Traci Bingham
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Traci Bingham reflects on her career trajectory after leaving the popular show Baywatch. She shares insights into her experience with Playboy, highlighting the opportunities it provided for international and national exposure. Bingham also touches on her diverse ethnic background and how it has influenced her career.
Traci Bingham
About Traci Bingham
Traci Bingham is an American actress and model best known for portraying Jordan Tate on Baywatch from 1996 to 1998. She appeared in Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight and posed for Playboy's "Babes of Baywatch" pictorial in June 1998. Bingham later became a reality television personality, winning The Surreal Life: Fame Games in 2007 and reaching the final six on Celebrity Big Brother in 2006.
In this interview
- Describes feeling stuck on Baywatch, eager to pursue movies and romantic comedies.
- Credits Playboy with providing more international and national exposure than Baywatch.
- Discusses her mixed ethnic background: African-American, Cherokee, and Italian heritage.
- Reflects on childhood as the youngest, always told she was the cutest.
“Playboy has brought me more than Baywatch ever could and ever has.”— Traci Bingham, in this interview
Since this interview
Bingham appeared in East of Hollywood in 2015 and was featured in the Hulu docuseries After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun in August 2024. She revealed in 2024 that she still owns and wears her original red Baywatch swimsuits for Halloween and photo shoots.
