Sheryl Lee Ralph
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.
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Acting
Known Credits
109
Gender
Female
Birthday
1956-12-30 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
Acting
2025
Ricky as Joanne2025
The Disappearance of Miss Scott as Hazel Scott (voice)2024
The Fabulous Four as Kitty2024
The Real Red Tails as Self - Narrator (voice)2023
Young Love as Additional Voices (voice)2023
The Young Wife as Angelique2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self2022
Sherri as Self - Guest2022
How We Roll as Loretta2022
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4 as Self2021
Abbott Elementary as Barbara Howard2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune as Self - Contestant2021
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts as Self2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self2021
Christmas in My Heart as Ruthie Sampson2020
Motherland: Fort Salem as President Kelly Wade2020
Fashionably Yours as Janet2020
Christmas Comes Twice as Ms. Nelson2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show as Not available2019
Tamron Hall as Self - Guest2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show as Asia's Mother2019
Fam as Rose2019
Christmas Hotel as Marnie2018
Step Sisters as Yvonne Bishop2018
No Sleep 'Til Christmas as Mrs. Wright2018
Forbidden as Not available2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series as Self2017
The Quad as Ula Pettiway2017
Just Getting Started as Roberta2017
Christmas at Holly Lodge as Nadine2016
MacGyver as Mama Colton2016
One Mississippi as Felicia2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Not available2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self2013
Ray Donovan as Claudette2013
Instant Mom as Maggie Turner2012
Smash as Cynthia Moore2012
Christmas in Compton as Abuta2012
Ladies of the Church as Not available2011
2 Broke Girls as Genét2010
Young Justice as Amanda Waller (voice)2010
Blessed and Cursed as Lady Wright2009
RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge2008
The Wendy Williams Show as Not available2006
Hannah Montana as Clarice Johnson2005
Barbershop as Claire2004
Justice League Unlimited as Cheetah (voice)2003
Las Vegas as Not available2003
Whoopi as Florence2001
The Proud Family as Diana Parker (voice)2001
Justice League as Cheetah (voice)2001
The Jennie Project as Dr. Pamela Prentiss2000
The District as Lt. Dee Banks2000
Static Shock as Trina Jessup (voice)2000
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel as Nurse2000
Deterrence as Gayle Redford1999
The Parkers as Not available1999
Hook'd Up as Chantal1998
Hollywood Squares as Self - Panelist1998
Hollywood Squares as Self1998
The Wild Thornberrys as Lioness #2 (voice)1997
Jamaica Beat as Sylvia Jones1996
The Daily Show as Self1996
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Zsa Zsa Goowhiggie1996
7th Heaven as Nurse1996
Moesha as Not available1996
Moesha as Dee Mitchell1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self1996
Bogus as Ruth Clark1996
Lover's Knot as Charlotte1995
White Man's Burden as Roberta1994
ER as Gloria Gallant1994
The Flintstones as Mrs. Pyrite1994
Witch Hunt as Hypolita Kropotkin1993
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit as Florence Watson1993
George as Not available1992
Vicki! as Self1992
The Distinguished Gentleman as Miss Loretta1992
Mistress as Beverly Dumont1991
The Gambler Returns: The Luck Of The Draw as Miss Rosalee1991
Voices That Care as Self - Choir Member1990
Max Monroe: Loose Cannon as Not available1990
New Attitude as Vicki St. James1990
To Sleep with Anger as Linda1989
Skin Deep as Receptionist1989
The Mighty Quinn as Lola Quinn1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest1988
Oliver & Company as Rita (voice)1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self1987
Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies as Corelle1986
L.A. Law as Renee Quintana1986
Designing Women as Etienne Toussant Bouvier1985
Amazing Stories as show singer1985
Code Name: Foxfire as Maggie 'The Cat' Bryan1985
Code Name: Foxfire as Maggie Bryan1984
Hunter as Josie Clifford1984
V as Glenna1982
The Neighborhood as Doris Campbell1981
Falcon Crest as Mooshy Tucker1980
It's a Living as Ginger St. James1977
A Piece of the Action as Barbara Hanley1975
The Jeffersons as Not available1975
Wonder Woman as Bobbie1974
Good Times as Not available