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Sheryl Lee Ralph

Sheryl Lee Ralph

Born: 1956-12-30 • 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.

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Filmography
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship poster
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship
2025 • Self
The Disappearance of Miss Scott poster
The Disappearance of Miss Scott
2025 • Hazel Scott (voice)
Ricky poster
Ricky
2025 • Joanne
The Fabulous Four poster
The Fabulous Four
2024 • Kitty
The Real Red Tails poster
The Real Red Tails
2024 • Self - Narrator (voice)
Disney 100: Remember That poster
Disney 100: Remember That
2023 • Self - Host
The Young Wife poster
The Young Wife
2023 • Angelique
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4 poster
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
2022 • Self
Christmas in My Heart poster
Christmas in My Heart
2021 • Ruthie Sampson
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age poster
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021 • Self
Christmas Comes Twice poster
Christmas Comes Twice
2020 • Ms. Nelson
Fashionably Yours poster
Fashionably Yours
2020 • Janet
Christmas Hotel poster
Christmas Hotel
2019 • Marnie
No Sleep 'Til Christmas poster
No Sleep 'Til Christmas
2018 • Mrs. Wright
Forbidden poster
Forbidden
2018
Step Sisters poster
Step Sisters
2018 • Yvonne Bishop
Christmas at Holly Lodge poster
Christmas at Holly Lodge
2017 • Nadine
Just Getting Started poster
Just Getting Started
2017 • Roberta
Christmas in Compton poster
Christmas in Compton
2012 • Abuta
Ladies of the Church poster
Ladies of the Church
2012
Blessed and Cursed poster
Blessed and Cursed
2010 • Lady Wright
The Jennie Project poster
The Jennie Project
2001 • Dr. Pamela Prentiss
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel poster
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
2000 • Nurse
Deterrence poster
Deterrence
2000 • Gayle Redford
No Image
Hook'd Up
1999 • Chantal
Jamaica Beat poster
Jamaica Beat
1997 • Sylvia Jones
Bogus poster
Bogus
1996 • Ruth Clark
Lover's Knot poster
Lover's Knot
1996 • Charlotte
White Man's Burden poster
White Man's Burden
1995 • Roberta
Witch Hunt poster
Witch Hunt
1994 • Hypolita Kropotkin
The Flintstones poster
The Flintstones
1994 • Mrs. Pyrite
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit poster
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993 • Florence Watson
The Distinguished Gentleman poster
The Distinguished Gentleman
1992 • Miss Loretta
Mistress poster
Mistress
1992 • Beverly Dumont
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw poster
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991 • Miss Rosalee
Voices That Care poster
Voices That Care
1991 • Self - Choir Member
To Sleep with Anger poster
To Sleep with Anger
1990 • Linda
Skin Deep poster
Skin Deep
1989 • Receptionist
The Mighty Quinn poster
The Mighty Quinn
1989 • Lola Quinn
Oliver & Company poster
Oliver & Company
1988 • Rita (voice)
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood poster
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987 • Self
Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies poster
Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies
1987 • Corelle
Code Name: Foxfire poster
Code Name: Foxfire
1985 • Maggie Bryan
The Neighborhood poster
The Neighborhood
1982 • Doris Campbell
A Piece of the Action poster
A Piece of the Action
1977 • Barbara Hanley