
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