Charmaine Bingwa

Charmaine Bingwa is a Zimbabwean / Australian actress, writer and director who won the 2018 Heath Ledger Scholarship award.[1][2][3][4][5]

Early life and acting career

Bingwa was born in Perth, Western Australia.[6] She began her career as a singer, but when completing her Bachelor of Music at university, she took acting as one of her final electives and said “something suddenly clicked inside of her.” She completed the acting course in addition to her music degree and signed with an acting agent soon after graduating. She won critical acclaim in the stage role Doubt: A Parable starring as Mrs. Muller, which she received a Sydney Theatre Awards nomination.[7] In 2018, she won the Australian Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance Scholarship[8] to study at the Atlantic Theater Company in New York and then won the Heath Ledger Scholarship – becoming the first woman of colour and openly gay recipient.[9] Bingwa also starred, wrote, produced and co-directed the series Little Sista,[10] which won the LGBT Toronto Film Festival.

Awards
Year Award Category Work Result Ref
2018 Heath Ledger Scholarship Scholarship Award Film Won [11]

References
  1. "Article: Charmaine Bingwa First Woman Of Color To Win Annual Heath Ledger Scholarship". Deadline. 20 September 2018.
  2. "Article: Equity Foundation Awards Atlantic School Scholarship to Australian Performer Charmaine Bingwa". 7 March 2018.
  3. "Article: Charmaine Bingwa wins Heath Ledger Scholarship". if. 21 September 2018.
  4. "Article: Heath Ledger Scholarship winner says the late actor inspired her to come out". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 September 2018.
  5. "Article: The winner of the 10th Anniversary Heath Ledger Scholarship has been announced". Vogue. 21 September 2018.
  6. "Article: Heath Ledger Scholarship winner Charmaine Bingwa hunts down Oscar". The West Australian. 28 September 2018.
  7. "Article: 2017 Sydney Theatre Awards nominations announced". Aussie Theatre. 19 December 2017.
  8. "Article: Equity Foundation Awards Atlantic School Scholarship To Australian Performer Charmaine Bingwa". Equity Foundation. 7 March 2018.
  9. "Article: UTA & Artists First Sign Heath Ledger Scholarship Recipient Charmaine Bingwa". Deadline. 26 October 2018.
  10. "Article: Charmaine Bingwa: Australia's Big Sista". Film Ink. 19 September 2018.
  11. "Article: Health Ledger Scholarship winner Charmaine Bingwa hunts down Oscar". The West Australian. 28 September 2018.


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