Sheryl Lee Ralph
Department: Acting
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
Skin Deep
1989
Bogus
1996
The Distinguished Gentleman
1992
Christmas in My Heart
2021
The Mighty Quinn
1989
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
Deterrence
2000
Oliver & Company
1988
Witch Hunt
1994
Voices That Care
1991
The Neighborhood
1982
Mistress
1992
No Sleep 'Til Christmas
2018
Blessed and Cursed
2010
Jamaica Beat
1997
The Young Wife
2023
A Piece of the Action
1977
Hook'd Up
1999
Christmas in Compton
2012
To Sleep with Anger
1990
The Fabulous Four
2024
Lover's Knot
1996
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
2022
Code Name: Foxfire
1985
The Real Red Tails
2024
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
2000
Christmas at Holly Lodge
2017
Step Sisters
2018
Just Getting Started
2017
Forbidden
2018
White Man's Burden
1995
The Jennie Project
2001
Ladies of the Church
2012
Christmas Hotel
2019
Fashionably Yours
2020
The Flintstones
1994
Christmas Comes Twice
2020
Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies
1987
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
Ricky
2025
The Disappearance of Miss Scott
2025
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship
2025
Disney 100: Remember That
2023
Falcon Crest
1981
Good Times
1974
The District
2000
Designing Women
1986
L.A. Law
1986
Static Shock
2000
Las Vegas
2003
The Jeffersons
1975
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
One Mississippi
2016
Tamron Hall
2019
V
1984
Moesha
1996
The Parkers
1999
Wonder Woman
1975
Hunter
1984
New Attitude
1990
ER
1994
Barbershop
2005
It's a Living
1980
Abbott Elementary
2021
Code Name: Foxfire
1985
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
2021
The Wendy Williams Show
2008
George
1993
Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
1990
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Justice League
2001
Justice League Unlimited
2004
2 Broke Girls
2011
Amazing Stories
1985
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
Instant Mom
2013
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
Young Justice
2010
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Hollywood Squares
1998
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Young Love
2023
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
MacGyver
2016
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Sherri
2022
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Ray Donovan
2013
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Fam
2019
The Proud Family
2001
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
Motherland: Fort Salem
2020
Hannah Montana
2006
The Daily Show
1996
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Smash
2012
7th Heaven
1996
The Quad
2017
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021
Whoopi
2003
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
How We Roll
2022
Vicki!
1992
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Wordplay
1986
American Music Awards
1974
Golden Globe Awards
1944
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
Cars: Lightning Racers
—
The Emmy Awards
1949
JD Lawrence's Community Service
2013
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Weather Hunters
2025
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn
2014
Uncensored
2018