Traci Bingham is a popular actress, model, and television personality from the United States. Traci Bingham is widely known for playing the role of Jordan Tate on the NBC action drama television series “Baywatch.”
Early Life
Traci Bingham was born on the 13th of January 1968, in North Cambridge, Cambridge, Massachusetts, the United States. According to the astrological chart, she has a birth sign of Capricorn and is currently 55 years old as of 2023. She belongs to the African-American ethnicity and holds American nationality.
The names of her parents are Lafayette Bingham and Betty Bingham. By profession, her father was an aircraft technician and her mother is a librarian. In addition, she was raised along with her six siblings named; Jenny, Elizabeth, Neil, Larry, Wayne, and Tommy.
Education
In terms of her academics, she attended Cambridge Rindge and Latin School and graduated in 1986.
Professional Career
Traci Bingham started her acting journey appearing in minor roles. Moreover, she was featured in the video for Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch’s “Good Vibrations” in 1991 She made her screen debut, appearing in an episode of the television sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” playing the role of Santa Helper in 1994.
The next year, she made her big-screen debut in “Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight.” That year, she was also cast in two TV series “Dream On” and “Campus Cops”, appearing in one episode on each.
Caption: The poster of the NBC action drama television series, Baywatch (Source: Amazon.ae)
In the year 1996, she appeared in two more TV series “Talk Soup” and “Married… with Children.” She got her breakthrough role after playing the main role of Jordan Tate in the American action drama series “Baywatch” appearing in Season 7-8 from 1996 to 1998.
Rose to Fame
She was featured in the video for “I Really Like It” by Harlem World featuring Mase and Kelly Price. In addition to Baywatch, Bingham has been in the television shows “D.R.E.A.M. Team” and “Beverly Hills, 90210,” as well as the film “Demon Knight.” She also appeared in the popular American comedies “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and “Married… with Children” in minor parts.
She posed for a “Babes of Baywatch” photo shoot for Playboy magazine in June 1998. Moreover, she has been on several reality television shows. She appeared in the second season of “The Surreal Life” in 2004.
Two years later, she returned to England to compete in “Celebrity Big Brother,” where she made it to the final six participants before being evicted on the show’s final night. Because her niece died from spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), she chose Families of SMA to receive a gift for her participation in the performance.
Continued appearing in reality shows
Empire Poker, an online gambling service that suspended operations in 2006, engaged Bingham as a spokesmodel in 2005. She earned the $100,000 big prize on VH1’s “The Surreal Life: Fame Games” in 2007. Moreover, she starred on Fox Reality’s “Gimme My Reality Show!” in 2008, battling against six other celebrities for their own reality show. She featured on the World Magic Awards television presentation in 2008.
She then appeared in the adult reality competition “Playboy Shootout” as well as appeared in the celebrity roast special “Comedy Central Roast” in 2010. In 2014, she was seen in the cooking reality show “Hell’s Kitchen” and as a host in the show “Sugar Baby.” She participated in the competition of “Battle of the Network Stars” in the year 2017. However, her recent works are yet unknown at the moment.
Activist
Bingham is a vegan and she appeared in a vegetarian advertisement wearing a bikini made of lettuce in May 2002. Later, in May 2006, she appeared in the nude in an ad as part of PETA’s “I’d Rather Be Naked Than Wear Fur” campaign.
Net Worth 2023
Officially, the actress has not mentioned her earnings, salary as well as her net worth in public. But, according to various online websites, her net worth is estimated at around $3 million. The actress has made this sum of money through competing in reality shows as well as her acting works in films and TV series.
Relationship Status
Currently, Traci Bingham is single and not dating anyone at the moment. But in the past, she got married twice. At first, she married Finnian Lozada.
Later, she married songwriter and musician Robb Vallier on the 29th of August 1998 until the 18th of January 2001. She was in a relationship with American rapper Da Brat for a short time. Moreover, she dated American actress Mark Wahlberg in 1991. Likewise, she also dated John Yarbrough.
After failing to appear in court for a violated XXX adult contract, a Massachusetts judge issued an arrest order for Bingham in 2014. Bingham did not appear for the production after accepting the money.
Body Measurements
Caption: Traci Bingham walking on the red carpet (Source: Fox News)
This beautiful actress stands 5 feet 7 inches tall (1.7 m) and weighs around 55 kg. Meanwhile, she has a pair of dark brown eyes with dark brown hair colour and her body measurement is 36-22-32 inches.
Traci Bingham – Social Media
Bingham is pretty much active on social media platforms such as Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. On her Instagram page ‘@tracibingham1’ there are over 24.1k followers. Likewise, there are over 11.9k followers on her Twitter and she is also active on Facebook.
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