We're only 4 episodes into the latest season of The Good Fight but Charmaine Bingwa is already emerging as a fan favourite. The actress plays Carmen Moyo, a lawyer fresh out of school who joins Reddick Lockhart & Associates (The main subject of the series). She's not afraid to bend the rules and she couldn't care less if people liked her. In an interview with TV Insider, Bingwa described Carmen as having a mysterious and enigmatic air to her.
We were introduced to Carmen on the second episode of season 5 and in the three episodes, she's featured in so far Charmaine plays the role brilliantly. Having said goodbye to Delroy Lindo and Cush Jumbo who played Adrian Boseman and Lucca Quinn respectively on the show, people thought it was going to go downhill for The Good Fight but Charmaine's character Carmen has breathed new life into the show.
The Good Fight comes as Charmaine Bingwa's first American television project. Although she's featured in Black Box, a psychological horror film on Amazon and Trees of Peace, the movie is about actual survivors of the Rwandan genocide, who hide together in a basement for 81 days. The Good Fight was this week renewed for a 6th season so we can expect a lot more of Charmaine on our screens.
Honestly, I could never get tired of watching #TheGoodFight, just when I think it couldn't get any better 🔥❤️ so underrated. Also loving the new character Carmen Moyo.
— ''I'm just thinking about Kidd right now'' (@Asanda_Bilose) July 18, 2021
I really thought this new season of #theGoodFight wouldn’t be all that with Lucca & Bozeman gone but this new girl Carmen has had me hooked since eps 1, this may be their best season yet👌🏾
— D.od (@dodmichaela) July 17, 2021
Charmaine Bingwa is a Zimbabwean - Australian actor. She was awarded the 2018 Heath Ledger Scholarship, the 2018 Equity Atlantic Award and a 2017 Sydney Theatre Award nomination. A Series Regular on The Good Fight, she's also starred in Amazon's Black Box (2020) and a lead role in 2021 Santa Barbara Film Festival winner Trees of Peace (2021).
Charmaine made history by becoming the first person of colour to be awarded the Heath Ledger Scholarship in its 10-year duration.
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-calibre playwrights such as John Patrick Shanley. Critics have praised 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. (Doubt: A Parable, 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 its 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 Fifth Harmony and Rachel Platten on their shows down under. She holds a Bachelor of Music and a Bachelor of Commerce.