Sheryl Lee Ralph

Sheryl Lee Ralph

Known for
Acting
Born
December 30, 1956 (age 69)
Birthplace
Waterbury, Connecticut, USA

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

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Filmography

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Octet poster

Octet

Movie · as Paula

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Baby of the Family

Baby of the Family

Movie · as Mamie

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Cars: Lightning Racers poster

Cars: Lightning Racers

TV · as Ms. Blinker (voice) · 1 ep

2026
Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident poster

Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident

Movie · as Self

2026
Imperfect Women poster

Imperfect Women

TV · as Constance · 1 ep

2026
Regular Show: The Lost Tapes poster

Regular Show: The Lost Tapes

TV · as Joan Kranden (voice) · 1 ep

2026
Adventure Time: Side Quests poster

Adventure Time: Side Quests

TV · as Granny Beth (voice) · 1 ep

2025
Ricky poster

Ricky

Movie · as Joanne

2025
The Disappearance of Miss Scott poster

The Disappearance of Miss Scott

Movie · as Hazel Scott (voice)

2025
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20 poster

The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20

Movie · as Self

2025
Weather Hunters poster

Weather Hunters

TV · as Ms. Joyce (voice) · 4 eps

2024
The Fabulous Four poster

The Fabulous Four

Movie · as Kitty

2024
The Real Red Tails poster

The Real Red Tails

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

2023
The Young Wife poster

The Young Wife

Movie · as Angelique

2023
Disney 100: Remember That poster

Disney 100: Remember That

Movie · as Self - Host

2023
Commitment to Life poster

Commitment to Life

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love poster

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

Movie · as Self - Guest

2023
Young Love poster

Young Love

TV · as Additional Voices (voice) · 2 eps

2022
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4 poster

Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4

Movie · as Self

2022
Sherri poster

Sherri

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 3 eps

2022
How We Roll poster

How We Roll

TV · as Loretta · 1 ep

2021
Christmas in My Heart poster

Christmas in My Heart

Movie · as Ruthie Sampson

2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age poster

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Movie · as Self

2021
Abbott Elementary poster

Abbott Elementary

TV · as Barbara Howard · 101 eps

2021
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts poster

Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune poster

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2020
Fashionably Yours poster

Fashionably Yours

Movie · as Janet

2020
Christmas Comes Twice poster

Christmas Comes Twice

Movie · as Ms. Nelson

2020
Motherland: Fort Salem poster

Motherland: Fort Salem

TV · as President Kelly Wade · 30 eps

2019
Christmas Hotel poster

Christmas Hotel

Movie · as Marnie

2019
The Tamron Hall Show poster

The Tamron Hall Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2019
Fam poster

Fam

TV · as Rose · 13 eps

2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show poster

A Black Lady Sketch Show

TV · as Asia's Mother · 1 ep

2018
No Sleep 'Til Christmas poster

No Sleep 'Til Christmas

Movie · as Mrs. Wright

2018
Step Sisters poster

Step Sisters

Movie · as Yvonne Bishop

2018
Forbidden poster

Forbidden

Movie

2018
Uncensored poster

Uncensored

TV · 1 ep

2017
Christmas at Holly Lodge poster

Christmas at Holly Lodge

Movie · as Nadine

2017
Just Getting Started poster

Just Getting Started

Movie · as Roberta

2017
The Quad poster

The Quad

TV · as Ula Pettiway · 3 eps

2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series poster

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
One Mississippi poster

One Mississippi

TV · as Felicia · 6 eps

2016
MacGyver poster

MacGyver

TV · as Mama Colton · 3 eps

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn poster

Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn

TV · as Ms. Dumont · 1 ep

2013
Instant Mom poster

Instant Mom

TV · as Maggie Turner · 65 eps

2013
Ray Donovan poster

Ray Donovan

TV · as Claudette · 5 eps

2013
JD Lawrence's Community Service poster

JD Lawrence's Community Service

TV · as Carolyn · 4 eps

2012
Christmas in Compton poster

Christmas in Compton

Movie · as Abuta

2012
Ladies of the Church poster

Ladies of the Church

Movie

2012
Smash poster

Smash

TV · as Cynthia Moore · 1 ep

2011
2 Broke Girls poster

2 Broke Girls

TV · as Genét · 1 ep

2011
Bob's Burgers poster

Bob's Burgers

TV · as esmeralda (voice) · 1 ep

2010
Blessed and Cursed poster

Blessed and Cursed

Movie · as Lady Wright

2010
Young Justice poster

Young Justice

TV · as Amanda Waller (voice) · 2 eps

2009
RuPaul's Drag Race poster

RuPaul's Drag Race

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2008
The Wendy Williams Show poster

