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
The Disappearance of Miss Scott
Ricky
The Fabulous Four
The Real Red Tails
Disney 100: Remember That
The Young Wife
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
Christmas in My Heart
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Christmas Comes Twice
Fashionably Yours
Christmas Hotel
No Sleep 'Til Christmas
Forbidden
Step Sisters
Christmas at Holly Lodge
Just Getting Started
Christmas in Compton
Ladies of the Church
Blessed and Cursed
The Jennie Project
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
Deterrence
No Image
Hook'd Up
Jamaica Beat
Bogus
Lover's Knot
White Man's Burden
Witch Hunt
The Flintstones
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
The Distinguished Gentleman
Mistress
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
Voices That Care
To Sleep with Anger
Skin Deep
The Mighty Quinn
Oliver & Company
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies
Code Name: Foxfire
The Neighborhood
A Piece of the Action