Sheryl Lee Ralph
Sheryl Lee Ralph is an actor, born 1956.
Sheryl Lee Ralph 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 the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2022, becoming the first Black woman in 35 years to win the award.
Movies (18)
- The Flintstones (1994)
- Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)
- Oliver & Company (1988)
- The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
- Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love (2023)
- Deterrence (2000)
- Skin Deep (1989)
- Just Getting Started (2017)
- Disney 100: Remember That (2023)
- Bogus (1996)
- White Man's Burden (1995)
- Mistress (1992)
- Witch Hunt (1994)
- The Mighty Quinn (1989)
- Step Sisters (2018)
- The Fabulous Four (2024)
- The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991)
- No Sleep 'Til Christmas (2018)
TV (21)
- Hollywood Squares (1998)
- The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022)
- Ray Donovan (2013)
- MacGyver (2016)
- Abbott Elementary (2021)
- Regular Show: The Lost Tapes (2026)
- The District (2000)
- Moesha (1996)
- Static Shock (2000)
- The Wendy Williams Show (2008)
- Designing Women (1986)
- V (1984)
- The Proud Family (2001)
- Motherland: Fort Salem (2020)
- Instant Mom (2013)
- Wordplay (1986)
- It's a Living (1980)
- Young Love (2023)
- Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts (2021)
- Fam (2019)
- Barbershop (2005)