Sheryl Lee Ralph
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.
123 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 123
The Daily Show
1996
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
ER
1994
Falcon Crest
1981
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
Young Justice
2010
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Regular Show: The Lost Tapes
2026
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
2 Broke Girls
2011
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Hollywood Squares
1998
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
Las Vegas
2003
L.A. Law
1986
MacGyver
2016
Sherri
2022
Ray Donovan
2013
Hunter
1984
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Smash
2012
Abbott Elementary
2021
Hannah Montana
2006
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
The District
2000
Tamron Hall
2019
Amazing Stories
1985
7th Heaven
1996
Designing Women
1986
Justice League Unlimited
2004
Moesha
1996
The Jeffersons
1975
The Proud Family
2001
Imperfect Women
2026
Static Shock
2000
The Parkers
1999
American Music Awards
1974
V
1984
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
Good Times
1974
Justice League
2001
Wonder Woman
1975
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn
2014
The Wendy Williams Show
2008
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
Motherland: Fort Salem
2020
Vicki!
1992
The Quad
2017
Whoopi
2003
It's a Living
1980
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Instant Mom
2013
The Flintstones
1994
Oliver & Company
1988
The Emmy Awards
1949
Young Love
2023
Barbershop
2005
Fam
2019
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
2021
Wordplay
1986
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
One Mississippi
2016
How We Roll
2022
New Attitude
1990
Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
1990
The Distinguished Gentleman
1992
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
Uncensored
2018
The Fabulous Four
2024
Weather Hunters
2025
Just Getting Started
2017
Skin Deep
1989
Bogus
1996
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
Mistress
1992
The Mighty Quinn
1989
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
2022
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
Step Sisters
2018
Cars: Lightning Racers
—
Disney 100: Remember That
2023
Fashionably Yours
2020
Witch Hunt
1994
White Man's Burden
1995
Code Name: Foxfire
1985
George
1993
Commitment to Life
2023
Deterrence
2000
The Young Wife
2023
Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident
2026
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991
To Sleep with Anger
1990
Ricky
2025
Christmas in Compton
2012
Voices That Care
1991
A Piece of the Action
1977
The Jennie Project
2001
No Sleep 'Til Christmas
2018
Christmas in My Heart
2021
Christmas Hotel
2019
The Disappearance of Miss Scott
2025
The Neighborhood
1982
JD Lawrence's Community Service
2013
Christmas Comes Twice
2020
Christmas at Holly Lodge
2017
Lover's Knot
1996
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
2000
Octet
—
Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies
1987
Jamaica Beat
1997
Forbidden
2018
Blessed and Cursed
2010
Code Name: Foxfire
1985
Hook'd Up
1999
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship
2025
Ladies of the Church
2012
The Real Red Tails
2024