Stacey Sargeant

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Stacey Sargeant
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Syracuse University
OccupationActress

Stacey Sargeant is an American actress. She has been nominated for Drama Desk, [1] [2] Drama League, [3] and Lucille Lortel [4] awards [5] and is the recipient of the South Korea Daegu International Musical Festival Best Supporting Actress Award and the New York Musical Theatre Festival Outstanding Individual Performance Award. [6]

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Early life

Sargeant was born to a Trinidadian father and Tobagonian mother and raised in Brooklyn, New York. She attended La Guardia Performing Arts High School. [5]

Education

Sargeant earned a BFA in musical theatre from Syracuse University. [5]

Career

Sargeant is mainly known for her roles in Netflix's The Forty-Year-Old Version and in National Geographic's Genius: Aretha. She played Dinah Washington in the latter.

In June 2025, it was announced that Sargeant would play Mrs. Who in a new musical production of A Wrinkle in Time at Washington D.C.'s Arena Stage. [7]

Film

WorkYear
Chosen Family 2024
Reunion (short)2023
The Snakes (short)2021
The Forty-Year-Old Version 2020
Come Sunday 2018
Top Five 2014
Obvious Child 2014

Television

WorkYear
The Equalizer 2024
FBI: Most Wanted 2022
Genius: Aretha Franklin2021
Bull 2020-2021
Blue Bloods 2020
Elementary 2016
The Blacklist 2013-2014
Gossip Girl 2012
Glee 2011
Law & Order: SVU 2007
Guiding Light

Theatre

WorkYearVenueRef
A Wrinkle In Time 2025 Arena Stage [8]
La Race2022 McGinn/Cazale Theater, Women's Project Theater [9]
Nantucket Sleigh Ride2019 Lincoln Center Theater [10]
Homos, Or Everyone in America2016Bank Street Theater [11]
The Taming of the Shrew 2016 Shakespeare in the Park [12]
Eclipsed2015 Yale Repertory Theatre [13] [14]
Big Love 2015 Signature Theatre [15] [16] [17]
Our Lady of Kibeho2014 Signature Theatre [18] [19]
Rent 2009 Weston Playhouse [20]
Legally Blonde 2008National tour [21]
Damn Yankees 2008 City Center [22]
Kiss Me, Kate 2007 Repertory Theatre [23] [24]
A Midsummer Night's Dream 2006 Paper Mill Playhouse, McCarter Theatre [25] [26]
Two Gentlemen of Verona 2005 Delacorte Theatre [27]
Purlie 2005 City Center [28]
The Color Purple 2004 Alliance Theatre [29]
Harlem Song2002 Apollo Theatre [30]
Little Ham2001Hudson Guild Theatre [31]

References

  1. "Stacey Sargeant Finds Her Voice : Lincoln Center Theater Blog | Lincoln Center Theater". www.lct.org. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  2. "Nominations for the 2019 Drama Desk Awards Announced; Oklahoma!, Tootsie, Rags Parkland Lead the Pack | Playbill". playbill.com. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  3. "Annette Bening, Bryan Cranston, Stephanie J. Block Among 2019 Drama League Award Nominees | Playbill". playbill.com. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  4. "On The Carpet At The 2019 Lucille Lortel Awards - The Knockturnal". Archived from the original on 2021-08-02. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  5. 1 2 3 "Stacey Sargeant Biography | Broadway Buzz | Broadway.com". www.broadway.com. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  6. "Summer Theater Lab, 2019: New York Theatre Workshop | Department of Theater". theater.dartmouth.edu. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  7. "Amber Gray, Taylor Iman Jones to Star in World Premiere of A Wrinkle in Time Musical | Playbill". playbill.com. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  8. "Amber Gray, Taylor Iman Jones to Star in World Premiere of A Wrinkle in Time Musical | Playbill". playbill.com. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  9. "Stacey Sargeant & More to Star in Bleu Beckford-Burrell's LA RACE at WP Theater". www.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  10. "Stacey Sargeant Finds Her Voice : Lincoln Center Theater Blog | Lincoln Center Theater". www.lct.org. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  11. "Homos, or Everyone in America - TheaterMania.com". www.theatermania.com. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  12. "'The Taming of the Shrew': Theater Review". www.hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  13. "ECLIPSED, Yale Repertory Theatre, 2009". issuu. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  14. "Stacey Sargeant Will Join ECLIPSED at the Public Before Broadway Transfer". www.broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  15. "Off Broadway review: 'Big Love' – Culture Sauce". culturesauce.com. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  16. Brantley, Ben (2015-02-24). "Review: In 'Big Love,' Fleeing Tradition Becomes a Messy Escape". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  17. "Big Love Review: Soothing, Sexy, Shocking – New York Theater". newyorktheater.me. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  18. "Our lady of Kibeho" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-07-17.
  19. "Casting Announced for Katori Hall's Our Lady of Kibeho; Michael Greif Directs | Playbill". playbill.com. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  20. "Weston Playhouse's Rent, with Evens, Cusick, Barbour, Figueroa, Bianco, Begins July 30 | Playbill". playbill.com. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  21. "Road Trip! Legally Blonde Kicks Off Tour in Providence Sept. 21 | Playbill". playbill.com. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  22. ""The Good Old Days": Damn Yankees Opens at City Center July 10 | Playbill". playbill.com. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  23. "Kiss Me, Kate". variety.com. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  24. "Kiss Me, Kate | Repertory Theatre of St. Louis". www.repstl.org. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  25. Siegel, Naomi (2006-04-02). "THEATER REVIEW; A Seductive 'Midsummer'". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  26. "Midsummer Night's Dream, with Lea DeLaria, Begins Paper Mill Playhouse Run April 19 | Playbill". playbill.com. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  27. "Two Gentlemen of Verona Meet Again at Central Park's Delacorte | Playbill". playbill.com. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  28. "Purlie". variety.com. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  29. "Alice Walker Novel Sings as The Color Purple Musical Starts World Premiere, Sept. 9 | Playbill". playbill.com. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  30. "Harlem Song Will Run Through Nov. 17; Cast Recording Releases Nov. 26 | Playbill". playbill.com. Retrieved 2025-06-17.
  31. "Langston Hughes's Little Ham, a Harlem 'Jazzical,' Returns Off Bway Dec. 14 | Playbill". playbill.com. Retrieved 2025-06-17.