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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Acting History
2025
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship as Self
2025The Disappearance of Miss Scott as Hazel Scott (voice)
2025Ricky as Joanne
2024The Fabulous Four as Kitty
2024The Real Red Tails as Self - Narrator (voice)
2023Young Love as Additional Voices (voice)
2023The Young Wife as Angelique
2022Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4 as Self
2022The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
2022Sherri as Self - Guest
2022How We Roll as Loretta
2021Abbott Elementary as Barbara Howard
2021Christmas in My Heart as Ruthie Sampson
2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
2021Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts as Self
2021Celebrity Wheel of Fortune as Self - Contestant
2020Christmas Comes Twice as Ms. Nelson
2020Fashionably Yours as Janet
2020Motherland: Fort Salem as President Kelly Wade
2019Christmas Hotel as Marnie
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
2019A Black Lady Sketch Show as Asia's Mother
2019Fam as Rose
2018No Sleep 'Til Christmas as Mrs. Wright
2018Forbidden
2018Step Sisters as Yvonne Bishop
2017Christmas at Holly Lodge as Nadine
2017Just Getting Started as Roberta
2017Carpool Karaoke: The Series as Self
2017The Quad as Ula Pettiway
2016MacGyver as Mama Colton
2016One Mississippi as Felicia
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
2014Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2013Instant Mom as Maggie Turner
2013Ray Donovan as Claudette
2012Christmas in Compton as Abuta
2012Smash as Cynthia Moore
2012Ladies of the Church
20112 Broke Girls as Genét
2010Young Justice as Amanda Waller (voice)
2010Blessed and Cursed as Lady Wright
2009RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
2008The Wendy Williams Show
2006Hannah Montana as Clarice Johnson
2005Barbershop as Claire
2005It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Barbara Howard
2004Justice League Unlimited as Cheetah (voice)
2003Las Vegas as Janet Ellis
2003Whoopi as Florence
2001Justice League as Cheetah (voice)
2001The Proud Family as Diana Parker (voice)
2001The Jennie Project as Dr. Pamela Prentiss
2000The District as Dee Banks
2000Static Shock as Trina Jessup (voice)
2000Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel as Nurse
2000Deterrence as Gayle Redford
1999The Parkers
1999Hook'd Up as Chantal
1998Hollywood Squares as Self - Panelist
1998Hollywood Squares as Self
1998The Wild Thornberrys as Lioness #2 (voice)
1997Jamaica Beat as Sylvia Jones
1996Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Zsa Zsa Goowhiggie
1996Bogus as Ruth Clark
19967th Heaven as Nurse
1996The Daily Show as Self
1996Lover's Knot as Charlotte
1996The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self
1996Moesha as Dee Mitchell
1995White Man's Burden as Roberta
1994Witch Hunt as Hypolita Kropotkin
1994ER as Gloria Gallant
1994The Flintstones as Mrs. Pyrite
1993Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit as Florence Watson
1993George
1992The Distinguished Gentleman as Miss Loretta
1992Vicki! as Self
1992Mistress as Beverly Dumont
1991The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw as Miss Rosalee
1991Voices That Care as Self - Choir Member
1990To Sleep with Anger as Linda
1990New Attitude as Vicki St. James
1990Max Monroe: Loose Cannon
1989Skin Deep as Receptionist
1989The Mighty Quinn as Lola Quinn
1988Oliver & Company as Rita (voice)
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
1987Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies as Corelle
1986Wordplay as Self - Celebrity Panelist
1986Designing Women as Etienne Toussant Bouvier
1986L.A. Law as Renee Quintana
1985Amazing Stories as show singer
1985Code Name: Foxfire as Maggie Bryan
1985Code Name: Foxfire as Maggie 'The Cat' Bryan
1984V as Glenna
1984Hunter as Josie Clifford
1982The Neighborhood as Doris Campbell
1981Falcon Crest as Mooshy Tucker
1980It's a Living as Ginger St. James
1977A Piece of the Action as Barbara Hanley
1975Wonder Woman as Bobbie
1975The Jeffersons
1974American Music Awards as Self - Presenter
1974Good Times
1949The Emmy Awards as Self
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
—Cars: Lightning Racers as Ms. Blinker (voice)