Acting
Anna Sargent
A Korean American Adoptee and the youngest child of eleven, Anna made her debut lead performance in the acclaimed proof of concept Take Me Home, winning Best New Actress at NY Indie Shorts and a nomination at Walla Walla Movie Crush Film Festival. Anna is a disability advocate who was featured to shared her story at the White House to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Olmstead Act. She plays Special Olympics tennis, bowling, pickleball and basketball and resides with her sister in Colorado.
Acting credits
NRAnna (Anna Sargent making her acting debut), a middle-aged Korean adoptee with a cognitive disability, cares for her aging parents in a fragile balance of meeting one another’s needs. Alongside her sister Emily (Ali Ahn) and her father (Victor Slezak), they must confront challenging questions about the future, but Anna remains determined to build a life where all of them can thrive.
Take Me Home
2026
Liz and Anna Sargent have a lot of questions about what the future holds for their family: the world beyond their home is not made for someone like Anna, who lives with a cognitive disability. Their answer? To make a movie. This short documentary follows the sisters behind-the-scenes of their creative collaboration on the award-winning feature film Take Me Home, revealing how seeking answers in creative ways can lead to surprising outcomes.
Between Here and Home
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5.5After their mother’s death, a cognitively disabled woman and her estranged sister must learn to communicate in order to move forward
Take Me Home
2023