Sheryl Lee Ralph

Personal Info

Known For:
Acting

Birthday:
December 30, 1956

Place of Birth:
Waterbury, Connecticut, USA

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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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Known For

Filmography

Year Movie Role
2025 Ricky Joanne
2025 The Disappearance of Miss Scott Hazel Scott (voice)
2024 The Fabulous Four Kitty
2024 The Real Red Tails Self - Narrator (voice)
2023 The Young Wife Angelique
2022 Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4 Self
2021 Christmas in My Heart Ruthie Sampson
2021 Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age Self
2020 Fashionably Yours Janet
2020 Christmas Comes Twice Ms. Nelson
2019 Christmas Hotel Marnie
2018 No Sleep 'Til Christmas Mrs. Wright
2018 Step Sisters Yvonne Bishop
2018 Forbidden
2017 Christmas at Holly Lodge Nadine
2017 Just Getting Started Roberta
2012 Christmas in Compton Abuta
2012 Ladies of the Church
2010 Blessed and Cursed Lady Wright
2001 The Jennie Project Dr. Pamela Prentiss
2000 Deterrence Gayle Redford
2000 Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel Nurse
1999 Hook'd Up Chantal
1997 Jamaica Beat Sylvia Jones
1996 Bogus Ruth Clark
1996 Lover's Knot Charlotte
1995 White Man's Burden Roberta
1994 Witch Hunt Hypolita Kropotkin
1994 The Flintstones Mrs. Pyrite
1993 Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Florence Watson
1992 The Distinguished Gentleman Miss Loretta
1992 Mistress Beverly Dumont
1991 Voices That Care Self - Choir Member
1991 The Gambler: The Luck Of The Draw Miss Rosalee
1990 To Sleep with Anger Linda
1989 Skin Deep Receptionist
1989 The Mighty Quinn Lola Quinn
1988 Oliver & Company Rita (voice)
1987 Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies Corelle
1987 Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood Self
1985 Code Name: Foxfire Maggie Bryan
1982 The Neighborhood Doris Campbell
1977 A Piece of the Action Barbara Hanley
Year TV Show Role
2023 Young Love Additional Voices (voice)
2022 Sherri Self - Guest
2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show Self
2022 How We Roll Loretta
2021 Abbott Elementary Barbara Howard
2021 Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts Self
2021 Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Self - Contestant
2020 Motherland: Fort Salem President Kelly Wade
2019 Tamron Hall Self - Guest
2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 Fam Rose
2019 A Black Lady Sketch Show Asia's Mother
2017 The Quad Ula Pettiway
2017 Carpool Karaoke: The Series Self
2016 One Mississippi Felicia
2016 MacGyver Mama Colton
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden Self - Guest
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Self
2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers Self
2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Self
2013 Instant Mom Maggie Turner
2013 Ray Donovan Claudette
2012 Smash Cynthia Moore
2011 2 Broke Girls Genét
2010 Young Justice Amanda Waller (voice)
2009 RuPaul's Drag Race Self - Guest Judge
2008 The Wendy Williams Show
2006 Hannah Montana Clarice Johnson
2005 Barbershop Claire
2004 Justice League Unlimited Cheetah (voice)
2003 Las Vegas
2003 Whoopi Florence
2001 Justice League Cheetah (voice)
2001 The Proud Family Diana Parker (voice)
2000 The District Lt. Dee Banks
2000 Static Shock Trina Jessup (voice)
1999 The Parkers
1998 The Wild Thornberrys Lioness #2 (voice)
1998 Hollywood Squares Self - Panelist
1998 Hollywood Squares Self
1996 Moesha
1996 Moesha Dee Mitchell
1996 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Zsa Zsa Goowhiggie
1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show Self
1996 The Daily Show Self
1996 7th Heaven Nurse
1994 ER Gloria Gallant
1993 George
1992 Vicki! Self
1990 New Attitude Vicki St. James
1990 Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark Self - Guest
1986 Designing Women Etienne Toussant Bouvier
1986 L.A. Law Renee Quintana
1986 Wordplay Self - Celebrity Panelist
1985 Code Name: Foxfire Maggie 'The Cat' Bryan
1985 Amazing Stories show singer
1984 V Glenna
1984 Hunter Josie Clifford
1981 Falcon Crest Mooshy Tucker
1980 It's a Living Ginger St. James
1975 The Jeffersons
1975 Wonder Woman Bobbie
1974 Good Times
1974 American Music Awards Self - Presenter
1944 Golden Globe Awards Self - Nominee
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