About
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Overview
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
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| 2024 | The Fabulous Four | Actor | Kitty | 58 Average |
| 2024 | The Real Red Tails | Actor | Self - Narrator (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2023 | The Young Wife | Actor | Angelique | 58 Average |
| 2022 | Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4 | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Abbott Elementary | Actor | Barbara Howard | 74 Good |
| 2021 | Christmas in My Heart | Actor | Ruthie Sampson | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2020 | Christmas Comes Twice | Actor | Ms. Nelson | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Fashionably Yours | Actor | Janet | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Motherland: Fort Salem | Actor | President Kelly Wade | 78 Good |
| 2019 | Christmas Hotel | Actor | Marnie | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Fam | Actor | Rose | 67 Fair |
| 2018 | No Sleep 'Til Christmas | Actor | Mrs. Wright | 60 Fair |
| 2018 | Forbidden | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2018 | Step Sisters | Actor | Yvonne Bishop | 61 Fair |
| 2017 | Christmas at Holly Lodge | Actor | Nadine | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Just Getting Started | Actor | Roberta | 55 Average |
| 2016 | Call Me Madame: Backstage at 'Wicked' with Sheryl Lee Ralph | Actor | Self - Host | 70 Good |
| 2016 | One Mississippi | Actor | Felicia | 70 Good |
| 2013 | Instant Mom | Actor | Maggie Turner | 72 Good |
| 2012 | Christmas in Compton | Actor | Abuta | 58 Average |
| 2010 | Blessed and Cursed | Actor | Lady Wright | 59 Average |
| 2001 | The Jennie Project | Actor | Dr. Pamela Prentiss | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Deterrence | Actor | Gayle Redford | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel | Actor | Nurse | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Hook'd Up | Actor | Chantal | N/A N/A |
| 1997 | Jamaica Beat | Actor | Sylvia Jones | 58 Average |
| 1996 | Bogus | Actor | Ruth Clark | 58 Average |
| 1996 | Lover's Knot | Actor | Charlotte | 58 Average |
| 1995 | White Man's Burden | Actor | Roberta | 57 Average |
| 1994 | Witch Hunt | Actor | Hypolita Kropotkin | 58 Average |
| 1994 | The Flintstones | Actor | Mrs. Pyrite | 54 Average |
| 1993 | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | Actor | Florence Watson | 62 Fair |
| 1993 | George | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1992 | The Distinguished Gentleman | Actor | Miss Loretta | 59 Average |
| 1992 | Mistress | Actor | Beverly Dumont | 58 Average |
| 1991 | Voices That Care | Actor | Self - Choir Member | 59 Average |
| 1990 | To Sleep with Anger | Actor | Linda | 59 Average |
| 1990 | New Attitude | Actor | Vicki St. James | N/A N/A |
| 1989 | Skin Deep | Actor | Receptionist | 59 Average |
| 1989 | The Mighty Quinn | Actor | Lola Quinn | 59 Average |
| 1988 | Oliver & Company | Actor | Rita (voice) | 65 Fair |
| 1987 | Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies | Actor | Corelle | N/A N/A |
| 1985 | Code Name: Foxfire | Actor | Maggie Bryan | N/A N/A |
| 1985 | Code Name: Foxfire | Actor | Maggie 'The Cat' Bryan | N/A N/A |
| 1982 | The Neighborhood | Actor | Doris Campbell | N/A N/A |
| 1980 | It's a Living | Actor | Ginger St. James | 67 Fair |
| 1977 | A Piece of the Action | Actor | Barbara Hanley | 58 Average |