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, ''

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''. In 2015, Bingham began starring as one of lead characters in the

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drama series, '' The Family''. In 2021, she starred in the eleventh and final season of '' The Walking Dead''.

Life and career

Bingham was born in August 1988 and raised in the Green Tree suburb of

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, the daughter of Craig Bingham, a former

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linebacker, and Lynne Bingham. She graduated in 2006 from the

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, and attended

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for two years before relocating to New York City. She began appearing on stage there in 2010, and had a role in the 2011 revival of ''

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''.Margot Bingham introduces her singing as Daughter Maitland on 'Boardwalk Empire'
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. In 2013, Bingham was cast in the recurring role of the 1920s jazz singer Daughter Maitland in the HBO period drama series, ''

'', for which she received positive reviews from critics. In 2014, she had the recurring role in the short-lived El Rey Network series, ''

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''. In 2015, Bingham was cast as one of the female lead characters opposite

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in the

drama series, '' The Family'' created by

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Personal life

Bingham is of

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n descent on her father's side, and of

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and

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descent on her mother's side. Bingham is

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, and had a Bat Mitzvah ceremony."Margot Bingham from Boardwalk Empire is Jewish?!?!"
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Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

Official Web Site for Actress and Singer Margot Bingham
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bingham, Margot Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth uncertain 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Pittsburgh African-American Jews African-American women singer-songwriters American Jews American film actresses American television actresses Living people Musicians from Pittsburgh 21st-century African-American women 21st-century African-American people Singer-songwriters from Pennsylvania Year of birth missing (living people)