Abbey Benjamin is one of the 22 civilians who walked into the Scottish castle for The Traitors: New Blood, the show’s first all-civilian American season. At 37, she came in as a nurse, a mother and a self-described “medical mom” hoping to do something just for herself.
She’s from Mangham, Louisiana, and her pre-show story centers on years spent putting her children first, especially her daughter Avery Joy, who has a rare genetic disorder. That personal history shapes both why she applied and how she said she planned to play.
Two episodes in, Abbey is still in the game as a Faithful. Here’s what’s confirmed about who she is, her nursing background, her family, and how her season has actually unfolded so far.
Who Is Abbey Benjamin?
Abbey Benjamin is a 37-year-old nurse from Mangham, Louisiana, and a contestant on NBC’s The Traitors: New Blood. Beyond nursing, she’s publicly identified as a disability and rare-disease advocate, a dance instructor, and a self-published children’s book author.
Her public identity blends healthcare, caregiving and advocacy. Entertainment Weekly’s pre-season cast interview is the strongest direct source for her age, hometown and motivations heading into the game.
Abbey Benjamin’s Age and Hometown
Abbey’s confirmed age is 37, reported at the time of the cast rollout in August and September 2026. No reliable source documents her exact date of birth, so it shouldn’t be inferred from her age alone.
Mangham, Louisiana is consistently described as her hometown, and her own published bio says she lives there with her family. It’s fair to describe Mangham as both where she’s from and where she currently lives, based on her own public statements.
What Does Abbey Benjamin Do?
Abbey is publicly described as a nurse, a description used in her official casting materials. Her professional background lists attendance at the University of Louisiana at Monroe from 2007 to 2013, though the exact nursing credential she holds isn’t specified in available records.
Her documented career history includes pediatric nursing, hospice and community-education nursing, and a Care Transitions Nurse role that reportedly ended in September 2025. She’s also worked outside healthcare, including in marketing, and has taught dance at Miss Lindsey’s School of Dance since 2017. In a February 2025 interview, she said she’d been a nurse for 11 years, supporting “more than a decade in nursing” as a safe general description.
There’s no confirmed current nursing employer tied to her name, so any claim that she currently works as a nurse for a specific hospital or practice should be avoided.
Abbey Benjamin’s Family and Personal Life
Abbey is married to Chris Benjamin and is the mother of two children, Tommy and Avery Joy. In a 2025 interview, she referred to her son and daughter as 11 and 8 years old at that time.
Her daughter Avery Joy has a rare genetic condition involving seizures and complex medical needs, and Abbey has spoken publicly about long drives from Louisiana to Texas Children’s Hospital for her care. That experience is central to how Abbey describes herself: not just a nurse, but a “medical mom” who has spent years making high-stakes decisions with incomplete information.
She’s also publicly identified as an epilepsy, disability and rare-disease advocate, a role that overlaps with her writing and her social media presence.
Why Did Abbey Benjamin Join The Traitors: New Blood?
Abbey has said applying was partly about doing something “for me” after years spent putting her children first. She described having “a why,” naming her daughter, her family and herself as her motivation for competing.
She said she planned to go “full force” and bring the prize home to her family. Motherhood functions as both her reason for playing and the frame she uses to explain her instincts inside the game.
What Is Abbey Benjamin’s Strategy on The Traitors?
Abbey said she wanted to be cast as a Faithful, not a Traitor. Her stated approach was to be herself, get to know the other contestants, and build trust early, describing trust as “currency” in the game.
She tied that strategy to her experience as a caregiver rather than to clinical nursing training specifically. Her framing leaned on being a “medical mom” who’s used to weighing advice from doctors and care teams, making calls with incomplete information, and staying calm under pressure. She’s also embraced “Most Likely to Be Smiling 24/7” as her own superlative, a self-description of her outlook rather than an outside assessment.
Does Abbey Benjamin’s Nursing Background Help Her on The Traitors?
It’s tempting to draw a straight line from “nurse” to “expert at spotting liars,” but that’s not what Abbey’s own comments support. Her direct framing is about caregiving and decision-making under uncertainty, not clinical lie detection.
What she has said is that years of managing medical crises for her daughter taught her to stay calm amid chaos and make decisions without full information, skills she believes are transferable to a social deduction game. Whether that’s actually shown up in her gameplay is a separate question, and one the show hasn’t yet answered in a documented way through the episodes that have aired.
Abbey Benjamin on The Traitors: New Blood
Spoilers through Episode 2 of The Traitors: New Blood follow.
Episode 1
Abbey entered the castle with the full 22-person civilian cast and took part in the season’s opening mission, which banked $50,000 for the group. She was not chosen as one of the original Traitors; that distinction went to Joe Vanella and Tomica Adams. Abbey did not receive a shield in the premiere.
