Sheryl Lee Ralph
Acting
Sheryl Lee Ralph OJ (born December 30, 1956) is an American actress and singer. Known for her performances on stage and screen she earned acclaim for her role as Deena Jones in the Broadway musical Dreamgirls (1981), for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Since 2021, she has starred as Barbara Howard on the ABC mockumentary sitcom Abbott Elementary, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, becoming the first Black woman in 35 years to win the award. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Born: December 30, 1956 · Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
Filmography (90)
The Fabulous Four
2024
Young Love
2023
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
2022
Sherri
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
How We Roll
2022
Abbott Elementary
2021
Christmas in My Heart
2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021
Christmas Comes Twice
2020
Fashionably Yours
2020
Motherland: Fort Salem
2020
Christmas Hotel
2019
Tamron Hall
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
Fam
2019
No Sleep 'Til Christmas
2018
Forbidden
2018
Step Sisters
2018
Christmas at Holly Lodge
2017
Just Getting Started
2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
The Quad
2017
MacGyver
2016
One Mississippi
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Instant Mom
2013
Ray Donovan
2013
Christmas in Compton
2012
Smash
2012
2 Broke Girls
2011
Young Justice
2010
Blessed and Cursed
2010
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
The Wendy Williams Show
2008
Hannah Montana
2006
Barbershop
2005
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
Justice League Unlimited
2004
Las Vegas
2003
Whoopi
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Justice League
2001
The Proud Family
2001
The Jennie Project
2001
The District
2000
Static Shock
2000
Deterrence
2000
The Parkers
1999
Hollywood Squares
1998
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
Bogus
1996
7th Heaven
1996
The Daily Show
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Moesha
1996
White Man's Burden
1995
Witch Hunt
1994
ER
1994
The Flintstones
1994
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
The Distinguished Gentleman
1992
Mistress
1992
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991
To Sleep with Anger
1990
Skin Deep
1989
The Mighty Quinn
1989
Oliver & Company
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
Designing Women
1986
L.A. Law
1986
Amazing Stories
1985
V
1984
Hunter
1984
Falcon Crest
1981
It's a Living
1980
A Piece of the Action
1977
Wonder Woman
1975
The Jeffersons
1975
American Music Awards
1974
Good Times
1974
The Emmy Awards
1949
Golden Globe Awards
1944