Portrait of Sheryl Lee Ralph

Sheryl Lee Ralph

Acting

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. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Born: December 30, 1956

Place of Birth: Waterbury, Connecticut, USA

Filmography

2025
The Disappearance of Miss Scott

as Hazel Scott (voice)

2025
Ricky

as Joanne

2024
2024
The Real Red Tails

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2023
Young Love

as Additional Voices (voice)

2023
The Young Wife

as Angelique

2022
Sherri

as Self - Guest

2022
How We Roll

as Loretta

2021
Abbott Elementary

as Barbara Howard

2021
Christmas in My Heart

as Ruthie Sampson

2021
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune

as Self - Contestant

2020
2020
2020
Motherland: Fort Salem

as President Kelly Wade

2019
2019
Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show

as Asia's Mother

2019
Fam

as Rose

2018
2018
Step Sisters

as Yvonne Bishop

2017
2017
The Quad

as Ula Pettiway

2016
MacGyver

as Mama Colton

2016
One Mississippi

as Felicia

2013
Instant Mom

as Maggie Turner

2013
Ray Donovan

as Claudette

2012
Smash

as Cynthia Moore

2011
2 Broke Girls

as Genét

2010
Young Justice

as Amanda Waller (voice)

2010
Blessed and Cursed

as Lady Wright

2009
RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Guest Judge

2006
Hannah Montana

as Clarice Johnson

2005
Barbershop

as Claire

2004
Justice League Unlimited

as Cheetah (voice)

2003
Las Vegas

as Janet Ellis

2003
Whoopi

as Florence

2001
Justice League

as Cheetah (voice)

2001
The Proud Family

as Diana Parker (voice)

2001
The Jennie Project

as Dr. Pamela Prentiss

2000
The District

as Dee Banks

2000
Static Shock

as Trina Jessup (voice)

2000
Deterrence

as Gayle Redford

1998
Hollywood Squares

as Self - Panelist

1998
The Wild Thornberrys

as Lioness #2 (voice)

1997
Jamaica Beat

as Sylvia Jones

1996
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

as Zsa Zsa Goowhiggie

1996
Bogus

as Ruth Clark

1996
7th Heaven

as Nurse

1996
1996
Lover's Knot

as Charlotte

1996
Moesha

as Dee Mitchell

1995
1994
Witch Hunt

as Hypolita Kropotkin

1994
ER

as Gloria Gallant

1994
The Flintstones

as Mrs. Pyrite

1993
1992
1992
Mistress

as Beverly Dumont

1991
Voices That Care

as Self - Choir Member

1990
New Attitude

as Vicki St. James

1989
Skin Deep

as Receptionist

1989
The Mighty Quinn

as Lola Quinn

1988
Oliver & Company

as Rita (voice)

1988
1986
Designing Women

as Etienne Toussant Bouvier

1986
L.A. Law

as Renee Quintana

1985
Amazing Stories

as show singer

1985
Code Name: Foxfire

as Maggie Bryan

1985
Code Name: Foxfire

as Maggie 'The Cat' Bryan

1984
V

as Glenna

1984
Hunter

as Josie Clifford

1982
The Neighborhood

as Doris Campbell

1981
Falcon Crest

as Mooshy Tucker

1980
It's a Living

as Ginger St. James

1977
A Piece of the Action

as Barbara Hanley

1975
Wonder Woman

as Bobbie

1974
American Music Awards

as Self - Presenter

1949
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

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Cars: Lightning Racers

as Ms. Blinker (voice)