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Margot Bingham’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

IntroAmerican singer, actor and composer
IsActor 
Musician 
Singer 
Composer 
Television actor 
Songwriter 
FromUnited States of America 
TypeFilm, TV, Stage & Radio 
Music 
Genderfemale
Birth6 December 1987, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Age:32 years
Star signSagittarius

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 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. She began appearing on stage there in 2010, and appeared in the 2011 revival of Rent. In same time, she co-starred in web series In Between Men, and performed in BAM Cafe at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

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. In 2014, she had the recurring role in the short-lived El Rey Network series, Matador. 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.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013Burning BlueDevon
2014Fugly!Black Girl
2015DestinedMaya
2015The Erotic Fire of the UnattainableAlma
2015Her CompositionGila
2016Barbershop: The Next CutBree

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013Golden BoyUniformEpisode: “Next Question”
2013–2014Boardwalk EmpireDaughter MaitlandRecurring role, 11 episodes
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2014MatadorBillieRecurring role, 6 episodes
2016The FamilySergeant Nina MeyerSeries regular