Margot Bingham

Margot Bingham
Bingham in 2014
Bingham performing in 2014
Born 1987/1988 (age 29–30)[1]
Occupation Actress, singer
Website margotbingham.com

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.

Life and career

Bingham was born in 1987/1988 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 appeared in the 2011 revival of Rent.[3] In same time, she co-starred in 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]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Burning Blue Devon
2014 Fugly! Black Girl
2015 Destined Maya
2015 The Erotic Fire of the Unattainable Alma
2015 Her Composition Gila
2016 Barbershop: The Next Cut Bree
2017 Saturday Church Amara

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Golden Boy Uniform Episode: "Next Question"
2013–2014 Boardwalk Empire Daughter Maitland Recurring role, 11 episodes
Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2014 Matador Billie Recurring role, 6 episodes
2016 The Family Sergeant Nina Meyer Series regular
2017 She's Gotta Have It Clorinda Series regular

References

  1. ↑ Mulkerin, Andy (November 6, 2013). "Margot B. talks about Boardwalk Empire, singing and what Pittsburgh taught her". Pittsburgh City Paper. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
  2. ↑ Sciullo, Maria (October 29, 2013). "Pittsburgh's Margot Bingham does 'Boardwalk Empire' visit here, and all that jazz". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 Margot Bingham introduces her singing as Daughter Maitland on 'Boardwalk Empire' Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ "Margot Bingham Dishes on 'Boardwalk Empire' - Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "El Rey's 'Matador' Adds 'Breaking Bad,' 'Boardwalk' and WWE Alums (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  6. ↑ Petski, Denise. "Diane Guerrero Joins CBS' 'Super Clyde'; Margot Bingham In ABC's 'Flesh And Blood' - Deadline". Deadline. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
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