Sheryl Lee Ralph
- Acting
- December 30, 1956 · Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident · Self, Producer
- Regular Show: The Lost Tapes · Joan Kranden (Voice)
- Imperfect Women · Constance
- The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20 · Self
- Weather Hunters · Ms. Joyce (Voice)
- The Disappearance of Miss Scott · Hazel Scott (Voice)
- Ricky · Joanne
- The Fabulous Four · Kitty, Executive producer
- The Real Red Tails · Self
- Disney 100: Remember That · Self
- Young Love · Additional Voices (Voice)
- Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love · Self
- The Young Wife · Angelique
- Commitment to Life · Self
- Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4 · Self
- Sherri · Self
- The Jennifer Hudson Show · Self
- How We Roll · Loretta
- Abbott Elementary · Barbara Howard
- Christmas in My Heart · Ruthie Sampson
- Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age · Self
- Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts · Self
- Celebrity Wheel of Fortune · Self
- Christmas Comes Twice · Ms. Nelson
- Fashionably Yours · Janet
- Motherland: Fort Salem · President Kelly Wade
- Christmas Hotel · Marnie
- The Tamron Hall Show · Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- A Black Lady Sketch Show · Asia's Mother
- Fam · Rose
- No Sleep 'Til Christmas · Mrs. Wright
- Forbidden
- Uncensored
- Step Sisters · Yvonne Bishop
- Christmas at Holly Lodge · Nadine
- Just Getting Started · Roberta
- Carpool Karaoke: The Series · Self
- The Quad · Ula Pettiway
- MacGyver · Mama Colton
- One Mississippi · Felicia
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- The Late Late Show with James Corden · Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn · Ms. Dumont
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- Instant Mom · Maggie Turner
- Ray Donovan · Claudette
- JD Lawrence's Community Service · Carolyn
- Christmas in Compton · Abuta
- Smash · Cynthia Moore
- Ladies of the Church
- 2 Broke Girls · Genét
- Young Justice · Amanda Waller (Voice)
- Blessed and Cursed · Lady Wright
- RuPaul's Drag Race · Self
- The Wendy Williams Show
- Hannah Montana · Clarice Johnson
- Barbershop · Claire
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia · Barbara Howard
- Justice League Unlimited · Cheetah (Voice)
- News to Me
- Las Vegas · Janet Ellis
- Whoopi · Florence
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- Justice League · Cheetah (Voice)
- The Proud Family · Diana Parker (Voice)
- The Jennie Project · Dr. Pamela Prentiss
- The District · Dee Banks
- Static Shock · Trina Jessup (Voice)
- Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel · Nurse
- Deterrence · Gayle Redford
- The Parkers · Director
- Hook'd Up · Chantal
- Hollywood Squares · Self
- The Wild Thornberrys · Lioness #2 (Voice)
- The Easter Story Keepers · Risa (Voice)
- Jamaica Beat · Sylvia Jones
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch · Zsa Zsa Goowhiggie
- Bogus · Ruth Clark