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Margot Bingham

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Margot Bingham is an acclaimed actress, singer, and musical theatre performer known for bringing emotional depth and magnetic presence to both stage and screen. Bingham first gained widespread recognition for her breakout role as jazz singer Daughter Maitland on HBO’s acclaimed period drama Boardwalk Empire, where her powerhouse vocals and captivating performance made her a standout favorite among audiences and critics alike. She later went on to star in projects including The Walking Dead, She’s Gotta Have It, New Amsterdam, The Family, and Lawmen: Bass Reeves.

In addition to her television and film work, Bingham has an extensive background in musical theatre and live performance. She appeared in the Off-Broadway revival of Rent and has performed as a recording artist and live vocalist alongside major artists including Jason Mraz, Kelly Clarkson, and the Black Eyed Peas. Known for her soulful voice, dynamic range, and grounded authenticity, Margot continues to build a career that seamlessly bridges dramatic storytelling and music.

Credits:

  • The Walking Dead
  • Watson
  • New Amsterdam
  • Boardwalk Empire
  • Lawmen: Bass Reeves
  • The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
  • She’s Gotta Have It
  • Queen Sugar
  • Barbership: The Next Cut
  • Blue Bloods

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Kim Coates

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Kim Coates is a Canadian-American actor known for his intense performances in film, television, and theater. Coates quickly made a name for himself on stage, becoming the youngest actor to play Macbeth at the Stratford Festival and later portraying Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire on Broadway. His screen career began with The Boy in Blue (1986) and soon expanded to include over 100 film and TV credits, including Black Hawk Down (2001), and Goon (2011).

Best known for his role as Alexander “Tig” Trager in FX’s Sons of Anarchy, Coates gained recognition as a versatile character actor with a distinct edge. His television work also includes recurring roles in Prison Break, CSI: Miami, Cold Case, and Bad Blood, the latter earning him a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor. In 2018, he returned to the stage after nearly three decades to star in Jerusalem, winning a Dora Mavor Moore Award for his performance. With a career spanning multiple decades and genres, Coates continues to bring depth and intensity to every role he takes on.

CREDITS:

  • Sons of Anarchy
  • The Walking Dead: Dead City
  • American Primeval
  • Black Hawk Down
  • Pearl Harbor
  • White House Plumbers
  • Mayans M.C.
  • Resident Evil: Afterlife
  • Goon
  • Godless
  • Bad Blood
  • Entourage
  • Prison Break
  • Waterworld
  • The Island
  • Open Range

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Steve Coulter

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Born in Canada, Steve Coulter is an Atlanta-based actor, writer, and director. He was the head writer and executive story editor for both of Tyler Perry’s television series on TBS, House of Payne and Meet the Browns, where he supervised over 100 episodes and won two consecutive NAACP IMAGE Awards for Best Comedy Series. He wrote and directed the award-winning short film, The Etiquette Man, selected by the Sundance Channel and the National Gallery of Art in Washington. His screenplay, Keesha’s House, won the $100,000 Southeastern Media Award.

As an actor, his television appearances include recurring roles on She-Hulk Attorney at Law, P-Valley, The Walking Dead, Brockmire, House of Cards, and two seasons on Yellowstone. He also appeared in two HBO films directed by Barry Levinson: Wizard of Lies with Robert DeNiro and Paterno with Al Pacino. Film appearances include Oppenheimer, Shotgun Wedding, all of The Conjuring films, Birth of a Nation, Insidious 2 & 3, Damien Chazelle’s First Man, and Charlie Day’s Fool’s Paradise. He is a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts.


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Briana Venskus

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Briana Venskus-Vazquez is a Latinx, Biracial, Bisexual, and Bicoastal Actress. Briana has proven to be one of the more versatile performers working today, appearing on more than 90 episodes of TV since 2013, spanning 20 shows, including 5 Seasons of MARVELS AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. and 4 Seasons of THE WALKING DEAD. She has recurred on SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS opposite Elizabeth Olsen and Kelly Marie Tran, GRACE AND FRANKIE opposite Jane Fonda, as well as THIS IS US, SUPERGIRL, GOOD TROUBLE, OUTCAST, HINDSIGHT, NASHVILLE, and NAOMI. She also recently appeared in Bryan Fuller’s limited docuseries QUEER FOR FEAR. On the comedic side, Briana steals the scene in the 20TH CENTURY FOX feature film LETS BE COPS as Precious, opposite Damon Waynes Jr. and Jake Johnson, and THEN CAME YOU, along side Ken Jeong, Maisie Williams, and Asa Butterfield.

Briana is about to begin filming on the feature CTRL ALT DEL. She just wrapped on the indie feature, THIRSTY, opposite Kyra Sedgwick, Jaime Nuemann, Sung Kang, Thora Birch, Tyler Lepley, and Brandee Evans. Later this year she stars in the new TV show UNCONVENTIONAL from Emmy nominated Writer/Director, Kit Williamson.

In 2020, Briana became one of the first ‘viral’ creators of the pandemic. Her most recent creation, ACTRESS WITH A PODCAST, has landed at Comedy veteran Ken Kwapis’s production company, IN CAHOOTS. Briana started 22 TO 2 PRODUCTIONS as a vehicle for her own projects.


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