Sheryl Lee Ralph
December 30, 1956 (67 years old) in Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
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
Credits
- 2024 · The Fabulous Four as Kitty
- 2024 · The Real Red Tails as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · Young Love as Additional Voices (voice)
- 2023 · The Young Wife as Angelique
- 2022 · Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4 as Self
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
- 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 2021 · Abbott Elementary as Barbara Howard
- 2021 · Christmas in My Heart as Ruthie Sampson
- 2021 · Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
- 2021 · Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts as Self
- 2021 · Celebrity Wheel of Fortune as Self - Contestant
- 2020 · Christmas Comes Twice as Ms. Nelson
- 2020 · Fashionably Yours as Janet
- 2020 · Motherland: Fort Salem as President Kelly Wade
- 2019 · Christmas Hotel as Marnie
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2019 · A Black Lady Sketch Show as Asia's Mother
- 2019 · Fam as Rose
- 2018 · No Sleep 'Til Christmas as Mrs. Wright
- 2018 · Forbidden as
- 2018 · Step Sisters as Yvonne Bishop
- 2017 · Christmas at Holly Lodge as Nadine
- 2017 · Just Getting Started as Roberta
- 2017 · Carpool Karaoke: The Series as Self
- 2017 · The Quad as Ula Pettiway
- 2016 · Call Me Madame: Backstage at 'Wicked' with Sheryl Lee Ralph as Self - Host
- 2016 · MacGyver as Mama Colton
- 2016 · One Mississippi as Felicia
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2013 · Instant Mom as Maggie Turner
- 2013 · Ray Donovan as Claudette
- 2012 · Christmas in Compton as Abuta
- 2012 · Smash as Cynthia Moore
- 2012 · Ladies of the Church as
- 2011 · 2 Broke Girls as Genét
- 2010 · Young Justice as Amanda Waller (voice)
- 2010 · Blessed and Cursed as Lady Wright
- 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Judge
- 2008 · The Wendy Williams Show as
- 2006 · Hannah Montana as Clarice Johnson
- 2005 · Barbershop as Claire
- 2004 · Justice League Unlimited as Cheetah (voice)
- 2003 · Las Vegas as
- 2003 · Whoopi as Florence
- 2001 · Justice League as Cheetah (voice)
- 2001 · The Proud Family as Diana Parker (voice)
- 2001 · The Jennie Project as Dr. Pamela Prentiss
- 2000 · The District as Lt. Dee Banks
- 2000 · Static Shock as Trina Jessup (voice)
- 2000 · Deterrence as Gayle Redford
- 2000 · Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel as Nurse
- 1999 · The Parkers as
- 1999 · Hook'd Up as Chantal
- 1998 · Hollywood Squares as Self - Panelist
- 1998 · Hollywood Squares as Self
- 1998 · The Wild Thornberrys as Lioness #2 (voice)
- 1997 · Jamaica Beat as Sylvia Jones
- 1996 · Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Zsa Zsa Goowhiggie
- 1996 · Bogus as Ruth Clark
- 1996 · 7th Heaven as Nurse
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · Lover's Knot as Charlotte
- 1996 · The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self
- 1996 · Moesha as
- 1996 · Moesha as Dee Mitchell
- 1995 · White Man's Burden as Roberta
- 1994 · Witch Hunt as Hypolita Kropotkin
- 1994 · ER as Gloria Gallant
- 1994 · The Flintstones as Mrs. Pyrite
- 1993 · Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit as Florence Watson
- 1993 · George as
- 1992 · The Distinguished Gentleman as Miss Loretta
- 1992 · Mistress as Beverly Dumont
- 1991 · Voices That Care as Self - Choir Member
- 1990 · To Sleep with Anger as Linda
- 1990 · New Attitude as Vicki St. James
- 1990 · Max Monroe: Loose Cannon as
- 1989 · Skin Deep as Receptionist
- 1989 · The Mighty Quinn as Lola Quinn
- 1988 · Oliver & Company as Rita (voice)
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1987 · Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies as Corelle
- 1986 · Designing Women as Etienne Toussant Bouvier
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Renee Quintana
- 1985 · Amazing Stories as show singer
- 1985 · Code Name: Foxfire as Maggie 'The Cat' Bryan
- 1985 · Code Name: Foxfire as Maggie Bryan
- 1984 · V as Glenna
- 1984 · Hunter as Josie Clifford
- 1982 · The Neighborhood as Doris Campbell
- 1981 · Falcon Crest as Mooshy Tucker
- 1980 · It's a Living as Ginger St. James
- 1977 · A Piece of the Action as Barbara Hanley
- 1975 · Wonder Woman as Bobbie
- 1975 · The Jeffersons as
- 1974 · Good Times as