Stacey Sargeant is an American actress. She has been nominated for Drama Desk, Drama League, and Lucille Lortel awards 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.
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.
Education Sargeant earned a BFA in musical theatre from Syracuse University.
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.
Film +WorkYearChosen Family2024Reunion (short)2023The Snakes (short)2021The Forty-Year-Old Version2020Come Sunday2018Top Five2014Obvious Child2014
Television
+WorkYearThe Equalizer2024FBI: Most Wanted2022Genius: Aretha Franklin2021Bull2020-2021Blue Bloods2020Elementary2016The Blacklist2013-2014Gossip Girl2012Glee2011Law & Order: SVU2007Guiding Light
Theatre
+WorkYearVenueRefA Wrinkle In Time2025Arena StageLa Race2022McGinn/Cazale Theater, Women's Project TheaterNantucket Sleigh Ride2019Lincoln Center TheaterHomos, Or Everyone in America2016Bank Street TheaterThe Taming of the Shrew2016Shakespeare in the ParkEclipsed2015Yale Repertory TheatreBig Love2015Signature TheatreOur Lady of Kibeho2014Signature TheatreRent2009Weston PlayhouseLegally Blonde2008National tourDamn Yankees2008City CenterKiss Me, Kate2007Repertory TheatreA Midsummer Night's Dream2006Paper Mill Playhouse, McCarter TheatreTwo Gentlemen of Verona2005Delacorte TheatrePurlie2005City CenterThe Color Purple2004Alliance TheatreHarlem Song2002Apollo TheatreLittle Ham2001Hudson Guild Theatre
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