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Sheryl Lee Ralph
Sheryl Lee Ralph

Sheryl Lee Ralph

ActingBorn December 30, 1956 (age 69)Waterbury, Connecticut, USA

Biography

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

2026
Regular Show: The Lost Tapes

as Joan Kranden (voice)

TV
2026
Imperfect Women

as Constance

TV
2025
Weather Hunters

as Ms. Joyce (voice)

TV
2025
The Disappearance of Miss Scott

as Hazel Scott (voice)

Movie
2025
Ricky

as Joanne

Movie
2024Movie
2024
The Real Red Tails

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie
2023Movie
2023
Young Love

as Additional Voices (voice)

TV
2023
The Young Wife

as Angelique

Movie
2023
Commitment to Life

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2022
Sherri

as Self - Guest

TV
2022TV
2022
How We Roll

as Loretta

TV
2021
Abbott Elementary

as Barbara Howard

TV
2021
Christmas in My Heart

as Ruthie Sampson

Movie
2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

as Self - Contestant

TV
2020Movie
2020Movie
2020
Motherland: Fort Salem

as President Kelly Wade

TV
2019Movie
2019
Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

TV
2019TV
2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show

as Asia's Mother

TV
2019
Fam

as Rose

TV
2018Movie
2018Movie
2018
Step Sisters

as Yvonne Bishop

Movie
2017Movie
2017Movie
2017
The Quad

as Ula Pettiway

TV
2016
MacGyver

as Mama Colton

TV
2016
One Mississippi

as Felicia

TV
2014TV
2013
Instant Mom

as Maggie Turner

TV
2013
Ray Donovan

as Claudette

TV
2012Movie
2012
Smash

as Cynthia Moore

TV
2011
2 Broke Girls

as Genét

TV
2010
Young Justice

as Amanda Waller (voice)

TV
2010
Blessed and Cursed

as Lady Wright

Movie
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Guest Judge

TV
2006
Hannah Montana

as Clarice Johnson

TV
2005
Barbershop

as Claire

TV
2005TV
2004
Justice League Unlimited

as Cheetah (voice)

TV
2003
Las Vegas

as Janet Ellis

TV
2003
Whoopi

as Florence

TV
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

TV
2001
Justice League

as Cheetah (voice)

TV
2001
The Proud Family

as Diana Parker (voice)

TV
2001
The Jennie Project

as Dr. Pamela Prentiss

Movie
2000
The District

as Dee Banks

TV
2000
Static Shock

as Trina Jessup (voice)

TV
2000
Deterrence

as Gayle Redford

Movie
1999
Hook'd Up

as Chantal

Movie
1998
Hollywood Squares

as Self - Panelist

TV
1998
The Wild Thornberrys

as Lioness #2 (voice)

TV
1997
Jamaica Beat

as Sylvia Jones

Movie
1996
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

as Zsa Zsa Goowhiggie

TV
1996
Bogus

as Ruth Clark

Movie
1996
7th Heaven

as Nurse

TV
1996TV
1996
Lover's Knot

as Charlotte

Movie
1996
Moesha

as Dee Mitchell

TV
1995Movie
1994
Witch Hunt

as Hypolita Kropotkin

Movie
1994
ER

as Gloria Gallant

TV
1994
The Flintstones

as Mrs. Pyrite

Movie
1993Movie
1993TV
1992Movie
1992
Vicki!

as Self

TV
1992
Mistress

as Beverly Dumont

Movie
1991
Voices That Care

as Self - Choir Member

Movie
1990Movie
1990
New Attitude

as Vicki St. James

TV
1989
Skin Deep

as Receptionist

Movie
1989
The Mighty Quinn

as Lola Quinn

Movie
1988
Oliver & Company

as Rita (voice)

Movie
1988TV
1986
Wordplay

as Self - Celebrity Panelist

TV
1986
Designing Women

as Etienne Toussant Bouvier

TV
1986
L.A. Law

as Renee Quintana

TV
1985
Amazing Stories

as show singer

TV
1985
Code Name: Foxfire

as Maggie Bryan

Movie
1985
Code Name: Foxfire

as Maggie 'The Cat' Bryan

TV
1984
V

as Glenna

TV
1984
Hunter

as Josie Clifford

TV
1982
The Neighborhood

as Doris Campbell

Movie
1981
Falcon Crest

as Mooshy Tucker

TV
1980
It's a Living

as Ginger St. James

TV
1977
A Piece of the Action

as Barbara Hanley

Movie
1975
Wonder Woman

as Bobbie

TV
1974
American Music Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1949TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV
Octet

as Paula

Movie
Cars: Lightning Racers

as Ms. Blinker (voice)

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayDecember 30, 1956
Place of BirthWaterbury, Connecticut, USA
Popularity1.3