Traci Bingham is an American actress, model, and TV personality popular for her role in ‘Baywatch’, a TV series that aired from 1996 to 1998, and has appeared in other TV programs too.
She began her career as an actress taking up minor roles and appearing in music videos for artists. She has modeled for magazines like ‘Playboy’ and other organizations.
She is gorgeous, as expected of models, and has often been referred to as a hard worker. Featuring in a lot of movies from the beginning of her career to date, she is definitely a household face, if not ‘name’ too, and has starred in movies featuring a lot of notable actors.
Getting To Know Traci Bingham Better
She is an Afro-American with a bit of Cherokee and Italian heritage. She was born ‘Julie Anne Smith’ on the 13th of January 1968 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Her parents are Lafayette Bingham and Betty. Her dad was an aircraft technician while her mom was a librarian. She attended and graduated from Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in 1986.
She attended Harvard where she studied Psychology. She was a schoolmate with top movie names like Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. While at Harvard, she dated Max Casella who was the cast behind the role of Benny Fazio in the movie ‘The Sopranos’.
Here Are 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Traci Bingham
1. Traci Bingham Is The Youngest Child Of Her Parents
She is the youngest child of Betty and Lafayette Bingham’s 7 children. She has 6 older siblings which include 4 brothers and 2 sisters.
2. She Dropped Out From Harvard
Traci Bingham ditched Harvard for fashion which was her passion at the time. However, she was told she had to get ample orientation and training about fashion and so she had to enroll in a modeling school in order to gain the training and desired knowledge.
3. She Is A Member Of PETA
PETA is the acronym for ‘People of Ethical Treatment of Animals’.
As a vegetarian, she feels it’s not just enough to not eat meat but to also push for the cause to end the killing of animals for their products.
She appeared in a May 2002 Advertisement wearing a bikini made of lettuce and also in May 2006, she had a nude photoshoot indicating her support for the “I’d Rather Be Naked Than Wear Fur” campaign.
4. First Afro-American On Baywatch
Traci Bingham is the first Afro-American who got a role in the TV series; Baywatch. She admitted that auditioning for the series was a grueling experience and that it taught her a lot of things she didn’t know about movies.
5. Boyfriends and Relationships
Being a beautiful and hot model/actress, it is no surprise that Traci has dated a couple of Hollywood top shots, from American rapper Da Brat to actor Mark Wahlberg. She eventually married musician Robb Vallier on the 29th of August 1998 but the marriage was cut short after three years with a divorce.
After her divorce from Robb, she went on to date and even got engaged to John Yarbrough. This relationship lasted for five years from 2003 through to 2008.
However, since the breakup from John, Traci has been quiet about her love life and it seems she has been single ever since.
6. Traci Bingham Was Part Of A Reality TV Show
She went to the Big Brother Celebrity show in the UK. It was the show’s 4th season. The reality TV show features real-life scenes of housemates. Traci was among the finalists of the show.
7. Traci Bingham’s Controversy
She was once involved in a controversy when she had trouble paying the restaurant bill after a couple of drinks with her friends. The incident happened at Fenway Park and ended with the Police escorting her out of the premises.
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8. Traci Bingham’s Love For Her Body
This 57 year old actress and model loves to take care of her body and as such, uses beauty products which she loves so much. She admitted that she cannot live without her beauty products and that she enjoys taking hot baths and showers twice a day in a candle-lit bathroom while using her dearly beloved beauty products.
9. Traci Bingham’s Hobby
She said she loves to cook and would love to always have a house with a huge kitchen. She also learned some martial art although it was a necessary skill for a movie, she seemed to enjoy it although we are not so sure if we could call it a hobby.
10. The Actress’ Net Worth
The 5 feet 6 inches tall actress, model, and reality TV personality, Traci Bingham has a net worth estimated to be about $3 million.
Owing this whopping amount to her acting, modeling, and reality personality, she obviously worked hard enough to earn such an amount in net worth.
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