Biography

Critically heralded actress and singer/songwriter Pittsburgh native Margot Bingham most known for capturing hearts as sultry jazz chanteuse on HBO's "Boardwalk Empire," then went onto capturing criminals as a hard-driving detective in the ABC series "The Family," executive produced by Jenna Bans ("Scandal," "Grey's Anatomy," "Desperate Housewives"). Adding comedy to the list, she locked up laughs with Ice Cube as a headstrong hairdresser in the 2016 spring comedy 'Barbershop 3.'

In the past year, Bingham lead her first Tribeca Film Festival feature-film role in, 'Saturday Church,' as well as attending for a second year in a row at the LA Film Festival in, 'Anything,' alongside of Matt Bomer, John Carroll Lynch, executive produced by Mark Ruffalo. The first year was with feature, 'Destined,' directed by the well respected Qasim Basir. She joins the New Orleans "Queen Sugar" cast for Season Two of the critically acclaimed show on the OWN Network. Bingham is very excited for her most recent Netflix debut in the Spike Lee reincarnation of "She's Gotta Have It." And if that wasn't enough, you can catch her piecing together NYC crimes with Donnie Wahlberg, in Season 8 of "Blue Bloods."

Bingham appeared in the off-Broadway revival of Rent, directed by original and Tony-nominated Michael Grief, and enjoys performing for audiences at the likes of Rockwood Music Hall, BAM and other venues where she made her home in NYC . She is active in a breadth of cause-driven organizations and events, including City Harvest, supporting LGBTQ youth, and the Orphaned Starfish Foundation.

- IMDb mini biography by: UTA