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.
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As actor 124
The Daily Show
1996
Jeopardy!
1984
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Hollywood Squares
1998
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Young Justice
2010
Tamron Hall
2019
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
ER
1994
The Sherri Shepherd Show
2022
Hunter
1984
2 Broke Girls
2011
Falcon Crest
1981
Abbott Elementary
2021
Las Vegas
2003
L.A. Law
1986
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
MacGyver
2016
Ray Donovan
2013
Hannah Montana
2006
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
Moesha
1996
The District
2000
The Jeffersons
1975
7th Heaven
1996
Designing Women
1986
Regular Show: The Lost Tapes
2026
Smash
2012
Amazing Stories
1985
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021
The Parkers
1999
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
2017
The Wendy Williams Show
2008
Static Shock
2000
Good Times
1974
Vicki!
1992
Justice League Unlimited
2004
Justice League
2001
American Music Awards
1974
Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn
2014
The Proud Family
2001
Motherland: Fort Salem
2020
Wonder Woman
1975
V
1984
Imperfect Women
2026
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
Wordplay
1986
Instant Mom
2013
It's a Living
1980
The Flintstones
1994
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
Oliver & Company
1988
The Quad
2017
Weather Hunters
2025
The Emmy Awards
1949
Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts
2021
How We Roll
2022
Whoopi
2003
Barbershop
2005
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Fam
2019
One Mississippi
2016
The Fabulous Four
2024
Young Love
2023
The Distinguished Gentleman
1992
Just Getting Started
2017
New Attitude
1990
The Mighty Quinn
1989
Bogus
1996
Uncensored
2018
Witch Hunt
1994
Octet
Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
1990
The Young Wife
2023
Skin Deep
1989
White Man's Burden
1995
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
Disney 100: Remember That
2023
George
1993
Step Sisters
2018
Mistress
1992
No Sleep 'Til Christmas
2018
Forbidden
2018
Commitment to Life
2023
Deterrence
2000
Cars: Lightning Racers
Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4
2022
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
A Piece of the Action
1977
Code Name: Foxfire
1985
To Sleep with Anger
1990
Christmas Hotel
2019
Christmas Comes Twice
2020
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
Lover's Knot
1996
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991
Christmas in My Heart
2021
Christmas at Holly Lodge
2017
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
2000
JD Lawrence's Community Service
2013
The Jennie Project
2001
Hook'd Up
1999
Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident
2026
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20
2025
Jamaica Beat
1997
The Neighborhood
1982
Fashionably Yours
2020
Christmas in Compton
2012
Ricky
2025
Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies
1987
Voices That Care
1991
Blessed and Cursed
2010
The Real Red Tails
2024
Code Name: Foxfire
1985
The Disappearance of Miss Scott
2025
Ladies of the Church
2012