Stacy Ann Ferguson (born March 27, 1975), better known as Fergie, is an American singer-songwriter and actress.
She got her start as a child actress, voicing Sally in several Peanuts television specials, and starring in the television show Kids Incorporated. In 1990, she co-founded the group Wild Orchids with fellow Kids Incorporated cast member Renee Sandstrom and newcomer Stefanie Ridel. She stayed with the group until 2001.
In 2003, she was invited to join The Black Eyed Peas by will.i.am, in time to take part in their third album. It was with each other that the Black Eyed Peas and Fergie found mainstream success.
In 2006, she released her solo debut album, The Dutchess. She also continued her work with the Black-Eyed Peas, with occasional acting roles.
When the band went on hiatus from 2012-2014, she worked on her second album, Double Dutchess, which eventually dropped in 2017. On February 18, 2018, it was confirmed that she had left the Black Eyed Peas.
Throughout her career, Fergie struggled with substance abuse, which she touches on in some of her songs.
She was married to Josh Duhamel from 2009 to 2019, having one son together. She was legally named Fergie Duhamel during this time but filed to revert to her birth name
after their divorce.
Solo Discography:
- The Dutchess (2006)
- Double Dutchess (2017)
Notable acting roles:
- Peanuts (1984-1986) as Sally Brown (voice)
- It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown (1984)
- Snoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown (1985)
- The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show (1985-1986)
- Kids Incorporated (1984-1989) as Stacy
- Monster in the Closet (1987) as The Little Girl
- Sirens (2000 unsold pilot pitch featuring her and the other two members of Wild Orchid; produced by Doug Sloan of Power Rangers and featuring Jason David Frank and Brad Hawkins)
- Planet Terror (2007) as Tammy Visan
- Nine (Musical) (2009) as Saraghina
- Marmaduke (2010) as Jezebel
Tropes found in her music include:
- Ass Kicks You: Does this telekinetically in the "Pump It" video. You know how telekinetics sometimes use hand motions to "throw" or "shove" someone? Fergie does it with her butt. (Or her hair, or her breasts...)
- Cute Clumsy Girl: In the music video for "Clumsy", Fergie is beautiful as always but a walking disaster area. In each of the scenarios, she winds up causing a mishap that endangers herself or others.
- Grub Tub: Some shots in the music video for "M.I.L.F. $" have her in a bathtub full of milk.
- High-Class Gloves: One of the many costumes Fergie wears throughout the music video for "Clumsy" is that of a 50's/60's era singer, which sports a pair of these.
- Lethally Stupid: In the music video for "Clumsy", Fergie kills her love interest when she accidentally throws him out the airlock of her spaceship.
- Rule of Sexy: A lot of her songs, music videos and performances love to highlight the fact that she is a very attractive woman.
- Sound-Effect Bleep: In "Fergilicious" the word "ass" is sensored by a sensual female sigh.Every time I turn around, brothers gathered 'round, lookin' at me up and down, lookin' at my [sigh]
- Stuffy Old Songs About the Buttocks: "My Humps" is all about this, along with Buxom Beauty Standard.
- Tamer and Chaster: While still presented as very good looking, Fergie's look in the music video for "Clumsy" veers closer to "cute and innocent" over her usual "in your face vixen" vibe. This also applies to the song itself, which is more bubblegum pop than her usual fair.
