Traci Bingham

The youngest of 7 siblings, Traci has her diverse heritage of half Afro-American, part Cherokee and part Italian to thank for her exotic looks.

Traci was more interested in participating in sports, thanks to her older brothers, and she joined the swim team, track and cross country teams, and even took home first prize at a local fair for pole vaulting and hurdle jumping. "I'm learning as much martial arts as I possibly can. My show is packed with action. Enough to get a rise."

-Traci Bingham, on her recent private eye show The Dream Team

Traci Bingham (née Julie Anne Smith) was born January 13, 1971, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The youngest of 7 siblings, Traci has her diverse heritage of half Afro-American, part Cherokee and part Italian to thank for her exotic looks.

Traci was more interested in participating in sports, thanks to her older brothers, and she joined the swim team, track and cross country teams, and even took home first prize at a local fair for pole vaulting and hurdle jumping.

But it was her parents' strict upbringing that emphasized family values and education, which led Traci to attend Harvard after graduating from Cuyahoga Community College, and follow in the footsteps of her Ivy League older siblings. But although she attended Harvard, she was more interested in acting.