Sheryl Lee Ralph
Biography
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
Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident
2026
as Self
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20
2025
as Self
The Disappearance of Miss Scott
2025
as Hazel Scott (voice)
Ricky
2025
as Joanne
The Fabulous Four
2024
as Kitty
The Real Red Tails
2024
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Disney 100: Remember That
2023
as Self - Host
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
as Self - Guest
The Young Wife
2023
as Angelique
Commitment to Life
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
2022
as Self
Christmas in My Heart
2021
as Ruthie Sampson
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
Christmas Comes Twice
2020
as Ms. Nelson
Fashionably Yours
2020
as Janet
Christmas Hotel
2019
as Marnie
No Sleep 'Til Christmas
2018
as Mrs. Wright
Forbidden
2018
Step Sisters
2018
as Yvonne Bishop
Christmas at Holly Lodge
2017
as Nadine
Just Getting Started
2017
as Roberta
Christmas in Compton
2012
as Abuta
Ladies of the Church
2012
Blessed and Cursed
2010
as Lady Wright