Embodying enigmatic and engaging characters
Actor
Sarah Pidgeon鈥檚 (CFA 2018) profile as an actor is growing across the stage and screen, with a Tony nomination and major leading roles in just the last five years.
鈥淭here鈥檚 a complexity that I want to bring to all characters that I play,鈥� Sarah says. 鈥淭hey鈥檝e had so many different colors to them, but they all share a strong sense of self with both nuance and intelligence.鈥�
Most recently, Sarah stepped into Carolyn Bessette鈥檚 shoes to portray her romance with John F. Kennedy Jr. for A darker role, both in content and hair color, came as one of the teens contending with a killer on the loose in the 2025 horror reboot 鈥淚 Know What You Did Last Summer.鈥�
For her depiction of Diana, a singer-songwriter on the rise, in Broadway鈥檚 鈥淪tereophonic,鈥� Sarah earned the Tony nod for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 2024. Staged in a recording studio, the play tells the story of an up-and-coming band in the 1970s. Sarah and her castmates sing and play instruments while showing the messy dynamics of a band creating and clashing as they record an album.
鈥淭he script was unlike anything I'd read before, and I was so eager to see how to orchestrate it,鈥� she says. 鈥淚 loved Diana for being a young woman in a creative field and experiencing what her artistry means.鈥�
Up next for Sarah is a lead role in Paul Schrader鈥檚 new film, 鈥淣on Compos Mentis.鈥� It鈥檚 billed as an erotic thriller that co-stars Liam Hemsworth, Caleb Landry Jones and Dianne Wiest.
鈥淚t鈥檚 exciting to have scripts to be excited about, and people I鈥檓 excited to work with,鈥� she says. 鈥淚t feels so gracious to be leading a life of collaboration.鈥�
Story by Elizabeth Speed