Margot Bingham

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Margot Bingham
Margot Bingham in 2014 (cropped).jpg
Bingham performing in 2014
Born1987or1988(age 35–36) [1]
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Parent(s) Craig Bingham (father)
Lynne Bingham (mother)
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 . In 2021, she starred in the eleventh and final season of The Walking Dead .

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Life and career

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]

Personal life

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]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 Burning Blue Devon
2014Fugly!Black Girl
2015Her CompositionGila
2015 Destined Maya
2016 Barbershop: The Next Cut Bree
2017The Unattainable StoryAlma
2017 Saturday Church Amara
2017 Anything Brianna
2018 A Vigilante Joyce Richards
2018 Then Came You Lucy

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010–2013In Between MenKendra Sharpe
2013 Golden Boy UniformEpisode: "Next Question"
2013–2014 Boardwalk Empire Daughter MaitlandRecurring role, 11 episodes
2014 Matador BillieRecurring role, 6 episodes
2016 The Family Sergeant Nina MeyerSeries regular
2017 Queen Sugar Tamar Judith
2017 She's Gotta Have It ClorindaSeries regular
2017 Blue Bloods Special Agent Maureen BellEpisode: "Pain Killers..."
2018 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Steiner Resort Band SingerUncredited, episode: “We’re Going to the Catskills!”
2018 One Dollar CassRecurring role
2018–present New Amsterdam EvieRecurring role
2019–2022 The Walking Dead "Stephanie" / Maxxine "Max" MercerUncredited voice (S9), guest (S10), also starring (S11); 16 episodes
2023 Lawmen: Bass Reeves Sara JumperUpcoming series

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