Sheryl Lee Ralph
Acting
1956-12-30 · Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
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.
Filmography
Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident
2026 · Movie
Regular Show: The Lost Tapes
2026 · Series
Imperfect Women
2026 · Series
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20
2025 · Movie
Weather Hunters
2025 · Series
The Disappearance of Miss Scott
2025 · Movie
Ricky
2025 · Movie
The Fabulous Four
2024 · Movie
The Real Red Tails
2024 · Movie
Disney 100: Remember That
2023 · Movie
Young Love
2023 · Series
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023 · Movie
The Young Wife
2023 · Movie
Commitment to Life
2023 · Movie
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
2022 · Movie
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Series
Sherri
2022 · Series
How We Roll
2022 · Series
Abbott Elementary
2021 · Series
Christmas in My Heart
2021 · Movie
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021 · Movie
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
2021 · Series
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021 · Series
Christmas Comes Twice
2020 · Movie
Fashionably Yours
2020 · Movie
Motherland: Fort Salem
2020 · Series
Christmas Hotel
2019 · Movie
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Series
The Tamron Hall Show
2019 · Series
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019 · Series
Fam
2019 · Series
No Sleep 'Til Christmas
2018 · Movie
Forbidden
2018 · Movie
Uncensored
2018 · Series
Step Sisters
2018 · Movie
Christmas at Holly Lodge
2017 · Movie
Just Getting Started
2017 · Movie
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017 · Series
The Quad
2017 · Series
MacGyver
2016 · Series
One Mississippi
2016 · Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Series
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn
2014 · Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Series
Instant Mom
2013 · Series
Ray Donovan
2013 · Series
JD Lawrence's Community Service
2013 · Series
Christmas in Compton
2012 · Movie
Smash
2012 · Series
Ladies of the Church
2012 · Movie
2 Broke Girls
2011 · Series
Young Justice
2010 · Series
Blessed and Cursed
2010 · Movie
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009 · Series
The Wendy Williams Show
2008 · Series
Hannah Montana
2006 · Series
Barbershop
2005 · Series
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005 · Series
Justice League Unlimited
2004 · Series
News to Me
2004 · Movie
Las Vegas
2003 · Series
Whoopi
2003 · Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series
Justice League
2001 · Series
The Proud Family
2001 · Series
The Jennie Project
2001 · Movie
The District
2000 · Series
Static Shock
2000 · Series
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
2000 · Movie
Deterrence
2000 · Movie
The Parkers
1999 · Series
Hook'd Up
1999 · Movie
Hollywood Squares
1998 · Series
The Wild Thornberrys
1998 · Series
The Easter Story Keepers
1998 · Movie
Jamaica Beat
1997 · Movie
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996 · Series
Bogus
1996 · Movie
7th Heaven
1996 · Series
The Daily Show
1996 · Series
Lover's Knot
1996 · Movie
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Series
Moesha
1996 · Series
White Man's Burden
1995 · Movie
Witch Hunt
1994 · Movie
ER
1994 · Series
The Flintstones
1994 · Movie
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993 · Movie
George
1993 · Series
The Distinguished Gentleman
1992 · Movie
Vicki!
1992 · Series
Mistress
1992 · Movie
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991 · Movie
Voices That Care
1991 · Movie
To Sleep with Anger
1990 · Movie
New Attitude
1990 · Series
Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
1990 · Series
Skin Deep
1989 · Movie
The Mighty Quinn
1989 · Movie
Oliver & Company
1988 · Movie
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Series
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987 · Movie
Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies
1987 · Movie
Wordplay
1986 · Series
Designing Women
1986 · Series
L.A. Law
1986 · Series
Amazing Stories
1985 · Series
Code Name: Foxfire
1985 · Series
Code Name: Foxfire
1985 · Movie
V
1984 · Series
Hunter
1984 · Series
Jeopardy!
1984 · Series
The Neighborhood
1982 · Movie
Falcon Crest
1981 · Series
It's a Living
1980 · Series
A Piece of the Action
1977 · Movie
Wonder Woman
1975 · Series
The Jeffersons
1975 · Series
American Music Awards
1974 · Series
Good Times
1974 · Series
The Emmy Awards
1949 · Series
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Series
Octet
Movie
Baby of the Family
Movie
Cars: Lightning Racers
Series