N'yomi Allure Stewart is an American actress, writer, dancer, and multidisciplinary artist.
Stewart was born in Greenville, South Carolina. She was the first Black transgender woman to graduate with a B.F.A from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts Acting Program. [1] [2]
Stewart was assistant director for the off-Broadway production of Cats: The Jellicle Ball, where she made her off-Broadway directorial debut as Directing Fellow through the Black Theatre Coalition. [3] She was Artist in Residence at the New York Theater Workshop [4] and was a 2023 GALLIM Moving Artist Resident. [5]
Stewart was cast in the original off-Broadway production of A Raisin in the Sun at the Public Theater, directed by Robert O'Hara. [6]
In 2025, Stewart originated the role of Performer 4 in the critically acclaimed off-Broadway play Prince Faggot. [7] She was involved in the first 2022 workshop of the play, where she developed a fourth-wall-breaking autobiographical monologue that now closes out the show. [8] The monologue is about her personal relationship with the institution of royalty and New York City's ballroom scene, of which she is an active member. [9] [10]