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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Movies (21)
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship
as Self
2025
The Disappearance of Miss Scott
as Hazel Scott (voice)
2025
Ricky
as Joanne
2025
The Fabulous Four
as Kitty
2024
The Real Red Tails
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
Disney 100: Remember That
as Self - Host
2023
The Young Wife
as Angelique
2023
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
as Self
2022
Christmas in My Heart
as Ruthie Sampson
2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2021
Christmas Comes Twice
as Ms. Nelson
2020
Fashionably Yours
as Janet
2020
Christmas Hotel
as Marnie
2019
No Sleep 'Til Christmas
as Mrs. Wright
2018
Forbidden
2018
Step Sisters
as Yvonne Bishop
2018
Christmas at Holly Lodge
as Nadine
2017
Just Getting Started
as Roberta
2017
Christmas in Compton
as Abuta
2012
Ladies of the Church
2012
Blessed and Cursed
as Lady Wright
2010
TV Shows (29)
Young Love
as Additional Voices (voice)
2023
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022
How We Roll
as Loretta
2022
Abbott Elementary
as Barbara Howard
2021
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
as Self
2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
as Self - Contestant
2021
Motherland: Fort Salem
as President Kelly Wade
2020
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Asia's Mother
2019
Fam
as Rose
2019
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
as Self
2017
The Quad
as Ula Pettiway
2017
MacGyver
as Mama Colton
2016
One Mississippi
as Felicia
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
Instant Mom
as Maggie Turner
2013
Ray Donovan
as Claudette
2013
JD Lawrence's Community Service
as Carolyn
2013
Smash
as Cynthia Moore
2012
2 Broke Girls
as Genét
2011
Young Justice
as Amanda Waller (voice)
2010
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
2009
The Wendy Williams Show
2008
Hannah Montana
as Clarice Johnson
2006