and dragged Elena with her. After the twins were stranded due to a fight with Alex's boyfriend at the time, Tyler Lockwood, Miranda and Grayson had to go and pick them 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 four of them, but Grayson, the only one still conscious, made Stefan save Elena and Alex 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, Alex, and Jeremy. Miranda and Grayson had told her before not to tell Elena and Alex that they were adopted.

## 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.

## Appearances

### The Vampire Diaries

* *Pilot* (Mentioned)
* *The Night of the Comet* (Mentioned)
* *Friday Night Bites* (Mentioned)
* *Family Ties* (Mentioned)
* *You're Undead to Me* (Mentioned)
* *Haunted* (Mentioned)
* *The Turning Point* (Mentioned)
* *Bloodlines* (Mentioned)
* *Unpleasantville* (Mentioned)
* *Fool Me Once* (Mentioned)
* *A Few Good Men* (Mentioned)
* *There Goes the Neighborhood* (Mentioned)
* *Under Control* (Mentioned)
* *Miss Mystic Falls* (Mentioned)
* *Blood Brothers* (Mentioned)
* *Isobel* (Mentioned)

**Season Two**
* *The Return* (Mentioned)
* *Daddy Issues* (Mentioned)
* *Know Thy Enemy* (Mentioned)

**Season Three**
* *The Ties That Bind* (Mentioned)
* *1912* (Mentioned)
* *The Departed* (Flashback)

* *Memorial* (Mentioned)
* *We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes* (Hallucination)
* *Stand By Me* (Mentioned)
* *Bring It On* (Mentioned)
* *I Know What You Did Last Summer* (Mentioned)
* *For Whom the Bell Tolls* (Mentioned)
* *Dead Man on Campus* (Mentioned)

* *Christmas Through Your Eyes* (Mentioned)
* *Stay* (Voice)
* *You Decided That I Was Worth Saving* (Archive Footage)
* *You Made a Choice to Be Good* (Mentioned/Photo)
* *We're Planning a June Wedding* (Indirectly Mentioned)
* *I Was Feeling Epic* (Spirit)

### The Originals

* *Always and Forever* (Indirectly Mentioned)
* *Après Moi, Le Déluge* (Voice)
* *Dance Back From The Grave*(Mentioned)
* *The Big Uneasy* (Mentioned in alternate reality)

**Season Two**

**Season Three**

* *Voodoo Child* (Photo)
* *Oh Sweet Memories Vol. 1* (Flashback)

**Season Five**

* *What, Will, I, Have, Left (Spirit)*
* *When The Saints Go Marching In* (Spirit)

## Name

* **Miranda** is a feminine given name of Latin origin, meaning "worthy of admiration".
* **Sommers** is of both Old English, Germanic and Scandinavian origins, and means "summer."
* **Gilbert**, which is Elena's surname, is a surname of Germanic origin. The English-language surname is derived from Giselbert, a medieval personal name composed of the following Germanic elements gisil ("pledge", "hostage", "noble youth") and berht ("bright", "famous").

## 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.
* Elena and Alex's mother's first and maiden names were not mentioned in L.J. Smith's novels. In the ghost-written books, her name is given as "Elizabeth Morrow".
* Alex mentioned that Miranda couldn't cook.