Traci Bingham

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Traci Bingham (born January 13, 1968) is an American actress, model and television personality. She is best-known for playing the role of Jordan Tate on the television series "Baywatch" between 1996 and 1998.

Personal life

Bingham was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her heritage encompasses a mother who is African American and Italian, and a Native American father. Bingham married Robb Vallier in 1998, but divorced in 2001. She is currently engaged to banker John Yarbrough.

Bingham is an outspoken vegetarian. Bingham is a member of PETA and has appeared in their "I'd Rather Be Naked Than Wear Fur" campaign. [ [http://www.peta.org/feat/tracibee/index-uk.html PETA UK: Traci Bingham Gets to the Meat of the Matter ] ]

Career

Bingham began her career in minor acting roles. In 1991, she appeared in the video for "Good Vibrations" by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. Also, in 1999, she appeared in the video for "I Really Like It" by Harlem World featuring Mase and Kelly Price.

Aside from "Baywatch", Bingham's appearances include the television series "D.R.E.A.M. Team" and "Beverly Hills 90210", and the film "Demon Knight". She also played minor roles in the popular American sitcoms "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" and "Married with Children".

In addition to her acting work, Bingham has posed for "Playboy Magazine" on a number of occasions. In June 1998, she posed for a "Babes of "Baywatch" issue along with Donna D'Errico, Marliece Andrada, Pamela Anderson, Yasmine Bleeth, Carmen Electra, Gena Lee Nolin, and Erika Eleniak.

Bingham appeared as a house-guest in the second season of the reality series "The Surreal Life" in 2004. Her castmates included Ron Jeremy, Vanilla Ice, Erik Estrada,Tammy Faye Bakker and Trishelle Cannatella.

In 2004, Bingham was sued by R.D. Dobson and lost for failure to repay loans (CA 04W00379 and 04W00380). The judgments, in excess of $10,000.00, are still outstanding.

In 2005, Bingham was hired as a spokesmodel by Empire Poker, an online gambling site.

In 2006, Bingham appeared on United Kingdom's "Celebrity Big Brother" where she made it to the final six contestants and was evicted on the final night of the show. Bingham was on the receiving end of a highly publicized attack from Pete Burns. She selected Families of SMA as the charity to receive a donation from her participation in the show because her niece had died from Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).

In 2007, Bingham appeared on VH1's "" and won the $100,000 Goldenpalace.net Grand Prize.

Filmography

*"Demon Knight" (1995)
*"Beach Movie" (1998)
*"Foolish" (1999)
*"The Private Public" (2000)
*"Longshot" (2000)
*"More Mercy" (2003)
*"Four Fingers of the Dragon" (2003) (short subject)
*"Malibooty!" (2003)
*"Hanging in Hedo" (2007)
*"Black Widow" (2008)

Television work

*"Baywatch" (cast member from 1996-1998)
*"The Dream Team" (1999) (canceled after 4 episodes)
*"Strip Mall" (cast member in 2000)
*"To Tell The Truth" (occasional panelist 2000-01)
*"BattleBots" (host in 2001)
*"Celebrity Boot Camp" (2002)
*"The Surreal Life" (cast member in 2004)
*"Celebrity Big Brother" (cast member in 2006)
*"" (2007)
*"The Tyra Banks Show" (2 episodes) (2007)
*"2 Minute Drill" (1 episodes) (2002?)

References

External links

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* [http://www.myspace.com/misstracibingham Official MySpace]
* [http://www.TraciBingham.org/ Photo Gallery]