Episode 2
Abbey remained in the game through the season’s first murder and first Roundtable. Kim Daily was murdered, and Madeline Kostopulos, a Faithful, was banished at Roundtable in what’s been described as an erroneous vote. The final tally was reported as 13 votes for Madeline, 7 for Victor and 1 for Kriste, though individual votes, including Abbey’s own, haven’t been confirmed in available recaps.
The premiere’s central storyline focused on Joe and Tomica’s selection as Traitors, along with a twist involving temporary Accomplice Traitors Katie Fites and Xavier Scruggs. Abbey wasn’t a central figure in that storyline. Her significance through two episodes is continued survival rather than a defined arc, and that will be updated as more episodes air.
Is Abbey Benjamin a Traitor or Faithful?
Abbey is a Faithful. She wasn’t selected as one of the original Traitors, and current cast-status tracking places her among the Faithful heading into later episodes. Her role will be updated here if that changes.
Is Abbey Benjamin Still on The Traitors?
Yes. Abbey has survived both the murder and the Roundtable in Episode 2 and remains an active contestant. She has not been murdered, banished, recruited or otherwise removed from the game through the episodes that have aired.
Abbey Benjamin’s Relationships and Alliances
Specific alliances or trust relationships involving Abbey haven’t been documented in reliable recaps of the first two episodes. The premiere’s major conflicts centered on other contestants, including Victor Vollbrechthausen, Madeline Kostopulos and Kriste.
That doesn’t necessarily mean Abbey has stayed disconnected from the group’s dynamics, only that no Abbey-specific alliance or suspicion has been reliably reported yet. This section will be updated as her relationships become clearer in future episodes.
Abbey Benjamin’s Social Media
Abbey is publicly identified with the Instagram handle @abbeybenj, referenced across multiple sources including a disability-parenting podcast and entertainment cast guides. Her account has focused on disability caregiving and advocacy rather than being a dedicated Traitors fan account.
There’s no confirmed verification badge on the account, so it’s more accurate to describe it as her publicly identified account rather than a platform-verified one.
Abbey Benjamin’s Children’s Books and Advocacy
Abbey has published at least two children’s books focused on disability education and inclusion. When You See a Child Who’s Different is a 24-page paperback published in 2021 by Benjamin Books. See My Ability, also 24 pages, was published in March 2025.
Both titles connect directly to her identity as an epilepsy, disability and rare-disease advocate, and to her experience raising Avery Joy. A source has referenced a possible third book, but it wasn’t independently confirmed, so only two titles should be cited.
Education and Early Life
Abbey’s public record shows attendance at the University of Louisiana at Monroe from 2007 to 2013. She has also worked as a dance instructor at Miss Lindsey’s School of Dance since 2017, alongside her nursing career.
Beyond these details, further specifics about her early life aren’t reliably documented and shouldn’t be added without independent verification.
What Makes Abbey Benjamin Different?
A few things separate Abbey from the rest of the New Blood cast:
A caregiver’s instincts, not just a nurse’s training. Abbey frames her potential edge in the game around years of high-stakes decision-making as a “medical mom,” not routine clinical nursing skills.
A mother playing for herself. Her explanation that she spent years prioritizing her children before applying gives her casting story real emotional weight beyond the usual reality TV pitch.
Pre-season plan versus actual gameplay. She entered wanting to be a Faithful and build trust quietly. Through two episodes, she has done exactly that: she survived without becoming central to the season’s major conflicts, a contrast worth watching as the season develops.
Advocacy work beyond the show. Her children’s books and disability advocacy give her a public identity independent of The Traitors, which is relatively uncommon among this cast.
Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Abbey Benjamin?
Abbey Benjamin is 37 years old, based on reporting from her cast introduction in 2026. Her exact date of birth hasn’t been publicly documented.
Where is Abbey Benjamin from?
She’s from Mangham, Louisiana, and has described currently living there with her husband and two children.
What does Abbey Benjamin do for a living?
She’s a nurse with more than a decade of experience, though her current employer isn’t publicly confirmed. She has also worked as a dance instructor and previously in marketing.
Is Abbey Benjamin a nurse?
Yes, she’s publicly identified as a nurse, with documented experience in pediatric care, hospice and community education, and care-transition nursing.
Is Abbey Benjamin a Traitor or Faithful?
Abbey is a Faithful. She was not selected as one of the original Traitors in the season premiere.
Is Abbey Benjamin still on The Traitors?
Yes, she’s still competing through Episode 2, having survived the season’s first murder and Roundtable.
Why did Abbey Benjamin join The Traitors: New Blood?
She said she wanted to do something for herself after years spent putting her children first, and described having a personal “why” tied to her family.
What is Abbey Benjamin’s strategy on The Traitors?
She said she planned to enter as a Faithful, build trust by being herself, and draw on skills developed as a caregiver to stay calm under pressure.
