Sheryl Lee Ralph

Sheryl Lee Ralph

Date of Birth:

Dec 30, 1956

Place of Birth:

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:

Christmas at Holly Lodge Christmas at Holly Lodge

2017

Step Sisters Step Sisters

2018

Just Getting Started Just Getting Started

2017

Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel

2000

The Real Red Tails The Real Red Tails

2024

Lover's Knot Lover's Knot

1996

Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4 Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4

2022

Code Name: Foxfire Code Name: Foxfire

1985

Forbidden Forbidden

2018

White Man's Burden White Man's Burden

1995

Christmas Comes Twice Christmas Comes Twice

2020

Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies

1987

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

The Flintstones The Flintstones

1994

Fashionably Yours Fashionably Yours

2020

The Jennie Project The Jennie Project

2001

Ladies of the Church Ladies of the Church

2012

Christmas Hotel Christmas Hotel

2019

The Fabulous Four The Fabulous Four

2024

To Sleep with Anger To Sleep with Anger

1990

Deterrence Deterrence

2000

Oliver & Company Oliver & Company

1988

Witch Hunt Witch Hunt

1994

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

1993

The Mighty Quinn The Mighty Quinn

1989

Bogus Bogus

1996

The Distinguished Gentleman The Distinguished Gentleman

1992

Christmas in My Heart Christmas in My Heart

2021

Voices That Care Voices That Care

1991

The Neighborhood The Neighborhood

1982

A Piece of the Action A Piece of the Action

1977

Hook'd Up Hook'd Up

1999

Christmas in Compton Christmas in Compton

2012

The Young Wife The Young Wife

2023

Jamaica Beat Jamaica Beat

1997

Mistress Mistress

1992

No Sleep 'Til Christmas No Sleep 'Til Christmas

2018

Blessed and Cursed Blessed and Cursed

2010

Skin Deep Skin Deep

1989

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