Charmaine Bingwa

Charmaine Bingwa is a Zimbabwean / Australian actor. Awarded the 2018 Heath Ledger Scholarship, the 2018 Equity Atlantic Award and a 2017 Sydney Theatre Award nomination. Soon to appear on The Good Fight (2017) as a Series Regular, she's also starred in Amazon's Black Box (2020) and a lead role in Trees of Peace (2021). Michelle and Robert King co-creators/executive producers said "We are thrilled that Charmaine is bringing her enormous talents to The Good Fight ensemble. The moment that we saw her audition, we knew that we had found our Carmen, and we can't wait to start writing for her in Season 5." Charmaine made history becoming the first person of color to be awarded the Heath Ledger Scholarship in its 10 year duration. The judging panel included Oscar-winner Matt Damon, Naomi Watts, Elizabeth Debicki, Rose Byrne, Carmen Cuba and Jeremy Podeswa. Naomi Watts praised her saying, "we were all incredibly moved by her performance in her final audition and can't wait to follow her career." Elizabeth Debicki also commented "in the end, Charmaine's final audition, which showcased her raw and vivid talent, absolutely blew me and my fellow judges away." All agreeing she's destined to shake up the industry, as echoed by Deadline Hollywood, "Charmaine Bingwa represents a new wave of LGBTQ People of Color in Hollywood." She also starred, wrote, produced & directed the series Little Sista, winner of Best Screenplay at the LGBT Toronto Film Festival and finalist in Web Series Festival Global, Hollywood and included for official selection in Out Web Fest LA, Web Series Festival Global, Sicily Web Fest, Roma Cinema DOC, New Jersey Web Fest, ITVFest, Tuscany Web Fest, Miami Web Fest and Melbourne Web Fest. She was awarded the 2018 Equity Award by the Australian Union and spent two months studying in New York, thanks to Australia's largest cable broadcaster, Foxtel. An accomplished theatre performer, she starred in 5 different productions in 2017 and has collaborated with high caliber playwrights such as John Patrick Shanley. Critics have praised of the quality of her performances saying, "a rivetingly poignant delivery... so finely calibrated it's elevated to unforgettable status. It's a theatrical etching; nay, a definitive engraving." Brad Syke, Buzz From Sydney. (22 May 2017) Also an accomplished writer, she received critical reception not only for her award-winning series Little Sista, but also for her short film Stille Nacht, which received it's world premiere at Academy© Qualifying and BAFTA recognized film festival Flickerfest. Her latest directorial work In the Shadows (2019) was selected to be part of APRA AMCOS' Screen SongHubs 2019 and premiered at the Academy© Qualifying St. Kilda Film Festival. Multi-talented, she also sings and plays guitar with such proficiency, that she has supported international artists such as Demi Lovato, Rachel Platten and Fifth Harmony on their shows down under.