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American actress and singer-songwriter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Margot Bingham is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She is best known for her role as jazz singer Daughter Maitland in the HBO period drama series, Boardwalk Empire. In 2015, Bingham began starring as one of lead characters in the ABC drama series, The Family. In 2021, she starred in the eleventh and final season of The Walking Dead.
Margot Bingham | |
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.jpg) Bingham performing in 2014 | |
| Born | 1987 or 1988 (age 35–36)[1] Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
| Parent(s) | Craig Bingham (father) Lynne Bingham (mother) |
| Website | margotbingham.com |
Bingham was born in August 1988 and raised in the Green Tree suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Craig Bingham, a former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker, and Lynne Bingham. She graduated in 2006 from the Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, and attended Point Park University for two years before relocating to New York City.[2] She began appearing on stage there in 2010, and had a role in the 2011 revival of Rent.[3] During that same time, she co-starred in the web series In Between Men, and performed in BAM Cafe at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.[3]
In 2013, Bingham was cast in the recurring role of the 1920s jazz singer Daughter Maitland in the HBO period drama series, Boardwalk Empire, for which she received positive reviews from critics.[3][4] In 2014, she had the recurring role in the short-lived El Rey Network series, Matador.[5] In 2015, Bingham was cast as one of the female lead characters opposite Joan Allen in the ABC drama series, The Family created by Jenna Bans.[6]
Bingham is of Jamaican descent on her father's side, and of German-Jewish and Russian-Jewish descent on her mother's side. Bingham is Jewish, and had a Bat Mitzvah ceremony.[7]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Burning Blue | Devon | |
| 2014 | Fugly! | Black Girl | |
| 2015 | Her Composition | Gila | |
| 2015 | Destined | Maya | |
| 2016 | Barbershop: The Next Cut | Bree | |
| 2017 | The Unattainable Story | Alma | |
| 2017 | Saturday Church | Amara | |
| 2017 | Anything | Brianna | |
| 2018 | A Vigilante | Joyce Richards | |
| 2018 | Then Came You | Lucy | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–2013 | In Between Men | Kendra Sharpe | |
| 2013 | Golden Boy | Uniform | Episode: "Next Question" |
| 2013–2014 | Boardwalk Empire | Daughter Maitland | Recurring role, 11 episodes |
| 2014 | Matador | Billie | Recurring role, 6 episodes |
| 2016 | The Family | Sergeant Nina Meyer | Series regular |
| 2017 | Queen Sugar | Tamar Judith | |
| 2017 | She's Gotta Have It | Clorinda | Series regular |
| 2017 | Blue Bloods | Special Agent Maureen Bell | Episode: "Pain Killers..." |
| 2018 | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Steiner Resort Band Singer | Uncredited, episode: “We’re Going to the Catskills!” |
| 2018 | One Dollar | Cass | Recurring role |
| 2018–2023 | New Amsterdam | Evie | Recurring role |
| 2019–2022 | The Walking Dead | "Stephanie" / Maxxine "Max" Mercer | Uncredited voice (S9), guest (S10), also starring (S11); 16 episodes |
| 2023 | Lawmen: Bass Reeves | Sara Jumper |
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