The Wendy Williams Show

TV · 1 ep

2006
Hannah Montana poster

Hannah Montana

TV · as Clarice Johnson · 1 ep

2005
Barbershop poster

Barbershop

TV · as Claire · 4 eps

2005
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia poster

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

TV · as Barbara Howard · 1 ep

2004
News to Me poster

News to Me

Movie

2004
Justice League Unlimited poster

Justice League Unlimited

TV · as Cheetah (voice) · 1 ep

2003
Las Vegas poster

Las Vegas

TV · as Janet Ellis · 1 ep

2003
Whoopi poster

Whoopi

TV · as Florence · 1 ep

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2001
The Jennie Project poster

The Jennie Project

Movie · as Dr. Pamela Prentiss

2001
Justice League poster

Justice League

TV · as Cheetah (voice) · 2 eps

2001
The Proud Family poster

The Proud Family

TV · as Diana Parker (voice) · 2 eps

2000
Deterrence poster

Deterrence

Movie · as Gayle Redford

2000
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel poster

Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel

Movie · as Nurse

2000
The District poster

The District

TV · as Dee Banks · 4 eps

2000
Static Shock poster

Static Shock

TV · as Trina Jessup (voice) · 2 eps

1999
Hook'd Up

Hook'd Up

Movie · as Chantal

1999
The Parkers poster

The Parkers

TV · 1 ep

1998
The Easter Story Keepers poster

The Easter Story Keepers

Movie · as Risa (voice)

1998
The Wild Thornberrys poster

The Wild Thornberrys

TV · as Lioness #2 (voice) · 1 ep

1998
Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares

TV · as Self - Panelist · 15 eps

1997
Jamaica Beat poster

Jamaica Beat

Movie · as Sylvia Jones

1996
Bogus poster

Bogus

Movie · as Ruth Clark

1996
Lover's Knot poster

Lover's Knot

Movie · as Charlotte

1996
Moesha poster

Moesha

TV · as Dee Mitchell · 112 eps

1996
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch poster

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

TV · as Zsa Zsa Goowhiggie · 1 ep

1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show poster

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
7th Heaven poster

7th Heaven

TV · as Nurse · 1 ep

1995
White Man's Burden poster

White Man's Burden

Movie · as Roberta

1994
Witch Hunt poster

Witch Hunt

Movie · as Hypolita Kropotkin

1994
The Flintstones poster

The Flintstones

Movie · as Mrs. Pyrite

1994
ER poster

ER

TV · as Gloria Gallant · 2 eps

1993
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit poster

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Movie · as Florence Watson

1993
George poster

George

TV · 10 eps

1992
The Distinguished Gentleman poster

The Distinguished Gentleman

Movie · as Miss Loretta

1992
Mistress poster

Mistress

Movie · as Beverly Dumont

1992
Vicki!

Vicki!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1991
Voices That Care poster

Voices That Care

Movie · as Self - Choir Member

1991
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw poster

The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw

Movie · as Miss Rosalee

1990
To Sleep with Anger poster

To Sleep with Anger

Movie · as Linda

1990
New Attitude poster

New Attitude

TV · as Vicki St. James · 8 eps

1990
Max Monroe: Loose Cannon

Max Monroe: Loose Cannon

TV · 1 ep

1989
Skin Deep poster

Skin Deep

Movie · as Receptionist

1989
The Mighty Quinn poster

The Mighty Quinn

Movie · as Lola Quinn

1988
Oliver & Company poster

Oliver & Company

Movie · as Rita (voice)

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps

1987
Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies poster

Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies

Movie · as Corelle

1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood poster

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Movie · as Self

1986
Designing Women poster

Designing Women

TV · as Etienne Toussant Bouvier · 7 eps

1986
L.A. Law poster

L.A. Law

TV · as Renee Quintana · 1 ep

1986
Wordplay

Wordplay

TV · as Self - Celebrity Panelist · 5 eps

1985
Code Name: Foxfire poster

Code Name: Foxfire

Movie · as Maggie Bryan

1985
Code Name: Foxfire poster

Code Name: Foxfire

TV · as Maggie 'The Cat' Bryan · 7 eps

1985
Amazing Stories poster

Amazing Stories

TV · as show singer · 1 ep

1984
V poster

V

TV · as Glenna · 2 eps

1984
Hunter poster

Hunter

TV · as Josie Clifford · 1 ep

1984
Jeopardy! poster

Jeopardy!

TV · as Self - Clue Presenter · 1 ep

1982
The Neighborhood poster

The Neighborhood

Movie · as Doris Campbell

1981
Falcon Crest poster

Falcon Crest

TV · as Mooshy Tucker · 2 eps

1980
It's a Living poster

It's a Living

TV · as Ginger St. James · 71 eps

1977
A Piece of the Action poster

A Piece of the Action

Movie · as Barbara Hanley

1975
The Jeffersons poster

The Jeffersons

TV · 1 ep

1975
Wonder Woman poster

Wonder Woman

TV · as Bobbie · 1 ep

1974
Good Times poster

Good Times

TV · 1 ep

1974
American Music Awards poster

American Music Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1949
The Emmy Awards poster

The Emmy Awards

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep