Stacey Sargeant


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.

Television

WorkYear
The Equalizer2024
FBI: Most Wanted2022
Genius: Aretha Franklin2021
Bull2020-2021
Blue Bloods2020
Elementary2016
The Blacklist2013-2014
Gossip Girl2012
Glee2011
Law & Order: SVU2007
Guiding Light-

Theatre

WorkYearVenueRef-
A Wrinkle In Time2025Arena Stage-
La Race2022McGinn/Cazale Theater, Women's Project Theater-
Nantucket Sleigh Ride2019Lincoln Center Theater-
Homos, Or Everyone in America2016Bank Street Theater-
The Taming of the Shrew2016Shakespeare in the Park
Eclipsed2015Yale Repertory Theatre-
Big Love2015Signature Theatre-
Our Lady of Kibeho2014Signature Theatre-
Rent2009Weston Playhouse-
Legally Blonde2008National tour-
Damn Yankees2008New [York City Center|City Center]-
Kiss Me, Kate2007Repertory Theatre of St. Louis|Repertory Theatre]-
A Midsummer Night's Dream2006Paper Mill Playhouse, McCarter Theatre-
Two Gentlemen of Verona2005Delacorte Theatre-
Purlie2005City Center-
The Color Purple2004Alliance Theatre-
Harlem Song2002Apollo Theatre-
Little Ham2001Hudson Guild Theatre-