Charmaine Bingwa

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Charmaine Bingwa
Born
13 November (1984 or 1985)

Perth, Australia
OccupationActress
AwardsHeath Ledger Scholarship

Charmaine Bingwa (born 1984 or 1985)[1] is a Zimbabwean-Australian actress known for her role as Carmen Moyo in The Good Fight.[2] Bingwa also starred in Black Box as Miranda Brooks, part of Amazon's Welcome to the Blumhouse anthology film series.[3] Bingwa won the 2018 Heath Ledger Scholarship award.[4][5][6][7][8]

Early life and acting career[]

Bingwa was born in Perth, Western Australia.[1] She began her career as a singer, but when completing her Bachelor of Music at university, she took acting as one of her final electives. She completed the acting course in addition to her music degree and signed with an acting agent soon after graduating. She won critical acclaim in the stage role Doubt: A Parable starring as Mrs. Muller, for which she received a Sydney Theatre Awards nomination.[9] In 2018, she won the Australian Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance Scholarship[5] to study at the Atlantic Theater Company in New York and then won the Heath Ledger Scholarship, becoming the first woman of colour and openly gay recipient.[10] Bingwa also starred, wrote, produced and co-directed the series Little Sista,[11] which won the LGBT Toronto Film Festival.

Awards[]

Year Award Category Work Result Ref
2018 Heath Ledger Scholarship Scholarship Award Film Won [1]

Filmography[]

  • 2018: Nekrotronic
  • 2018: Hello Au Revoir
  • 2018: Little Sista (TV series, 7 episodes, also writer and director)
  • 2020: Black Box
  • 2021: The Pitch
  • 2021: The Good Fight (TV series)

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Papain, Jessie (28 September 2018). "Heath Ledger Scholarship winner Charmaine Bingwa hunts down Oscar". The West Australian. Retrieved 1 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (27 January 2021). "'The Good Fight' Adds Charmaine Bingwa As New Series Regular For Season 5". Deadline. Retrieved 1 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Hay, Carla (13 October 2020). "Review: 'Black Box' (2020), starring Mamoudou Athie, Phylicia Rashad, Amanda Christine, Tosin Morohunfola, Charmaine Bingwa and Troy James". CULTURE MIX. Retrieved 1 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (21 September 2018). "Charmaine Bingwa First Woman Of Color To Win Annual Heath Ledger Scholarship". Deadline. Retrieved 1 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ a b "Equity Foundation Awards Atlantic School Scholarship to Australian Performer Charmaine Bingwa". Equity Foundation. 7 March 2018. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018.
  6. ^ Groves, Don (21 September 2018). "Charmaine Bingwa wins Heath Ledger Scholarship". IF Magazine. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  7. ^ Idato, Michael (21 September 2018). "Heath Ledger Scholarship winner says the late actor inspired her to come out". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  8. ^ Xidias, Angelica (21 September 2018). "The winner of the 10th Anniversary Heath Ledger Scholarship has been announced". Vogue Australia. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  9. ^ Edwards, Matt (19 December 2017). "2017 Sydney Theatre Awards nominations announced". AussieTheatre.com. Retrieved 1 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ N'Duka, Amanda (26 October 2018). "UTA & Artists First Sign Heath Ledger Scholarship Recipient Charmaine Bingwa". Deadline. Retrieved 1 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ Johnson, Travis (19 September 2018). "Charmaine Bingwa: Australia's Big Sista". Film Ink. Retrieved 1 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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