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