Birthday:
Dec 30, 1956
Place of Birth: Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
Place of Birth: Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
Sheryl Lee Ralph
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
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Skin Deep | Receptionist | 1989 |
| Bogus | Ruth Clark | 1996 |
| The Distinguished Gentleman | Miss Loretta | 1992 |
| Christmas in My Heart | Ruthie Sampson | 2021 |
| The Mighty Quinn | Lola Quinn | 1989 |
| Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | Florence Watson | 1993 |
| Deterrence | Gayle Redford | 2000 |
| Oliver & Company | Rita (voice) | 1988 |
| Witch Hunt | Hypolita Kropotkin | 1994 |
| Voices That Care | Self - Choir Member | 1991 |
| The Neighborhood | Doris Campbell | 1982 |
| Mistress | Beverly Dumont | 1992 |
| No Sleep 'Til Christmas | Mrs. Wright | 2018 |
| Blessed and Cursed | Lady Wright | 2010 |
| Jamaica Beat | Sylvia Jones | 1997 |
| The Young Wife | Angelique | 2023 |
| A Piece of the Action | Barbara Hanley | 1977 |
| Hook'd Up | Chantal | 1999 |
| Christmas in Compton | Abuta | 2012 |
| To Sleep with Anger | Linda | 1990 |
| The Fabulous Four | Kitty | 2024 |
| Lover's Knot | Charlotte | 1996 |
| Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4 | Self | 2022 |
| Code Name: Foxfire | Maggie Bryan | 1985 |
| The Real Red Tails | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2024 |
| Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel | Nurse | 2000 |
| Christmas at Holly Lodge | Nadine | 2017 |
| Step Sisters | Yvonne Bishop | 2018 |
| Just Getting Started | Roberta | 2017 |
| Forbidden | 2018 | |
| White Man's Burden | Roberta | 1995 |
| The Jennie Project | Dr. Pamela Prentiss | 2001 |
| Ladies of the Church | 2012 | |
| Christmas Hotel | Marnie | 2019 |
| Fashionably Yours | Janet | 2020 |
| The Flintstones | Mrs. Pyrite | 1994 |
| Christmas Comes Twice | Ms. Nelson | 2020 |
| Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies | Corelle | 1987 |
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021 |
| Ricky | Joanne | 2025 |
| Abbott Elementary x It's Always Sunny Crossover Event | Barbara Howard | 2025 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Falcon Crest | Mooshy Tucker | 1981 |
| Good Times | 1974 | |
| The District | Lt. Dee Banks | 2000 |
| Designing Women | Etienne Toussant Bouvier | 1986 |
| Static Shock | Trina Jessup (voice) | 2000 |
| L.A. Law | Renee Quintana | 1986 |
| Las Vegas | 2003 | |
| The Jeffersons | 1975 | |
| The Wild Thornberrys | Lioness #2 (voice) | 1998 |
| One Mississippi | Felicia | 2016 |
| Tamron Hall | Self - Guest | 2019 |
| V | Glenna | 1984 |
| Moesha | 1996 | |
| The Parkers | 1999 | |
| Call Me Madame: Backstage at 'Wicked' with Sheryl Lee Ralph | Self - Host | 2016 |
| Wonder Woman | Bobbie | 1975 |
| Hunter | Josie Clifford | 1984 |
| New Attitude | Vicki St. James | 1990 |
| ER | Gloria Gallant | 1994 |
| Barbershop | Claire | 2005 |
| It's a Living | Ginger St. James | 1980 |
| Abbott Elementary | Barbara Howard | 2021 |
| Code Name: Foxfire | Maggie 'The Cat' Bryan | 1985 |
| Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts | Self | 2021 |
| The Wendy Williams Show | 2008 | |
| George | 1993 | |
| Max Monroe: Loose Cannon | 1990 | |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | 2015 | |
| Justice League | Cheetah (voice) | 2001 |
| Justice League Unlimited | Cheetah (voice) | 2004 |
| 2 Broke Girls | Genét | 2011 |
| Moesha | Dee Mitchell | 1996 |
| Amazing Stories | show singer | 1985 |
| Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Zsa Zsa Goowhiggie | 1996 |
| Instant Mom | Maggie Turner | 2013 |
| RuPaul's Drag Race | Self - Guest Judge | 2009 |
| Young Justice | Amanda Waller (voice) | 2010 |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest | 2015 |
| Hollywood Squares | Self - Panelist | 1998 |
| LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | 1988 |
| Young Love | Additional Voices (voice) | 2023 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014 |
| MacGyver | Mama Colton | 2016 |
| The Kelly Clarkson Show | 2019 | |
| Sherri | Self - Guest | 2022 |
| Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | 2014 |
| Ray Donovan | Claudette | 2013 |
| The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self | 1996 |
| Fam | Rose | 2019 |
| The Proud Family | Diana Parker (voice) | 2001 |
| A Black Lady Sketch Show | Asia's Mother | 2019 |
| Motherland: Fort Salem | President Kelly Wade | 2020 |
| Hollywood Squares | Self | 1998 |
| Hannah Montana | Clarice Johnson | 2006 |
| The Daily Show | Self | 1996 |
| The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self | 2022 |
| Smash | Cynthia Moore | 2012 |
| 7th Heaven | Nurse | 1996 |
| The Quad | Ula Pettiway | 2017 |
| Celebrity Wheel of Fortune | Self - Contestant | 2021 |
| Whoopi | Florence | 2003 |
| Carpool Karaoke: The Series | Self | 2017 |
| How We Roll | Loretta | 2022 |
