Sheryl Lee Ralph
Known for: Acting
Born: December 30, 1956
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
49 movies · 75 TV shows, newest first
5.3
Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident
2026
9.6
Regular Show: The Lost Tapes
2026
6.2
Imperfect Women
2026
9.0
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20
2025
7.3
Weather Hunters
2025
1.0
The Disappearance of Miss Scott
2025
1.0
Ricky
2025
6.0
The Fabulous Four
2024
7.5
The Real Red Tails
2024
10.0
Disney 100: Remember That
2023
5.6
Young Love
2023
8.3
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
5.4
The Young Wife
2023
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Commitment to Life
2023
6.8
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
2022
2.6
Sherri
2022
5.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
5.3
How We Roll
2022
7.5
Abbott Elementary
2021
5.9
Christmas in My Heart
2021
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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
3.2
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
2021
7.1
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021
6.3
Christmas Comes Twice
2020
6.5
Fashionably Yours
2020
7.9
Motherland: Fort Salem
2020
6.2
Christmas Hotel
2019
4.5
Tamron Hall
2019
6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
7.1
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
6.5
Fam
2019
6.7
No Sleep 'Til Christmas
2018
8.2
Forbidden
2018
6.5
Uncensored
2018
6.4
Step Sisters
2018
5.9
Christmas at Holly Lodge
2017
4.9
Just Getting Started
2017
6.1
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
5.3
The Quad
2017
7.3
MacGyver
2016
6.9
One Mississippi
2016
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
5.1
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
4.2
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
7.1
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn
2014
5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
8.2
Instant Mom
2013
7.5
Ray Donovan
2013
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JD Lawrence's Community Service
2013
3.2
Christmas in Compton
2012
6.4
Smash
2012
NR
Ladies of the Church
2012
7.2
2 Broke Girls
2011
8.4
Young Justice
2010
6.7
Blessed and Cursed
2010
7.5
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
5.7
The Wendy Williams Show
2008
7.1
Hannah Montana
2006
7.6
Barbershop
2005
8.3
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
8.3
Justice League Unlimited
2004
7.0
Las Vegas
2003
8.8
Whoopi
2003
5.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
8.2
Justice League
2001
7.7
The Proud Family
2001
6.4
The Jennie Project
2001
6.9
The District
2000
8.0
Static Shock
2000
5.7
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
2000
6.1
Deterrence
2000
8.0
The Parkers
19997.0
Hook'd Up
1999
7.6
Hollywood Squares
1998
7.0
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
7.5
Jamaica Beat
1997
7.8
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
5.8
Bogus
1996
6.4
7th Heaven
1996
6.4
The Daily Show
1996
5.3
Lover's Knot
1996
4.1
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
6.9
Moesha
1996
5.1
White Man's Burden
1995
5.2
Witch Hunt
1994
7.8
ER
1994
5.4
The Flintstones
1994
6.4
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
19939.0
George
1993
6.0
The Distinguished Gentleman
19926.5
Vicki!
1992
5.4
Mistress
1992
4.8
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991
7.0
Voices That Care
1991
6.8
To Sleep with Anger
1990
9.0
New Attitude
19905.0
Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
1990
6.2
Skin Deep
1989
6.0
The Mighty Quinn
1989
6.7
Oliver & Company
1988
5.6
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
6.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
9.0
Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies
19874.3
Wordplay
1986
6.8
Designing Women
1986
7.1
L.A. Law
1986
7.5
Amazing Stories
1985
7.0
Code Name: Foxfire
19858.0
Code Name: Foxfire
1985
7.1
V
1984
7.1
Hunter
1984
6.9
Jeopardy!
1984
7.0
The Neighborhood
1982
5.5
Falcon Crest
1981
6.0
It's a Living
1980
5.8
A Piece of the Action
1977
7.0
Wonder Woman
1975
7.3
The Jeffersons
1975
8.2
American Music Awards
1974
8.0
Good Times
1974
7.9
The Emmy Awards
1949
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944
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Octet
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Cars: Lightning Racers
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