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Stacey Sargeant

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Stacey Sargeant
NationalityAmerican
Alma materSyracuse University
OccupationActress

Stacey Sargeant is an American actress. She has been nominated for a 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]

Early life

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Sargeant was born to a Trinidadian father and Tobagonian mother and raised in Brooklyn, New York. She attended La Guardia Performing Arts High School.[7]

Education

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Sargeant earned a BFA in musical theatre from Syracuse University.[8]

Career

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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.[9]

Film

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Work Year
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

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

Theatre

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Work Year Venue Ref
A Wrinkle In Time 2025 Arena Stage [10]
La Race 2022 McGinn/Cazale Theater, Women's Project Theater [11]
Nantucket Sleigh Ride 2019 Lincoln Center Theater [12]
Homos, Or Everyone in America 2016 Bank Street Theater [13]
The Taming of the Shrew 2016 Shakespeare in the Park [14]
Eclipsed 2015 Yale Repertory Theatre [15][16]
Big Love 2015 Signature Theatre [17][18][19]
Our Lady of Kibeho 2014 Signature Theatre [20][21]
Rent 2009 Weston Playhouse [22]
Legally Blonde 2008 National tour [23]
Damn Yankees 2008 City Center [24]
Kiss Me, Kate 2007 Repertory Theatre [25][26]
A Midsummer Night's Dream 2006 Paper Mill Playhouse, McCarter Theatre [27][28]
Two Gentlemen of Verona 2005 Delacorte Theatre [29]
Purlie 2005 City Center [30]
The Color Purple 2004 Alliance Theatre [31]
Harlem Song 2002 Apollo Theatre [32]
Little Ham 2001 Hudson Guild Theatre [33]

References

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