Sheryl Lee Ralph
Known for: Acting
Born: December 30, 1956
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 fi…
Known for
The Real Red Tails
2024
Disney 100: Remember That
2023
Blessed and Cursed
2010
Ladies of the Church
2012
Ricky
2025
The Disappearance of Miss Scott
2025
Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident
2026
The Distinguished Gentleman
1992
Deterrence
2000
Hook'd Up
1999
Christmas in Compton
2012
Code Name: Foxfire
1985
Christmas at Holly Lodge
2017
Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies
1987
Octet
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
Witch Hunt
1994
The Young Wife
2023
The Fabulous Four
2024
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
2022
Christmas Comes Twice
2020
The Mighty Quinn
1989
No Sleep 'Til Christmas
2018
The Jennie Project
2001
Fashionably Yours
2020
Oliver & Company
1988
To Sleep with Anger
1990
Just Getting Started
2017
The Neighborhood
1982
Christmas Hotel
2019
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20
2025
Bogus
1996
Mistress
1992
A Piece of the Action
1977
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
2000
Christmas in My Heart
2021
Jamaica Beat
1997
White Man's Burden
1995
Forbidden
2018
Step Sisters
2018
Lover's Knot
1996
The Flintstones
1994
Skin Deep
1989
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991
Commitment to Life
2023
Falcon Crest
1981
Good Times
1974
The District
2000
Designing Women
1986
Static Shock
2000
L.A. Law
1986
Las Vegas
2003
The Jeffersons
1975
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
One Mississippi
2016
Tamron Hall
2019
V
1984
Moesha
1996
The Parkers
1999
Wonder Woman
1975
Hunter
1984
New Attitude
1990
ER
1994
Barbershop
2005
It's a Living
1980
Abbott Elementary
2021
Code Name: Foxfire
1985
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
2021
The Wendy Williams Show
2008
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
George
1993
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
1990
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Justice League
2001
Justice League Unlimited
2004
2 Broke Girls
2011
Amazing Stories
1985
Voices That Care
1991
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
Instant Mom
2013
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
Young Justice
2010
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Hollywood Squares
1998
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Young Love
2023
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
MacGyver
2016
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Sherri
2022
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Ray Donovan
2013
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Fam
2019
The Proud Family
2001
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
Motherland: Fort Salem
2020
Hannah Montana
2006
The Daily Show
1996
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Smash
2012
7th Heaven
1996
The Quad
2017
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021
Whoopi
2003
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
How We Roll
2022
Vicki!
1992
Wordplay
1986
American Music Awards
1974
Golden Globe Awards
1944
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
Cars: Lightning Racers
The Emmy Awards
1949
JD Lawrence's Community Service
2013
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Weather Hunters
2025
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn
2014
Uncensored
2018
Imperfect Women
2026
Regular Show: The Lost Tapes
2026